ATTORNEYS RECEIVE AWARDS
Attorneys Randall Goyette and Stephen Gealy were each given the 2019 Master Emeritus award from the Nebraska Defense Counsel Association for exceptional representation of defendants in civil cases.
SCOTUS RULES ON TITLE VII ADMINISTRATIVE EXHAUSTION REQUIREMENT
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved the split among lower courts regarding whether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional bar to filing a lawsuit in court. Under Title VII’s administrative exhaustion...
EEO-1 PAY DATA UPDATE
In light of the recent court decision overturning the Trump Administration’s stay of EEO-1 pay-data collection provisions, the EEOC has confirmed that it will also collect EEO-1 Component 2 pay data for calendar years 2017 and 2018, by September 30, 2019. Employers...
SF 507 PASSED BY IOWA HOUSE
On April 9, 2019 the Iowa House passed bill SF 507; the bill was previously passed by the Iowa Senate. The bill modifies Iowa Code 85.61(7) to add a new section (c) which provides that personal injuries due to idiopathic or unexplained falls from level surface onto...