WHAT TO DO WITH THE EMPLOYEE WHO REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS?
Often times, our office will get calls from claims handlers inquiring what their options are when they have an employee/Plaintiff with an accepted work injury who refuses to undergo the care being recommended by the authorized physicians. Nebraska Revised Statutes...
DOL ISSUES PROPOSED OVERTIME RULE; CONGRESS ATTEMPTS TO OVERRIDE IT
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires most employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay for hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. However, the FLSA provides some exceptions from minimum wage and overtime pay for persons...
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...