[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) – an experienced full-service law firm dedicated to effectively serving the legal needs of clients for more than 105 years – is pleased to announce that Jake R. Fulcher has been recognized as a Rising Star in the legal profession in the 2015 edition of Indiana Super Lawyers® Magazine. Jake...Read More
On February 4, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released litigation data for its fiscal year 2014, which ran from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014. The EEOC enforces Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. Overall,...Read More
Last December, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board” or “NLRB”) issued a controversial new rule changing drastically how union elections will be conducted. The rule dramatically shortens the time between the filing of a certification petition and the secret ballot election. Although the rule does not mandate that an election occur within a certain period...Read More
Don’t think you need to periodically review your FMLA policies? Think it’s just too expensive and time-consuming to properly train those who administer the FMLA at your company? If you do, you may want to consider the case of Terry Tilley v. Kalamazoo County Road Commission. Terry had worked for the Road Commission in Kalamazoo,...Read More
Supporters argue low wage workers and minorities will benefit. Opponents believe the law adds more unnecessary bureaucracy for employers. Regardless of which position you agree with, on January 4, 2015, Illinois became the first state in the nation to require employers to automatically enroll workers in a retirement account, a measure which affects an estimated...Read More
On the eve of Halloween, the 7th Circuit released a decision which may raise additional concerns for public employers. In Meade v. Moraine Valley Community College, the Court held that public employees are able to openly criticize their employers when the topic of speech includes matters of public concern. This ruling further solidifies the Supreme Court’s...Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Indiana Supreme Court ruled yesterday that two provisions of Indiana’s Right to Work Law – Indiana Code sections 22-6-6-8 and 22-6-6-10 – do not violate the Indiana Constitution, reversing Lake County Superior Judge John M. Sedia’s ruling from July. Indiana’s Right to Work (“RTW”) Law has been fiercely contested by organized labor since its inception,...Read More
The National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) continued its trend of broadening National Labor Relations Act (“the Act”) Section 7 protection for employees using social media in the recently decided Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille case. In that case, one former employee of the bar posted a “status update” on her Facebook page complaining...Read More
Although employees with serious health conditions are entitled to take leave under the Family and Medical Act (FMLA), employees are learning more and more ways to abuse this leave – especially when it comes to intermittent leave. What can employers do to help curb this FMLA abuse? The first thing employers should do is look...Read More
According to the NLRB in a decision published last week, an employer unlawfully maintained an unwritten rule that discipline was confidential and prohibited employees from sharing or discussing their discipline with coworkers. Although unwritten, the Board found evidence of its existence in a summary of an employee’s record that referred to the fact that employees...Read More
