Sep 28, 2017 | Employee Rights
Employment background check cases are becoming more common. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (or “FCRA”) governs the circumstances in which an employer may procure a “consumer report,” which the FCRA defines to include all criminal and financial background checks...
Jun 13, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, Gender Discrimination
The attorneys from Falls Legal will be heading to San Antonio June 21-24 to attend the annual convention sponsored by the National Employment Lawyers Association, the country’s largest organization comprised of employee-side attorneys. This year’s convention titled...
May 30, 2017 | Employee Rights
On May 26, 2017, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a well-reasoned and thorough decision on the issue of whether employers may bar employees from pursuing class-action litigation or collective arbitration of work-related claims. The case is NLRB v....
Mar 17, 2015 | ADA, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Rights, Uncategorized
On March 12, 2015, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes South Carolina) delivered a resounding win to ADA discrimination employees in the case of Jacobs v. N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts. The 4th Circuit reversed the lower court’s grant of summary...
Feb 19, 2015 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, FLSA, FMLA, Gender Discrimination, Overtime, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues, Wrongful Termination
The Local Civil Rules for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina require that all civil cases be mediated with prior to trial. As many, if not most, types of employment cases are litigated in the federal courts, there is a good chance that you will...
Nov 9, 2014 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Rights, FLSA, FMLA, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
At Falls Legal we often receive questions from employees about various types of employment law issues. These questions generally involve an employee who is experiencing a problem at work. I find that preparing potential clients for the types of information we need...
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