Tag Archives: Termination

Employer Loses WARN Affirmative Defenses In Class Action Due To Insufficient Description In Notice

By Todd Dawson on April 16, 2014 Posted in WARN Act

“The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword…And Verbal Communications During Company-Wide Employee Meetings.” Things seem to be going from bad to worse for defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. As criminal charges continue to loom for some former Dewey partners, the judge overseeing Dewey’s bankruptcy has now ruled that the firm cannot assert the “faltering … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Holds That Duty To Arbitrate Survives Expiration of Employment Contract, Requires Individual Arbitration

By Greg Mersol on March 28, 2014 Posted in Arbitration, FLSA

With the Supreme Court having issued a series of decisions overruling many of the roadblocks to the enforcement of arbitration agreements in the class context, we are now seeing more courts fill in the gaps as to whether and when employers may rely on such agreements. The latest of these is the case of Huffman … Continue Reading