With its August 8, 2025, opinion in Bivens v. Zep, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the EEOC’s guidelines (and split with several other circuits) to hold that the ...

Should employers be liable in tort for their employees’ sexual assaults? Until recently, the universal answer was a resounding “no.” After all, an employer is only liable for their employees’ actions ...

Is an employer liable where an employee catches COVID-19 at work due to employer negligence and infects a household member? In Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc., the California Supreme Court ...

Plaintiff Richard Finaldi was in an automobile accident with defendant Matthew Knight, one of defendant Cornucopia Logistics's dispatchers. Knight had stolen a Cornucopia delivery van, fell asleep ...

"In Pennsylvania, the WCA provides the exclusive remedy for employees’ work-related injuries," the court said. "That exception, known as the 'third-party attack' or 'personal animus exception,' is ...

A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reminds employers that they may be liable for an employee's harassing social media posts, even if the employee's online activity takes place off ...

A California Court of Appeal panel recently ruled that an employer faces liability to an employee who complained of a co-worker’s offsite and off-duty sexual harassment if the employee proves the ...

The National Labor Relations Board just issued a final labor rule that broadens the joint employer rule to make companies jointly liable with their franchisees for labor terms and conditions such as ...

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A senior living provider's real estate management and acquisition firm is a joint employer and equally liable in a disability ...