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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice
Germanwings Tragedy Highlights Important Mental Health Considerations for Employers
As more details emerge about the troubled past of First Officer Andreas Lubitz – the co-pilot at the controls of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps in March – employers worldwide are faced with…
Be Right The First Time - Employers Must Ensure That Their Policies Describe FMLA Rights Properly In The First Instance
The Sixth Circuit has recently taught us the old lesson that employer policies must be in line with the law on a given point, or else employers risk granting employees rights that they wouldn’t otherwise want to grant,…
Finding Employer Can Require Employees to Cooperate in Internal Investigation, Federal Court Tosses Executive Severance Suit
On January 26, the Southern District of New York dismissed claims for severance and stock benefits brought by two former executives of professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., arising out of their…