Seminar: Thinking of Building a Swimming Pool?
The practical and legal considerations when building a residential pool
Decisive Jury Verdict Win for "Beertender" against Bear Chase Brewing (Loudoun, VA)!
On May 12, 2023, a jury that was convened to hear the case Garrett Hoffman v. Bear Chase Brewing Company, LLC, in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria), entered a verdict in favor of Garrett Hoffman as to all counts under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), ...
Supreme Court Rules LGBTQ Individuals Protected by Title VII
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in the realm of employment discrimination law. At issue in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia,[1] was whether or not an employer could fire an employee simply for being homosexual or transgender. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Go...
May 20, 2020: US D. Ct (Maryland) Rejects Preliminary Injunction To Maryland Stay At Home Order
For those looking to read Judge Catherine B. Blake's opinion in Antietam Battlefield KOA, Inc. et al. v. Gov. Lawrence Hogan, where the US District Court for the District of Maryland rejected a preliminary injunction against Governor Hogan's stay at home orders, you may find it here: AntietamK...
Client Alert - Restaurant Workers Survival Guide To The COVID-19 Crisis
SPECIAL EMPLOYEE CLIENT ALERT Surviving As A Restaurant Worker In A Workplace Impacted By COVID-19 By: Hoffman Employment Law March 23, 2020 The rapid spread of COVID-19 has severely disrupted the restaurant industry, and consequently has cost possibly hundreds of thousands of jobs. ...
COVID-19 Maryland Employer Alert
Our employer client advisory regarding COVID-19 is attached. Coronavirus Client Alert (3.19.20).pdf
Employer Alert - Maryland "Ban the Box" Law
CLIENT ADVISORY CRIMINAL RECORD SCREENING PRACTICES (BAN THE BOX) 2020 Maryland Laws Ch. 3 (S.B. 839 (2019)) Many jurisdictions have enacted so-called “ban the box” legislation, which generally prohibits employers from requesting information regarding criminal background on ...
Important Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision - Win for Restaurant Workers
Are you a restaurant employee who has been forced to work lengthy periods of time on non-tipped activities at a subminimum wage? A recent case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reiterates the principle that if you are going to pay a restaurant worker a subminimum wage ...
Maryland Law "Disclosing Sexual Harassment in The Workplace Act of 2018"
On October 1, 2018, a new Maryland Law titled “Disclosing Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Act of 2018” (the “Act”) goes into effect. The Act will immediately prohibit employment agreements containing any waiver of a “substantive or procedural” “right or remedy” relating to claims of sexual har...
Maryland Releases Healthy Working Families Act Poster!
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation has now issued the poster that all Maryland employers are required to post concerning the new Maryland sick & safe leave law (the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act). The poster link is http://dllr.state.md.us/paidleave/paidleavepo...
Employer Alert - Maryland Sick/Safe Leave Law
On January 12, 2018, the Maryland General Assembly overrode Governor Hogan's veto of 2017 mandatory paid leave law (House Bill 1), providing “sick and safe” leave. Therefore, Maryland employers are now required to provide paid sick and safe leave to employees (1 hour for each 30 hours worked) to...