Wednesday, June 1, 2016

US Supreme Court: The Court held that the Title VII limitations period for constructive discharge claims runs from the date employee gives notice of her resignation
US DOL: New overtime rules effective December 1, 2016, will automatically extend overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the first year of implementation
US District Court ME: In denying motion to dismiss Federal Railway Safety Act whistleblower action, the court ruled that “when the Department of Labor has not taken action within the 210 days, the worker notifies the Department of Labor that he will proceed in district court, and a Supervising Investigator then notifies the worker that as a result the Department of Labor will dismiss his claim, there is no thirty-day appeal period applicable whose passage results in the dismissal becoming a final Department of Labor decision that can be reviewed only in the court of appeals”
Maine Superior Court: After plaintiff settled Maine Human Rights Act sexual harassment complaint with local VFW, the court denied Maine VFW’s motion to dismiss negligent supervision complaint under Workers’ Comp bar because it was not clear that Maine VFW was plaintiff’s “employer,” and under settlement agreement with local VFW despite the settlement agreement including “affiliates” of local VFW
MHRC: June 27, 2016 Commission Meeting Agenda posted

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