A recent news article alleges that Marathon Petroleum tied executive bonuses to explicit employee diversity goals, and may have used race as a factor in awarding subcontracts. This has become a contentious and developing area of the law. Under what circumstances can a subcontractor or other company file suit against DEI set-asides?
No-hire agreements depress wages by limiting corporate competition for employees. A recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit held this practice violates antitrust law.
The Fifth Circuit denied an employer’s motion to compel arbitration for the simplest reason – the employer never signed the contract. Click to learn more.
There is an unwritten tradition in the American labor market stating that employers should give two weeks notice before terminating an employee, and that workers should give two weeks’ notice before resigning. But is there any legal consequence to giving less notice – or no notice at all? The answer is almost always no. No … Read more
Most of us have heard that Louisiana is an “employment at will” state. But what does employment “at will” really mean?
Legal disputes often arise when a former employee joins a competitor. Click to learn about trade secrets and non-competes.