Respondeat superior is a Latin term which means “let the master answer.” In practical terms, that means holding an employer responsible for the wrongful acts its employees take within the scope of ...

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The default rule is that when an employee commits an assault, the employee ceases to act for his employer, but there are exceptions to this rule. If the employer authorized the employee to use force ...

An employee who claimed Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference wasn't entitled to any of the law's remedies because he wasn't denied any of its rights, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Nearly three-quarters of employers responding to a recent Blank Rome survey said they were not pursuing COVID-19 employee liability waivers, the law firm said in a July report. Only 8% said they ...

Buyers want to ensure that they will not inherit complicated, costly, or noncompliant benefits plans, and sellers want to ...

On Nov. 15, President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill (H.R. 3684) into law. The law includes revenue-raising tax provisions as well as other budgetary offsets that are estimated ...

The next hot button issue in the second round of stimulus legislation isn’t about payroll or unemployment checks. Instead, the parameters of proposed liability protections for businesses have taken ...