Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly
Having trouble keeping up with the 4th Circuit’s binding precedent? The Op Shop is here to help, with the court’s published opinions paraphrased to the size of a haiku poem. This edition covers recent rulings in the area of labor & employment law.
Standardized systems
Don’t guarantee equal pay.
Convince a jury.
– EEOC v. Maryland Ins. Admin., Jan. 5, 2018
Agreement or no,
Lodging as wages must meet
Fair labor standards.
– Balbed v. Eden Park Guest House LLC, Jan. 25, 2018
How presumptions work:
Unless employer DISproves,
Coal dust caused black lung.
– W.V. Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis Fund v. DOL Office of Workers’ Comp. Programs, Jan. 26, 2018
Officers fired for
“Disrespectful” texts deserved
Name-clearing hearings.
– Cannon v. Village of Bald Head Island, N.C., May 30, 2018
A supervisor’s
Gross comments were well outside
The scope of his job.
– Garnett v. Remedi Seniorcare of Va. LLC, June 11, 2018
You’d avoid a boss
Who scrutinized restroom trips
And how your jeans fit.
– Strothers v. City of Laurel, Md., July 6, 2018
A prosecutor
Who read racial slurs aloud
Was doing his job.
– Savage v. Maryland, July 13, 2018
Each wrongly-fired cop
Was a distinct “claim” as to
Insurance limits.
– Hunter v. Town of Mocksville, July 26, 2018
