Employment

An employee may not unilaterally disregard an employer directions despite a good faith belief.

Retaliatory discharge, Whistleblowers Protection Act, threaten discriminate against an employee.

Unlawful retaliation need not be employment-related or workplace-related, Title VII anti-retaliation provision forbids retaliation, Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Employers follow company procedures before discharging employees, wrongful discharge, implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Employer access to emails received or sent at work, Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Employer-administered psychological examinations, unconstitutional searches, The Fourth Amendment, highly personal private information, state action.

Workers compensation insurance, employee benefit plan, bankruptcy, ERISA, Chapter 11.

State statutes, relationship between insurers and health-care providers, ERISA, state laws, employment benefit plan, regulate insurance, banking, and securities.

Employers non-discriminatory justifications for actions, Title VII case, unlawful discrimination, pretext.

Workers compensation, benefits not paid for injuries caused by knowing rule violations, explicit employment policy, course of employment.

Good cause, attributable to the employer, constructive discharge.

A single act of misconduct involving dishonesty or a critical offense may disqualify a discharged employee from receiving unemployment benefits.

Employee benefits plan, unlawful age-based discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Qualify as disabled under the ADA, physical impairment, mental impairment, substantially limits a major life activity, Americans with Disabilities Act.

Intentional representations, future of plan benefits, act of plan administration giving rise to a fiduciary duty, fiduciary receiver.

Protected activity under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, retaliate against, retaliatory discharge, Whistleblower Act.

Kadlec Medical Center v. Lakeview Anesthesia Associates. A person has a duty to avoid affirmative misrepresentations in referral letters and a duty to disclose omitted information if a fiduciary or confidential relationship exists or a pecuniary interest.

Crawford v. Metropolitan Government Nashville; Under Title VII, an employee may "oppose" unlawful employment practice as required as a condition precedent to a retaliation claim even though opposition is not expressed as a discrimination claim.

Lyons v. Legal Aid Society; Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act (ADA), employers must accommodate requests that facilitate arrival and departure from workplace if no undue hardship on operation employer's business.

City of Ontario v. Quon; Even when employee has reasonable expectation of privacy in workplace, government employer does not violate Fourth Amendment when it invades the employee's privacy for a legitimate work-related reason.

In re A.C.E. Elevator Co., Inc.; Benefits accruing for services rendered prior to the bankruptcy petition ordinarily relate back to the date of the services but "retiree benefits" under the Bankruptcy Code have a priority claim.

Rash v. J.V. Intermediate, Ltd.; unless otherwise agreed, an agent is subject to a duty to his principal to act solely for the benefit of the principal in all matters connected with his agency.

CA, Inc. v. AFSCME Employees Pension Plan; bylaws may be unilaterally adopted by shareholders only when they appropriately relate to corporate processes rather than substantive decisions and do not otherwise violate the law.