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Five reasons you should never ignore a demand letter
If you’re a business owner, you have likely received a demand letter at some point in time. Whether about a past-due account to a vendor or notice of a potential employment or personal injury claim, a demand letter is an integral part of doing business today. Too often, however…
How do you know whether to send a demand letter?
Many business clients have questions regarding the first step in the litigation process – the demand letter. Here are some of the issues, strategies, and considerations business owners face when considering whether to send a demand letter. What’s the purpose of a...
MN-DEED Publishes USERRA Guidance for Employers
For those who have not dealt with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MN DEED), you would be proud to know that our tax dollars are well spent on these knowledgeable and professional public servants. Over the years Minnesota ESGR has...
Employer’s Heightened Burdens Under USERRA Discrimination Claim: Case Note
Introduction The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) is the latest in a series of laws that have protected servicemembers' reemployment rights and from discrimination based upon their uniformed service. USERRA is specifically...
“Friendly Fire” in the Workplace: USERRA and Hostile Work Environment Claims
Since the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) was enacted in 1994, plaintiff servicemembers have tried to incorporate the “hostile work environment” concept used in other federal employment laws in claims involving discriminatory conduct...
Is your business violating USERRA? #1
Are you giving them your best? Servicemembers are entitled to the Employer's “most-favorable leave-of-absence policy” At all three USERRA briefings I conducted last weekend for servicemembers in local reserve units of the Marines, Navy and Air Force, the same...
Is your business violating USERRA? #2
How much time do you have to provide your employee before and after military service? As mentioned in my previous post, I recently had the honor of presenting USERRA briefings to servicemembers from the local Reserve units of the Marines, Navy and Air Force. Another...
USERRA Guidance: Critical Issues and Tips for Those Employing Servicemembers
To educate and inform servicemembers and their civilian employers, I prepared a summary of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA") for a Continuing Legal Education course I presented on November 3, 2016. You can download this...
DOJ Alleges Violation of USERRA’s Disability Provisions
On Monday, March 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division commenced an enforcement action against an employer based upon its reemployment of a servicemember who returned from deployment with a service-related temporary disability. Initially the...
Presentation to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Coalition
Last Thursday (January 16) I had the honor of presenting a briefing to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Coalition (SW-BTYR) at the Hopkins City Hall. If you are unaware of BTYR, it is a Minnesota program that creates awareness for the purpose of...
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Five reasons you should never ignore a demand letter
If you’re a business owner, you have likely received a demand letter at some point in time. Whether about a past-due account to a vendor or notice of a potential employment or personal injury claim, a demand letter is an integral part of doing business today. Too often, however…
How do you know whether to send a demand letter?
Many business clients have questions regarding the first step in the litigation process – the demand letter. Here are some of the issues, strategies, and considerations business owners face when considering whether to send a demand letter. What’s the purpose of a...
MN-DEED Publishes USERRA Guidance for Employers
For those who have not dealt with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MN DEED), you would be proud to know that our tax dollars are well spent on these knowledgeable and professional public servants. Over the years Minnesota ESGR has...
Employer’s Heightened Burdens Under USERRA Discrimination Claim: Case Note
Introduction The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) is the latest in a series of laws that have protected servicemembers' reemployment rights and from discrimination based upon their uniformed service. USERRA is specifically...
“Friendly Fire” in the Workplace: USERRA and Hostile Work Environment Claims
Since the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) was enacted in 1994, plaintiff servicemembers have tried to incorporate the “hostile work environment” concept used in other federal employment laws in claims involving discriminatory conduct...
USERRA Guidance: Critical Issues and Tips for Those Employing Servicemembers
To educate and inform servicemembers and their civilian employers, I prepared a summary of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA") for a Continuing Legal Education course I presented on November 3, 2016. You can download this...
Is your business violating USERRA? #2
How much time do you have to provide your employee before and after military service? As mentioned in my previous post, I recently had the honor of presenting USERRA briefings to servicemembers from the local Reserve units of the Marines, Navy and Air Force. Another...
Is your business violating USERRA? #1
Are you giving them your best? Servicemembers are entitled to the Employer's “most-favorable leave-of-absence policy” At all three USERRA briefings I conducted last weekend for servicemembers in local reserve units of the Marines, Navy and Air Force, the same...
DOJ Alleges Violation of USERRA’s Disability Provisions
On Monday, March 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division commenced an enforcement action against an employer based upon its reemployment of a servicemember who returned from deployment with a service-related temporary disability. Initially the...
Presentation to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Coalition
Last Thursday (January 16) I had the honor of presenting a briefing to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Coalition (SW-BTYR) at the Hopkins City Hall. If you are unaware of BTYR, it is a Minnesota program that creates awareness for the purpose of...
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