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In the spring of 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a single, isolated instance of harassment may give rise to an actionable hostile work environment claim under Title VII.Traditionally, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Court,...
With all the recent debate over vaccines, there's one point you may have heard from anti-vaccination proponents to back up their decision to not vaccine themselves or children: That you can't sue vaccine manufacturers for vaccine injuries.In 1986, congress created a...
In 2015, the West Virginia legislature with HB 2002 abolished joint liability and established a new comparative fault system for determining the amount of damages for negligence-based causes of action. In cases where plaintiffs seek damages for personal injury,...
Many employment law changes go into effect this year, including changes to sick leave, paid time off, minimum wage and Obamacare requirements.Read on to find out if these employment law changes affect your workplace or your pay.Wages - There's a new minimum wage for...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its findings for 2015 regarding the tens of thousands of charges of private-sector workplace discrimination filed by workers, employees, and other covered individuals in 2015. Retaliation charges...
When your car has been totaled in an accident, your insurance company's job is to spend as little as possible on your claim. That means that unless you know what you're owed, you may take a small settlement and just go on your way, when you could have been reimbursed...
"Statutes of limitations" define the time limits for parties filing civil lawsuits and the state prosecuting the commission of crimes. They are often determined by the type of cause of action or crime in a particular matter. Each state, including West Virginia, has...
The first offer is likely never going to be what you want to hear. But how do you say no to your insurance company in a way that keeps the negotiation alive?Know your damages. If you don't know what you have spent or will spend in total on your accident, then you...
Presently in 2016, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. West Virginia' minimum wage went up to $8.75 per hour, up from $8.00 per hour, on January 1, 2016. Here are some other things to know about the minimum wage in West Virginia in 2016:Before January 1, 2015,...
"Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be." - Carrie FisherMany female employees continue to work through the term of their pregnancies. Some of these women ultimately...