Case Digests, Human Resources Law Index articles from September 2001

Case Digests, Human Resources Law Index archives from September 2001

Court Rules Employee Benefit Plan Not Required To Pay For Home Health Care.(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Cecilia Wall, a resident of Lake Wylie, South Carolina, worked for the Homelite Division of Textron in Charlotte, North Carolina. In April 1994, she was diagnosed with an inoperable and terminal brain tumor which, a short time later, forced her...

Jury Finds No Gender Discrimination At Pierre Hotel.(sex discrimination case)(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Four woman sued the Pierre Hotel in the United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York trying to prove that the hotel did not hire them as banquet servers because of their gender. In late summer of 1998, the Pierre Hotel...

Nurses Considered Independent Contractors For Employment Security Purposes Rules Court.(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Health Care Associates, Inc. ("HCA"), places nurses on a part-time or temporary basis at hospitals and nursing homes. It requires nurses to be licensed, but otherwise exerts no supervisory control over them. HCA provides no benefits, insurance,...

Judge Awards Medical Devices Company $923,743 After Another Company Improperly Hired Away Its Former Heart Valve Salesman.(Sulzer Carbomedics Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Doug Clark was the sole shareholder of two corporations through which he had conducted a business selling medical devices, Oregon Cardio-Devices, Inc. ("OCD") and Northwest Cardio-Devices, Inc. ("NCD"). In 1996, Clark entered into two...

Supermarket Chain Found In Violation Of The National Labor Relations Act.(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... King Soopers operates a chain of supermarkets in Colorado. Many of the stores are unionized, with the grocery and delicatessen employees at such stores being represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), and the bakery...

Laid Off Regional Sales VP Loses Lawsuit For $150,000 In Severance Pay.(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... In May or June 1998, a recruiter approached Eric Welles about a possible employment opportunity with Brach & Brock Confection. After Welles expressed interest in the position, he met with George Mullinex, Brach's Senior Vice President of Sales...

Unable To Lift More Than 20 Pounds, Terminated Staff Nurse Sues For Discrimination.(Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and Optima Heath Inc. sued by Simmone Phelps)(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Simonne Phelps worked as a staff nurse for Catholic Medical Center (CMC) in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1979 until 1983, at which point she injured her back at work. As a result, Phelps discontinued her employment there. Since that time,...

Royal Caribbean Cruises Properly Paid Employee Sick Wages Rules Court.(Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 26, 2001... Cabrera Espinal was a tip-earning employee under a contract for Celebrity Cruises, Inc. The contract commenced on November 4, 1996 and expired on October 3, 1997. The contract guaranteed Espinal income of $ 743 per month ($ 50 in wages with the...