by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Aug 25, 2020 | DC Employment Law, Maryland Employment Law
When the coronavirus first hit and businesses had to shut down, many employers were forced to implement furloughs and layoffs quickly. Not all employers necessarily took the time to properly analyze (or better yet, engage an attorney to analyze) who was being affected. Some of those personnel decisions may be having a disproportionate effect on workers of a particular race, ethnicity, gender or age. If this has happened in your workplace, you could be vulnerable to a “disparate impact” claim under federal or state anti-discrimination law. Similarly, if you have been lucky enough to avoid layoffs or furloughs in large numbers but expect to have to implement them in coming weeks, you’ll be setting yourself up for problems if you don’t…
by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Mar 18, 2020 | Online Services
medical directives are written instructions regarding your preferences for your medical care if you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. Typically, the written instructions are, at a minimum, applied in circumstances involving end-stage, terminal, or persistent vegetative state situations.
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by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Mar 14, 2020 | ADA, DC Employment Law, EEOC, Legal Tip of the Week, Maryland Employment Law
If an employer has grown weary of its employees sneezing and coughing everywhere and on everyone, that employer should feel free to adopt and enforce policies regarding infection-control practices, such as regular hand washing, coughing and sneezing etiquette, and proper tissue usage and disposal.
by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Dec 16, 2019 | Blog
What do you do when you suspect someone did something “fishy” to get his or her name on a deed?A quitclaim deed is a legal tool that allows one person to release the interest they have in a piece of property. In most states, quitclaim deeds are difficult to overturn.
by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Dec 13, 2019 | Church Law
State governments in some jurisdictions have been pushing forward with legislation that would require charitable organizations publicly to disclose the identities of their donors and the amounts of their charitable contributions.
