By Heather Falks, Employment Attorney & ADA Coordinator | Indiana Supreme Court We finally made it to 2021…and COVID-19 is still here. We all hoped it would feel more familiar—but not in the sense that we are getting used to stockpiling sanitizer and masks. Unfortunately, the concerns of 2020 have not fully dissipated, but the […]
Employment
The Lasting Benefit of the Pandemic: Remote Work
By Heather R. Falks, Employment Attorney – ADA Coordinator | Indiana Supreme Court Change is inevitable, and it is our choice whether we resist change or evolve with it. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes to nearly all aspects of daily life—including the way we work. Employees have set up offices in their living rooms. […]
Real perils of the Fair Labor Standards Act
By Brenda Rodeheffer, General Counsel | Office of General Counsel Don’t get caught without defenses in a lawsuit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC § 201. The FLSA sets the minimum standards for payment of employees. It applies to all court employers, regardless of size. The FLSA classifies all employees into two […]
Advancing Justice in Rural Communities
Court partners with IU to create pilot rural justice clerkship program By David Sexton, Intern | Office of Communication, Education & Outreach The Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana University’s law schools partnered in a pilot program to allow their students to work with courts in less urban communities. Ten law students-five each from IU Maurer and IU […]
The problem exists
By Brenda Rodeheffer | General Counsel for Personnel & Operations The “Me Too” movement caught fire last October, and there is no sign that it is burning out. Sexual harassment as a cause of action was recognized in 1986 in Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson. Multiple landmark Supreme Court cases through the years have expanded […]
