Also known as: places of employment · workplace · employment location
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
The location at which work done in connection with a business is carried out. The place where some process or operation related to the business is conducted.
Preston Pratt, an assistant district attorney, circulated a petition among colleagues at his place of employment seeking changes to transfer policies. His supervisor viewed the effort as disruptive to office operations at that location and terminated him. The court upheld the firing because the speech addressed internal personnel matters rather than public concerns.
Perry Pratt alleged that zoning rules kept him from living near his former place of employment in Penfield. He incurred extra travel expenses each day between his current residence and the industrial site where he had worked. The court focused on the exclusion itself rather than the commuting burden when assessing standing.
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Paula Pierce sued under a federal statute after suffering an assault at her place of employment in a local factory. The court examined whether the incident had a substantial effect on interstate commerce. Because the violence occurred entirely within one state and lacked economic ties, the claim failed.
Pioneer Energy maintained separate hiring offices at its plants. The government alleged that the company steered minority applicants away from certain places of employment. The court considered statistical evidence of hiring patterns at each location to determine whether a pattern of discrimination existed.
Piper Patel and other firefighters at the municipal department challenged a promotion exam administered at their primary place of employment. The city discarded results that would have promoted more white candidates. The court required the city to show a strong basis in evidence that the exam was invalid before discarding the results.
Pedro Pacheco was fired from his position at Precision Tools after his supervisor learned of his sexual orientation. The court held that an employer cannot terminate an employee because of sex, which includes sexual orientation, when the decision is tied to conduct at the place of employment.
An obligor must keep the tribunal informed of the address of employment and the telephone number at the place of employment. This requirement ensures that withholding orders can be served and enforced at the correct location.
The law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment controls the priorities for withholding and allocating income. Employers must follow that state’s rules when two or more orders arrive for the same employee.
A proceeding may be subject to other state law that protects the privacy of a child or individual by limiting disclosure of place of employment. Courts apply these rules to prevent identification through employment location details.
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