Archive: March 2008

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hall Street v. Mattel , which held that the Federal Arbitration Act is the exclusive grounds for v...

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If an hourly employee is injured on the job, and the employer's workers' compensation carrier subsequently sends the employee to a d...

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One story that has received a lot of press this week, but that I have not touched, is the $100 million tip pooling judgment received by Sta...

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This morning's Wall Street Journal has a piece on the growth of EEOC pregnancy discrimination charges. According to the Journal : Pre...

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Wal-Mart is at the center of a huge public relationship mess after it has asked a former employee to reimburse most of the $470,000 its heal...

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Whether or not a plaintiff was subjectively offended by an alleged hostile environment is a key element of proving any sexual harassment cla...

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For those who have been following my discussion with Donna Seale at Human Rights in the Workplace , she has posted what will be the last of ...

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Would you promote an employee who ranked a 2 out of 10 on his or her last performance review? That is exactly what the Democratic and Republ...

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Donna Seale at Human Rights in the Workplace is continuing our discussion on the differences between American and Canadian disability discr...

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In Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Auth. , decided last week by the 6th Circuit, illustrates the dangers employers face when deviating from estab...

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Last week, I asked whether the ADA affored protection to Internet addicts . I concluded that the ADA would not protect an employee who spen...

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Lots of really good practical advice this week: Michael Moore of the Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog gives 5 things every HR employee sh...

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As a native of Philadelphia, nothing makes my mouth water more than a cheesesteak (please, please, don't call it a Philly cheesesteak, ...

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There is no doubt that addiction is a protected disability under the ADA and Ohio's parallel law. The Department of Labor provides the ...

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Wally Bock's Three Star Leadership Blog has posted this fortnight's Carnival of Human Resources. To quote Wally: Stroll down the ...

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If you don't want it read by your spouse, seen by your boss, considered by a jury, or splashed on the front page of the newspaper, do no...

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The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Ohio legislature is balking at the Ohio Health Families Act in its current form. The legislature ha...

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Raytheon v. Hernandez , decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, confirmed that an employer may lawfully refuse to rehire a previously ter...

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This week's review starts with a couple of posts that should be of particular interest to Ohio businesses. Kris Dunn, The HR Capitalist ...

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Jackson v. City of Columbus , decided today by the Ohio Supreme Court, illustrates the importance of being thorough in all internal investig...

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Senate Bill 305 , introduced in the Ohio Senate yesterday, would include "sexual orientation" in the list of protected classes aga...

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Several months ago I wrote about basing personnel decisions on an applicant's or employee's off-work online activities . Today, thre...

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Schadenfreude is a German word meaning, "happiness in the misfortune of others." I'm certain a feeling of schadenfreude has s...

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I'm pulling double duty today. In addition to my regular posts here, I'm also guest blogging at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog ...

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Last week I talked about avoiding common traps in the questions that are asked during job interviews. The questioning, however, is not the ...

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It seems no matter where you turn these days, you just can't escape the presidential campaigns. John Phillips at The Word on Employment ...

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According to this EEOC press release , discrimination charges filed with the EEOC increased by 9% in 2007. The 82,792 private sector discrim...

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WorkplaceHorizons has tipped me off to a recently introduced Senate bill, the Working Families Flexibility Act . This bill, sponsored by ...

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On January 28, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 . Section 585(a) of that Act amends the FML...

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Yesterday , we took a look at some general dos and don'ts to keep in mind when conducting job interviews. Today, we'll delve a littl...

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A Los Angeles jury has awarded $1.6 million to two white fire department captains suspended after a black firefighter they supervised had hi...

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A reader asked whether Ohio employers are required to provide employees time off to vote - a timely question given tomorrow' presidentia...

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Today's BLR HR Daily Advisor is entitled, "Help, They Made Me a Supervisor — 9 Disastrous Mistakes New Supervisors Make." : ...

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