Archive: July 2008

In Thompson v. North Am. Stainless , the 6th Circuit recognized a claim for associational retaliation, holding: "Title VII prohibit[s] ...

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Being a new dad myself, the following headline from the National Law Journal caught my eye: More Men Filing Workplace Lawsuits - Lawyers are...

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Very quietly and with zero fanfare, the Department of Labor has published proposed new regulation for the Fair Labor Standards Act . The DOL...

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One blogger has theorized that the glass ceiling and the disparity in pay between men and women is self-imposed by women who prioritize moth...

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Governor Strickland has spoken out against the Ohio Healthy Families Act as bad for Ohio businesses, but he is not necessarily opposed to to...

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Another week, another week of excellent employment law posts from around the country for everyone to peruse. The Delaware Employment Law B...

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Today, the federal minimum wage increases to $6.55 an hour. This should be bigger news than it is, but in Ohio this increase will have almos...

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Lots of statutes have thresholds that must be met for coverage. For example, the FMLA only applies to employees with at least 1 year of tenu...

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This week, the EEOC issued three new publications on religious discrimination: a new chapter in its Compliance Manual , a Q&A, and Best...

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Yesterday, a commenter left the following on my earlier post, Deconstructing the Ohio Healthy Families Act : What effect will this have...

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Every once in a while, you come across a case that, when you read it, makes you wonder why the employee would ever even consider filing a la...

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Actually, I'm not reading much this week, but I have pegged a few articles that might be of interest to everyone. First, congratulatio...

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Fertility is a very touchy subject. Most people assume that it is easy for a couple that wants to get pregnant to get pregnant. Unless you e...

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Ohioans to Protect Jobs and Fair Benefits, a coalition of businesses, organizations, and others  that oppose the Healthy Families Act, has f...

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Brady v. Wal-Mart Stores (2nd Cir. 7/2/08) asks whether an employer can ignore an employee's obvious disability when making employment...

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Even though new dads have the same FMLA rights as new moms, technically I'm not on FMLA leave. I'll be in and out of the office over...

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Starting Monday, my posting may become more sporadic than I'd like, as my wife is going into the hospital to have our second child. I...

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No company does more to avoid unions than Walmart. Case in point - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NLRB 6/20/08) . In the summer of 2000, Walmart'...

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Fontella Harper and Beverly Kaisk were neighbors in a public housing project. Apparently, Kaisk had problems living next door to an African ...

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Doe v. Salvation Army , decided last week by the 6th Circuit, provides employers with a valuable lesson on the dangers of asking the wrong q...

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Disparate treatment claims under Title VII are categorized as either single-motive claims (where only an illegitimate reason motivated the e...

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In the largest verdict Ohio history, and what might be the largest single-plaintiff employment verdict ever, a Cuyahoga County jury has awar...

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I'm here a day early with this week's best from the blogosphere, starting with 2 posts from the New York Times' Shifting Careers...

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Yesterday, a Minnesota judge ruled that Wal-Mart violated state wage and hour laws by failing to provide meal and rest periods to more than...

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Did you know that if you are covered by the FMLA and have an employee handbook, the FMLA's regulations require that handbook to contain ...

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