Archive: July 2010

Happy 20th Birthday to the ADA. Some notable bloggers share their thoughts on the ADA at 20. ADA’s 20th Anniversary – from Walter...

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While it seems like common sense, for something to be a trade secret it must actually be secret. Rogers Indus. Prods. v. HF Rubber Machiner...

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The EEOC has settled a race and sex discrimination case against a local temporary agency, Area Temps. The EEOC alleged that the agency used ...

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So often we get bogged down in the minutia of an employment law issue or a specific case. I thought that today, we’d take a step back and fo...

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One of the lesser heralded provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as the Health Care Reform Bill) is sec...

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When I write I post about which I’m particularly proud, I’ll ask my wife for her opinion, which is what I did last night for my post from ye...

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I went to a concert last night—Jack Johnson to be specific, which, by all accounts, was a low-key and mellow way to spend an evening. Or, at...

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At the conclusion of a day-long plaintiff’s deposition in an FMLA and disability discrimination lawsuit, it was clear to me that my client h...

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Today’s USA Today reports that the Obama Administration is going to make a renewed push for the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act: Pre...

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Alvarez v. Royal Atlantic Developers, Inc. (11th Cir. 7/2/10) [pdf] asks this question: Can an employee who engages in protected activity ...

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The post of the week belongs to Dan Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog , who correctly identifies the major shortcomings with...

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When I was 17 years old I was in a car accident, the details of which are unimportant to this story. What is important, though, is that a we...

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A New York federal court recently dismissed a wage and hour collective action that sought unpaid overtime for “off-the-clock” work. The plai...

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FMLA leave continues to be one of the most confounding HR issues for employers. The first issue you often face is whether an employee seekin...

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According to the Youngstown Business Journal , a federal court jury awarded Allied Erecting & Dismantling $3.046 million for claims that...

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At the bottom of the page you’ll notice a new feature I’m trying out – a Wibiya toolbar . It adds new functionality to the blog, including a...

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I'm about to make a startling confession -- I could care less if LeBron James signs with the Cavs, Knicks, Bulls, Heat, or becomes the f...

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I’ve written a lot in the past about FLSA exemptions, particularly the administrative exemption and the outside sales exemption . Yesterd...

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a jury awarded a former applicant for a job a Lucasfilm $113,800 in damages on a pregnancy discrim...

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Jeffrey Hirsch at the Workplace Prof Blog reports that the NLRB has announced its plan to handle some of the nearly 600 cases invalidated b...

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Before an employee can file a Title VII lawsuit, the employee must first file a timely administrative charge with the EEOC. As a general rul...

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