Archive: December 2010

2. Social Networking.   Mark Zuckerberg made the top of Time Magazine's annual list , but could only reach number two on mine. Last year...

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Our next two stories impact women during and immediately after pregnancy. 4. Lactation Breaks. One of the lesser heralded provisions of th...

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Numbers 6 and 5 on our list takes up employee privacy rights and employee disability rights. 6. The Intersection of Privacy and Technology....

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The next two stories on the yearly run-down both involve goings-on at the EEOC. 8. The EEOC Declares Open Season on Background Checks. Do ...

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We start this year’s review not only by looking back at the past year, but also by looking forward to two stories that will dominate the he...

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As has become my year-end tradition, next week I will countdown the top 10 labor and employment stories of the year. I do this for two reaso...

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Typically, December is a slow month for litigators. Courts stop calling juries. We all take vacations. Typically, the closer we get to Chris...

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A woman in California has filed a class action lawsuit against McDonald’s . She claims that McDonald’s temps kids to eat unhealthily by pro...

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Today is National Look on the Bright Side Day . I’m having a hard time, though, finding the silver lining in the latest news to come from th...

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Under the ADA, an employer is prohibited from making disability-related inquiries and requiring medical examinations of employees unless if...

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Imagine a union comes to you claiming to have signed authorization cards from a majority of your employees and offers you the following prop...

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Peter the Elf graces our home every year between Thanksgiving night and Christmas Eve. He’s my family’s Elf on the Shelf . If you don’t h...

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Have you seen the amazing video of the roof the Metrodome collapsing last weekend? In need of a temporary home to host this Monday night...

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Earlier this year, in Quon v. Arch Wireless , the Supreme Court dodged the question of whether one has a reasonable expectation of privacy i...

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A couple of weeks ago, the American Bar Association and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced an unprecedented collabor...

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Today is Cleveland's second big snowstorm in less than a week. I, along with myriad other workers around the greater Cleveland area, ar...

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The story of the week is courtesy of the legal humor blog (and fellow ABA Blawg 100 honoree —don’t forget to vote) Lowering the Bar , which ...

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Despite the breadth of the 2009 amendments to Americans with Disabilities Act , not all disabled employees receive the benefit of the Act’s ...

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Thompson v. North Am. Stainless is near and dear to my heart. This post marks the 8th I’ve written covering this important 6th Circuit reta...

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Because Ohio employees working without a contract are at-will, an employer does not need a reason—good, bad, or otherwise—for termination. Y...

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This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of the class certification of the largest employment discrimination lawsuit ever f...

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In boxing its called a puncher’s chance. As long as you’re on your feet, you always have a chance to knock out the other guy. You might get ...

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I was not the only one this week commenting on the legal risks of office holiday parties : The Office Holiday Party - Alcohol-Indu...

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The New York Times ’s You’re the Boss blog ran a piece yesterday discussing background checks of prospective employees . It focuses on a cas...

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