Archive: December 2012

The last day of 2012 brings my year-end countdown to a close. Here are my two favorite posts of the past year. 2. How to avoid your organiz...

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Today, numbers 3 and 4 on the countdown. 4. New pregnancy legislation is unneeded; the law already requires accommodation of expecting empl...

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My year-end countdown continues with the my number 5 and 6 favorite posts of the year. 6. Even terminations over “genitalia sandwiches” can...

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Let’s continue our walk through my favorite posts of the past year. 8. When defending employment cases, chasing attorneys’ fees is a snipe ...

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Today, I start my annual year-end countdown of the year’s top posts. In years past, I’ve done the 10 most important issues and the 10 most p...

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Today is December 21, 2012, which, according to the Mayans , is the day the world ends. Or, it’s the day that they simply stopping counting ...

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Earlier today, I suggested that the appropriate gift on the 5th day of Employment Law Christmas is 5 Facebook firings. Today, the NLRB made...

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Since the holidays are almost upon us, and the news is a little slow, I thought I’d have a little fun. So I wrote a song. For your listening...

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Many discrimination cases hinge on the issue of pretext—whether the employer’s proffered non-discriminatory reason was the real reason for t...

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The history of the workplace intentional tort as an exception to the state workers’ compensation system has  a long and tortured history in ...

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There is nothing to say that can capture the grief and inhumanity we all witnessed last Friday. For what it’s worth, and because these event...

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The Greenhouse Tavern is my favorite restaurant, anywhere. If you live in Cleveland and have not paid it a visit, do your palate a favor an...

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Last week I shared my thoughts on avoiding liability during your workplace holiday parties . Among the 7 tips I shared was: Normal work ru...

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Today is 12/12/12. The number 12 holds a lot of historical significance. There are 12 tribes of Israel, 12 months in the Gregorian calendar,...

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Michigan is poised to become the 24th state to enact a right-to-work law . These laws prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers...

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The EEOC recently announced that it filed a disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of an employee fired because of her prosthetic leg. ...

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The end of the year is here, which means that it’s time for the office holiday party. Deep from the archives, here are 7 tips for a safe wor...

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In Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 [pdf] , an NLRB administrative law judge ruled that a union did not violate federal labor law by f...

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After a “soft launch” a couple of weeks ago, I am officially announcing the launch of my latest book, The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager...

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Let’s say an employee sues you, claiming that you withheld certain wages owed under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In addition to defending t...

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In Jones v. St. Jude Medical Center (6th Cir. 11/8/12) the employee—fired for surreptitiously recording workplace conversations about her ...

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