Archive: January 2014

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first employment decision of 2014, Sandifer v. U.S. Steel [pdf] , which held that the ...

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During Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, President Obama handed down the following edict : It’s time to do away with workplace policie...

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Last week, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics published its annual report of union membership . Private-sector union membe...

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When Congress amended the ADA in 2009 , it’s goal was to bring the statute back to its original intent — the protection of the legitimately ...

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It’s always nice for someone to post a five-star review of your book on Amazon, but it’s even nicer when one of the most well-respected and...

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In case you haven’t seen the latest and greatest band sweeping Cleveland’s western suburbs, I bring you Norah and the Troopers, courtesy of ...

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Two weeks ago I posed this question: Is it acceptable for a company to prohibit warehouse workers from using office bathrooms? The results?...

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For an employee to be eligible to take leave under the FMLA, the employee must have been employed for at least 12 months, and have at least ...

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Will Blythe recently penned an op-ed in the New York Times entitled, Fired? Speak No Evil.   In this piece, Mr. Blythe chronicled his recent...

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For the past nine months, my daughter has been taking guitar lessons at School of Rock in Strongsville . This past fall, we upped her from p...

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I sometimes use this weekly space to get personal. Today will be one of those posts. My 5-year-old son, Donovan, was born with Noonan Syndr...

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Can an employee succeed on a retaliation claim if the decision maker did not know about the alleged protected activity at the time the emplo...

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Suppose an employee applies for a transfer to an open position. The company decides to hire an external candidate and passes on transferring...

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According to this press release , a New York nursing and rehabilitation center will pay $370,000 to settle a genetic discrimination lawsuit ...

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With The year was 1985. I was 12 years and spent the summer at overnight camp. When you spend 8 weeks alone in the woods with a dozen other ...

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True story. I just learned of a company (not a client) that maintains two sets of bathrooms—one for its “office” employees and one for its “...

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Do you remember Diana Wang, the unpaid intern who sued Hearst Corporation , claiming that the publisher violated that Fair Labor Standard Ac...

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I recently came across a blog post that answered the question of how to deal with workplace gossip . One solution you might want to avoid is...

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It’s the first full week of January, which means that lots of people are attempting to execute on their New Year’s resolutions. Many of thos...

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How bad is the weather going to be in Cleveland today? It’s so cold that even the Horseshoe Casino is closed . You can’t even get hot at the...

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It’s been a nice couple of weeks of relative peace and quiet (or at least as much peace and quiet as one can get in one’s house during winte...

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Among the toys and the clothes, my kids always receive books for Christmas. This year, the books included The Day the Crayons Quit . This bo...

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