Archive: October 2016

Have you seen Worker.gov ? It is a how-to manual for employees to file charges with the full gauntlet of federal labor-and-employment agenci...

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Norah and Rhett Joe Purdy has been around for awhile. That I’d never heard of him before I bought my ticket to see him play with Rhett ...

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This week, the White House announced a call to action to reform non-compete agreements [pdf] . Instead of proposing sweeping federal legis...

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OSHA has had a busy October. First, it announced that it has delayed enforcement , until December 1, of the anti-retaliation provisions ...

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The plaintiff in Tennial v. UPS [pdf] , a former UPS manager, claimed that his manager placed him on a performance improvement plan, and...

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Last week, Steven Colbert conducted a mock job interview for President Obama . During the course of the interview, he asked the President qu...

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How do you spend your down time? What do you do when you’re not working? Me? I blog, and I play roadie for Norah and Donovan. If you happen ...

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Yesterday, I noted that the EEOC is examining the impact of “big data” on how employers reach employment decisions. Looking at an issue...

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Earlier this week, the EEOC announced its updated Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2017 – 2021 . So, what issues must employers have on thei...

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As I’ve previously documented in this space, OSHA does a whole lot more than just regulate workplace safety. Its other responsibilities in...

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Dan Rather, who is riding out the sunset of career interviewing musicians on Mark Cuban’s cable channel , also has been killing it lately...

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In the name of equal time, I present the set from Donovan’s recent School of Rock performance. His band—Fruity Tunes—played a tight five son...

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Employment Law 360 reports that Hawaiian Airlines has been sued by a group of employees claiming that their mandatory unpaid 10-day custo...

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Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, the day on which we make peace with God for all of the sins we’ve committed over the p...

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The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require paid lunches for employees. Indeed, quite to the contrary, the FLSA provides that meal break...

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I’ve been thinking all weekend whether to write about Donald Trump’s 2005 hot mic embarrassment, and, if so, what I’d write about. After a...

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Today, I thought I’d share some recent love the blog has received around the interweb. First up, Feedspot’s Top 100 Legal Blogs , which ...

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I am no fan of the NLRB and its aggressive agenda over the past few years. And, it appears I don’t stand alone. Check out these scat...

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Two recent EEOC lawsuits ( here and here ) illustrate the risk employers continue to take when they deny unpaid leaves of absence to employ...

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There is no doubt that prescription-pain-medication abuse is a rampant problem in America. Indeed, this week the State of Ohio even went...

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Last week, the Department of Labor rolled out its final regulations mandating paid sick leave for the employees of federal contractors. Acco...

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