Archive: February 2017

Edward Prieto, the sheriff of Yolo County, California, likes to hug his co-workers … a lot. According to Victoria Zetwick, a county correc...

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On Friday, Rhett Miller, lead singer of my favorite band, the Old 97’s, and undoubtedly one of the good guys, held a Reddit AMA . I asked ...

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Earlier this week, Kurt Cobain would have turned 50 years old. Uncoincidentally, also earlier this week Norah stepped in for an absent bandm...

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It won’t take much searching through the archives to find posts discussing the NLRB’s protections for employees’ Facebook posts critical o...

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Nearly six years ago, Walter Olson , writing as his Overlawyered blog, asked the following question: “If I could press a button and ins...

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Last Thursday, in protest against President Trump’s immigration policy, people nationwide participated in “A Day Without Immigrants.” As p...

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This is Loula, our vizsla. We love our dog. And, when we brought her home four summers ago, it was a great benefit to our family tha...

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Whether you are left or right, blue or red, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, it’s hard to argue that the first 28 days of...

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Late yesterday, news broke that Andy Puzder, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor, had withdrawn his name from consideration, ju...

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This is Michael Trimble . Originally from Ukraine, Michael was born without arms as a result of birth defects resulting from the Ch...

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I am a Valentine’s Day scrooge. Yet, for someone who goes out of his way to avoid this forced and commercialized celebration of love, I’...

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With a change in administrations comes a change at the head of various federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commi...

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On February 22, I will be co-presenting a free CLE-eligible webinar for LexisNexis, entitled, “Employment Law: Five Areas to Watch in 2017...

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Watch this , and then let’s talk about the word fair .

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I’ve previously suggested that your employees are your company’s weakest link, and therefore, your greatest threat to suffering a cyber-a...

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Medical leaves of absence continue to confound employers. Under the ADA, an employer must consider an unpaid leave as a reasonable accommo...

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Our next nominee for the Worst Employer of 2017 is the defendant in Mayes v. WinCo Holdings (9th Cir. 2/3/17) [pdf] —WinCo, a Bosie, Idah...

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Did you hear that Donald Trump appointed 10th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill to SCOTUS seat vacated by the death of ...

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It was almost one year ago to the day that I penned,  Now is the time to restore balance to Ohio’s employment discrimination law: Endorsin...

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As we all should know, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that employers pay non-exempt employees overtime at a rate of one and one-ha...

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