Archive: March 2017

Two years ago I reported on a lawsuit the DOL filed against Akron, Ohio, televangelist Ernest Angley, alleging he employed unpaid volunt...

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I posted this from work yesterday Earlier this week, I asked when employees will learn that online comments can, and will, be used again...

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America remains the only industrialized nation that doesn’t mandate some level of paid maternity and/or family leave for employees. Meanwhil...

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Business in the front, party in the rear I’ve recently given two different speeches discussing the balance between an employee’s privacy...

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At his always excellent Connecticut Employment Law Blog , Dan Schwartz recently asked the following question: “What Does ‘At Will’ Employm...

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Damn, does the Oxford comma have some traction. I can’t recall the last time a case as mundane as O’Connor v. Oakhurt Dairy lit up the int...

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“Jon, you write a management-side blog. Why are you running a contest to find the worst employer of 2017?” Because of employers like this ...

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Lafe Solomon There is little doubt that under President Obama, the NLRB reinvented itself into an agency about which all employers must ...

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Last June, the EEOC issued a comprehensive, bi-partisan report on harassment in the workplace . The report’s stated purpose was to “reboot...

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It is no secret that health care costs for employers and their employees are out of control. Many employers have attempted to hold down th...

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Who knew that the l’il ol’ Oxford comma was so controversial? I would have never dreamed that yesterday’s post on the importance of its ...

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Vampire Weekend once asked , “Who gives a f__k about an Oxford comma?” The answer, apparently, is the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, a whol...

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Late last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hosp. [pdf] , held that Title VII does not protect sexual-...

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Snow day! Norah went to bed with PJs on backwards last night (and received her wish; now please use your time wisely to work on homework)....

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Last Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked for the resignation of 46 U.S. attorneys . Those that refused have been fired. The fac...

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Do you like acoustic guitar, Green Day, and a 10-year-old girl that is way too cool to be my daughter combining the two? If so, then this vi...

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Yesterday’s nominee for the Worst Employer of 2017 may not end up as the last employer standing when I tally the votes at year’s end (at ...

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The EEOC recently sued a Florida trucking company for disability discrimination, alleging it failed to accommodate, refused to hire, and ...

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court reversed an earlier decision that would have heard the appeal of a 4th Circuit opinion granting a transgende...

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CNN reports that a ransomware attack has locked the computer network of the Pennsylvania Democratic Caucus. This is what we call a teacha...

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Thank god we got these guitars. In this devil of world. Turn it up make a little noise.  – Old 97’s, “Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls”...

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My administration wants to work with members in both parties to make childcare accessible and affordable, to help ensure new parents ha...

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To say that I have not felt overly optimistic about our nation’s course over next four years would be a bit of an understatement. One area...

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