Archive: May 2018

If you are accused of destroying evidence, and the federal judge ruling on the motion starts his opinion by quoting a John Hiatt song call...

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By now you’ve almost certainly heard about ABC’s cancellation of Roseanne , after Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett,...

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Quid pro quo  is Latin for “something for something.” In employment law, it’s a specific theory of sexual harassment—“If you do this ‘thin...

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Sunday is my daughter’s 12th birthday. Happy birthday, Norah! It's not easy being a pre-teen these days, especially as a girl. I kno...

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Today, I take you to lovely Riverside County, California, home of Palm Springs, Joshua Tree National Park, the Coachella Music Festival … ...

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Sports blog Deadspin asks:  What If The NFL Were Regulated By OSHA? Well, Deadspin, I’m glad you asked. I answered this very question ov...

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Yesterday, in a narrow, 5-4 partisan decision, the Supreme Court issued its most anticipated employment decision of its current term,  Epi...

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If you did not watch 60 Minutes last night, you should. The last segment detailed pervasive and rampant sexual harassment by famed chef ...

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What’s your security blanket? That place you go when your soul needs a hug? Mine is music. Today, my security blanket grew a few sizes...

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“Hi, I’m your friendly neighborhood Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Do you mind if I come in and take a quick look at your I-...

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Photo by Nitish Meena on Unsplash Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced that it has doubled the number of worksite inv...

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Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash Yeterday, I was tagged with the following question on LinkedIn : Interested in your opinion on this ...

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Photo by  MelanieSchwolert via Pixabay Who has the burden of proof in an ADA reasonable accommodation case? The employee, to prove a l...

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This week I celebrated two milestones. On May 9, the Ohio Employers Law Blog turned 11 (and after 11 years I finally dropped the apostro...

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Image by Max Goldberg via Wiki Commons Yesterday morning, NBC News released the complete report into its months long investigation of Ma...

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Photo  by Pexels on Pixabay Today’s opinion is a lesson straight out of the school of hard knocks. No matter how sympathetic the plain...

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Photo by Michael Fischer from Pexels Ohio’s medical marijuana program is set to be fully operational by September 2018. Ohio will join...

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Today’s nominee for the Worst Employer of 2018 is Seasons 52, a national, Orlando-based restaurant chain. Last week, it agreed to pay ...

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Never in my life did I think that I’d ever attend a biker rally. Yet, three weeks from tomorrow, I’ll be in Sandusky, at Ohio Bike Week . ...

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Photo by David Pisnoy on Unsplash I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 16 months discussing bad employers—those that so mishandled em...

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I’m thinking of starting a religion “Onionhead” teaches people to direct their emotions in a truthful and compassionate way. It is centr...

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Three female associates at Morrison & Foerster have filed an alleged $100 million class-action sex discrimination lawsuit against the ...

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