Archive: December 2022

In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I bring you the holiday classic,  'Twas the Employment Law Night B...

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The votes have been counted … and in the end it wasn't all that close. The WINNER of The Worst Employer of 2022 is The Murder Enabler

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As employers plan for year-end bonus payments to employees, you need to learn the difference between nondiscretionary bonuses, discretionary...

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Pronouns confuse me. It's not that I want to misgender anyone. In fact, quite to the contrary, I try really hard to get people's pro...

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What's the best holiday gift you've ever given or received? With the holidays quickly approaching, this is the question Norah and I ...

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If I've learned one thing from my 25+ years of practicing law it's that when a court describes your arguments as a "rambling an...

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If you haven't yet cast your ballot for The Worst Employer of 2022, time is quickly running out. Polls close at the end of today.  In c...

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We're a team, we need to work together. Maybe we need to have a department meeting where we workshop with each other and really get to k...

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…." This is perhaps the most famous opening line in the history of literature,...

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Last Friday, after sharing  the Old 97's new holiday classic from the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special , I asked LinkedIn for th...

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We are no longer taking ANY EXCUSE for calling off. If you're sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring...

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"I'm an investigator with the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. I'm here to conduct an investigation into how ...

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Take a look at the following headlines, each taken from a Department of Labor news release from just the past month. US Department of Labor...

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In 2017, a series of personal adversities, including probation for an incident with a gun and an ex-girlfriend, cocaine use, and a DUI arres...

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I love a good Christmas song. The problem is that too many of them are just not very good. Today, I'm adding one to your holiday music p...

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. I've made my list. I've checked it twice. Now it's time to find out who's naug...

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