Archive: August 2023

$1,059 per week. If the Department of Labor gets its wish, that amount will become the new salary threshold for its various white-collar ove...

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It took more than seven months, but the NLRB has finally directed a union representation election at Creature Comforts Brewing Company. Th...

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In a press release , the EEOC announced the filing of a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against Las Vegas hospitality employers.  [The ...

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In Cemex Construction Materials Pacific , the NLRB significantly altered the process for how a labor union becomes certified as the exclusiv...

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This is Dante, our four-year-old vizsla. Last week, he thought it was a good idea to eat some cocoa powder. As a result, he spent an overnig...

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Tony works at a local brewery as its assistant general manager. In that capacity, he interviews, hires, trains, coaches, disciplines, and fi...

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The rounding of an employee's clock-ins and clock-out to the nearest of a specific increment of time is perfectly legal. It's also a...

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"Female employees are not given full weekends off and can only receive weekdays or partial weekends off." Is this policy legal or ...

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Just because someone engages in protected conduct doesn't mean you can't fire them. It just means you better have your ducks in a ro...

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Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent in any still alive It'll be those who g...

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"Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely....

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Last week, a federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a conservative shareholder against Starbucks challenging the company's div...

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Consider this example, and then let's talk. Lydia works as a cellar person in a brewery. The essential functions of her job include the ...

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Missy, a newly hired server in the taproom of a brewery, suffers a miscarriage and asks her manager for ten days of leave to recover. As a n...

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Lou Grant. Leslie Knope. Dr. Mark Greene. Captain Merrill Stubing. Even Michael Scott. The history of television is littered with great boss...

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Yesterday, a federal jury in Columbus returned a $2.6 million verdict in favor of Stacey Yerkes, a former Ohio State Highway Patrol employee...

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"If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No li...

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Everyone's relationship with God — whether you call that deity God, Yahweh, Jesus, Allah, Vishnu, Buddha, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, ...

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To be the man (or woman), you've gotta beat the man (or woman). And to beat the man (or woman), you've gotta be really, really good ...

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Yes, we need to talk about employee handbooks and the NLRB … again.  Yesterday, the Board decided Stericycle, Inc. , and announced its 5th (...

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"I, for one, welcome our robot overlords." 🙃 Consider this scenario. "You're a delivery driver and your employer's t...

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Floyd Sesson, a Black UPS parts mechanic, saw race discrimination in every turn within his workplace. When UPS changed its policy to prohibi...

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