The President has officially declared H1N1 a national emergency . Hyperbole aside, it is estimated that as many as 60% of the U.S. populatio...

The international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski has released its Fifth Annual Litigation Trends Survey and Highlights ( available in ful...

The front page of today’s USA Today’s sports section has a story covering the scandal that has plagued my alma mater (Binghamton University...

The Fair Labor Standards Act sets certain requirements for what records an employer covered by the Act must keep. For non-exempt employees, ...

The ADA Amendments Act, which became effective January 1, 2009, is intended “to reinstate a broad scope of protection” by expanding the defi...

More people are out of work at any time in the past 25 years. And, it appears that some are taking desperate measures to find new jobs. ABCN...

Employees cannot simply take FMLA leave on a whim. They must provide their employers at least some notice, depending on the circumstances. A...

Last week, an Orlando, Florida, jury convicted a Pennsylvania tourist of groping Minnie Mouse. Apparently, the man thought it was okay to ...

In a previous post, I detailed the new FMLA regulation’s eligibility notice and designation notice requirements . The FMLA also has specific...

We should all know that any hours a non-exempt employee works in excess of 40 in any given week must be paid at a premium rate of one and on...

The recent changes to the FMLA’s regulations make it that much easier for employers to gather information about the medical need for an empl...

Before the recent FMLA regulatory amendments took effect, an employer could not  deny a perfect attendance bonus to an employee whose only a...

In the June 19 New York Times , Lesley Alderman provided chronically ill employees some practical information on how to protect their jobs w...

“Salting” is a common organizing tactic used by labor unions. It refers to union organizers applying for jobs with non-union employers. The ...

Cave drawings were likely the earliest form of social networking. Today people tweet their thoughts for the world to see. In between we’ve ...

It strikes me as appalling that in the year 2009 there are still minority groups against whom it remains legal to discriminate. An employer ...

For an employer to claim that an a professional, administrative, or executive employee is “exempt,” and therefore ineligible to receive over...

Whether the EFCA will become law, and in what form, is very much up in the air. Democratic support for the measuring is waning, and business...

According to EVliving.com , one employer has come up with a creative idea to combat the current economic downturn. The CEO of Greenleaf Book...

It’s no secret that in a down economy, the number of employment-related claims rise. To file a claim under any of the federal employment dis...