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Monday, December 8, 2025

Jury tags SHRM for $11.5 million in discrimination lawsuit

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$11.5 million! That's the number a jury needed to send a very loud, very clear message to the Society for Human Resource Management — th...
Friday, December 5, 2025

WIRTW #782: the 'lights' edition

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I've always loved Christmas lights. Maybe it’s because, growing up Jewish, we never decked out our house each December with strings of t...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Independent contractors and noncompete agreements do not mix

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I've always believed that noncompetes and "independent contractor" status don't mix. Now I have an appellate opinion to ba...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The most puzzling HR litigation strategy you’ll read this week

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Every so often a litigation strategy comes along that just makes you stare at the screen, shake your head, and think, "Did a lawyer rea...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The 12th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Corpse Killer

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Some stories hit you like a punch to the gut. This one is a full-on knockout. The House Ways and Means Committee just dropped a bombshell on...
Monday, December 1, 2025

If you aim to hit the legal floor, your workplace will always miss the mark

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If your defense to a harassment complaint starts with "well, technically…" you've already lost — even if you win the lawsuit. ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Civil-rights enforcement isn't a culture-war trophy

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The Wall Street Journal just profiled EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas under the headline "Trump's DEI Slayer Is Just Getting Started....