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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"I'm gluten free…" That's how my 15-year-old starts his order at every restaurant. He has Celiac disease and gets very ill...

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Above the Law thinks that it's time for lawyers to have walk-up songs.  History says that the walk-up song started at Old Comiskey Par...

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"I never saw that agreement and I never signed it." That's all that Andrew Bazemore said under oath in defense of Papa John...

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There's nothing inherently illegal about naming one of your conference rooms "s3xy." If, however, your company has a history o...

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It's been a hot minute since my daughter and I recorded an episode of our podcast, The Norah and Dad Show . It only took a Portuguese ho...

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"If he wants to sleep with someone, you have to say yes. It's normal that the coach sleeps with the players in our team." That...

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In-N-Out burgers are mid. Its employment practices are even worse.   The restaurant chain is prohibiting employees in five states from weari...

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If you work for the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois (a non-profit organization dedicated to the procurement, preparation, and preser...

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At midnight on July 14, SAG-AFTRA, the labor union representing 160,000 film and television actors, went on striking, joining their fellow m...

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Today is Donovan's 15th birthday. So, everyone please do this dad a solid and wish a 🎂  happy birthday  🎂 to this funny, smart, caring...

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Jay Hannah worked as a package delivery driver for UPS. He developed hip bursitis, which caused pain in his lower back, hip, and buttocks. A...

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If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman, please seek services at a local pet groomer. You are not welcome at this salon. Pe...

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"If you don’t relocate and return to in-person work, we’re going to have to let you go." Many employers are having this very conve...

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“Competition is fine, cheating is not.” That’s what Elon Musk tweeted after Twitter’s lawyer’s cease and desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg ...

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Employee: "I can't work Sundays. It's against my religion." Employer (before yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Gr...

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Quiet quitting is so 2022. According to CNBC  (citing Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace Report )  loud quitting  is all the rage. ...

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Rita Hall worked as a line supervisor at Kosei St. Mary's Corporation when she decided to post a meme of two juxtaposed photos on her pe...

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There's a lot going on with the union organizing campaign at Creature Comforts Brewing Company . While the  union (known as "BUG...

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67 employees of CSX Transportation submitted a required internal form requesting medical leave. Those requests had four key problems: 1.) ea...

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I've never wanted to be "that guy" who returns from vacation and says, "Let me show you my vacation photos."  Well …...

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USF Holland is recognized as one of the top 100 trucking companies in the country. It has also never hired a women in the 37-year history of...

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"When I grow up, I want to be hired based on what I look like rather than my skills.… I want to get promoted based on my chromosomes.… ...

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Consider the following scenarios: A pregnant employee has already used her annual allotment of FMLA leave and has no FMLA leave available to...

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"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. Twice I asked a co-worker to punch my time card to cover my tardiness; once I called off sick wh...

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Vacation, all I ever wanted Vacation, had to get away The Go-Go's had a point.  Tomorrow, I leave for my own vacation, one that I've...

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Today is the first day of Pride Month. June might be Pride Month, but your business should commit to and support its LGBTQ employees 24/7/36...

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In my view, the proffer, maintenance, and enforcement of a non-compete provision that reasonably tends to chill employees from engaging in ...

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Before I will bless a client's decision to terminate an employee, I always ask this question: "Tell me about the demographics — rac...

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Meet Loula and Dante, our dogs.  They have a lot in common. They're both vizslas. They are both from the same breeder (whom I cannot mo...

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Let's say you have an employee who works 40 hours per week at the rate of $13.00 per hour. Now let's say that same employee needs to...

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Uber has suspended its longtime head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Bo Young Lee, after Black and Hispanic employees complained that a...

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We hold that, for a district court to facilitate notice of an FLSA suit to other employees, the plaintiffs must show a "strong likeliho...

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It's always great to connect with old friends. It's even better when your old friend works in a similar field as you. And it's e...

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As the weather warms up around the country and spring quickly transitions to summer, festival season will begin … including my personal favo...

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"Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles' Creed." That is one of the qualifications listed in a job posting...

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With the Covid-19 National and Public Health Emergencies now concluded, the EEOC just published what should be its final updates to its COVI...

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AI is shiny. AI is new. AI is sexy. And AI is problematic and not entirely understood. It is for those last reasons that, according to HR Br...

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I spent five days this week with 12,000 other people at the Craft Brewers Conference. You read that number correctly, 12,000. It's somet...

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Heather Armstrong, the "queen of the mommy bloggers" and the author of Dooce.com, is dead from an apparent suicide after a relapse...

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I am currently in Nashville, at the Craft Brewers Conference . I'm spending my time split between networking at the Start A Brewery lou...

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“Joshua Amin alleges that he was denied a bathroom break by his supervisor at UPS warehouse until he was forced to defecate on himself at hi...

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Next week I'll be at the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville — a four-day gathering presented by the Brewers Association of all thin...

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It is with great sadness that we announce that the Founders Detroit Taproom will be permanently closing its doors today. Unfortunately, our ...

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The EEOC has sued Mercy Health St. Mary's for religious discrimination, claiming that it violated Title VII by rescinding a job offer to...

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In the nine months that Tyrone Rembert worked as a temporary employee at Swagelok Company, he claims he was subjected to the following: The ...

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"Write a rap about employment lawyer Jon Hyman." That was the prompt I gave to ChatGPT. I think what it came up with is pretty, p...

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