If you've been following along these past few weeks with the trials of the Lake Ridge Academy soccer team, I have some sad news to share...

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Is it legal under the ADA to mandate that an employee accused of sexual harassment use the company's employee assistance program? That...

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Do politics and work mix? That is the question being asked at Copper Blue Restaurant. A half-dozen employees recently quit in protest after...

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It's one thing to settle an unpaid overtime claim; it's another entirely to shake down your employees to repay the settlement funds ...

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Last week, the employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co.  voted by a margin of 32-21 to reject the Brewing Union of Georgia as their barg...

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As parents, we live and die with the successes and failures of our children. We need to fully embrace the highs so that we have the stored c...

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True or false — An employer must always reasonably accommodate an employee’s disability if necessary to permit the employee to perform the e...

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Not all Jews are Zionists colonizers, and not all Muslims are Hamas terrorists. In fact, most aren't. Moreover, you can oppose the polic...

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I spent my Saturday night at 8th Day Brewing Company  watching my 17-year-old daughter, Norah, play a killer 3-hour set of music. When we sa...

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Today, I'd like to use this space to celebrate the Lake Ridge Academy soccer team. They just completed their best season in 15 years! A...

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International law firm Winston & Strawn has withdrawn its job offer to an NYU law student who published and distributed inflammatory co...

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The EEOC is NOT trying to make "misgendering" a thought-crime. The agency recently proposed new  Enforcement Guidance on Harassmen...

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More money, more problems. After 36 consecutive drawings without a winner, the next Powerball drawing has a prize of approximately $1.75 bil...

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On the latest episode of The Norah and Dad Show , Norah and I remember Loula, our beloved vizsla who died last week. Different people deal ...

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Do you know the difference between a break period and a meal period during an employee's work day? It's an important distinction bec...

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Q: What is the one thing that your business can do RIGHT NOW to cut your potential FLSA liability in half? A: Hire an employment lawyer to c...

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A federal district court judge has ordered the owners and operators of 14 Subway restaurants to pay employees nearly $1 million in back wag...

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Thursday night, we made the very difficult decision to let our beloved family member, Loula Mae, go. It was one of the hardest decisions we...

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134. That's how many different available positions Costco offered to Monica Barnett over a nearly nine-month period in an effort to acco...

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Is there any legitimate reason a concierge must be clean shaven as a condition of employment? That question is at the center of a new lawsui...

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Social media giant TikTok is in some legal hot water for its alleged mistreatment of its employees. According to NPR , two Black employees a...

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Misgendering a transgender employee + forcing him to out himself to his coworkers + passing him over for a promotion + subjecting him to an ...

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An employee uses Facebook Messenger to notify his supervisor of a medical absence, ignoring the company's policy that requires employees...

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Empire Diner pays its servers a tipped minimum wage of $2.83, the permissible tipped minimum wage in the state in which it's located, Pe...

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The EEOC recently  filed a lawsuit against a Jack in the Box restaurant owned and operated by Eastbox LLC, alleging sexual harassment again...

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What was your worst day at work?  If you work at Destilaria Levira, in Levira, Portugal, it was almost certainly this past weekend, when two...

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Have you ever heard of a "writ of body attachment?" Me neither, until yesterday. That's when the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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In late 2020, Tyson Foods fired seven of its pork processing plant managers after they were caught betting on which of their employees woul...

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Telling an employee to "Eat a Dick" won't earn you a nomination for the Worst Employer of 2023.  Writing "Eat a Dick...

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(With a huge tip of the hat to my friend Mike VanDervort for the idea), and inspired by the impending union election at Creature Comforts ,...

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$36 million is a number large enough to get anyone's attention. It certainly got the attention of Drivers Management, LLC and Werner Ent...

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If OSHA gets its way, you might have to start opening the doors of your business to union reps during the agency's safety inspections. P...

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I write about a lot of horrible, terrible bosses … the worst employers .  Today, however, I want to use this space to shine a light on five ...

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$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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