Do you know? Agreements cannot waive future claims
Do you know? One of the mistakes that I see made over and over again in agreements I review is waivers of future claims. Take, for example, ...
Stimulus Bill to provide for subsidized COBRA coverage for laid-off employees
By Jon Hyman
COBRA provides workers and their families who lose health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their g...
WIRTW #66
By Jon Hyman
Overlawyered brings us the story of the week. File this one under what goes around comes around. A California attorney settled a consumer c...
Courts open Pandora’s Box in applying the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
By Jon Hyman
Today I am going to get technical and talk about statutory interpretation. Bear with me, though, because how some courts are incorrectly int...
A primer on employee polygraph testing
By Jon Hyman
As I’ve previously reported, as the recession deepens, incidents of employee theft are on the rise . It should go without saying that just a...