DOL permits FMLA leave for gay parents (and others too)
The Internet has been ablaze with news that the Department of Labor would be expanding the rights of gay workers to take FMLA leave to care ...
Do you know? Does mandatory arbitration of employment disputes work?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, in Rent-A-Center v. Jackson [pdf] the U.S. Supreme Court held that the issue of the enforceability of an arbitration agreement ...
Texting does not make you a bad parent
By Jon Hyman
A day late, but here’s a Fathers’ Day message from Louis C.K. (maybe the funniest human being the planet) that explains how texting while sp...
WIRTW #131
By Jon Hyman
Each and every week, there seems to be a breaking story that I just can’t get to, and there’s a half-dozen other bloggers who’ve already sai...
Supreme Court tosses 26 months of NLRB decisions in the rubbish
By Jon Hyman
Today was a busy day at the Supreme Court. In addition to Quon (and three other non-labor and employment cases), it also issued its much an...