File this one away: Supreme Court continues its trend of protecting complaining employees from retaliation
Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics asks a very simple question: does the word “file” in the Fair Labor Standards Act’s anti-retali...
BREAKING NEWS: FLSA anti-retaliation provision covers oral complaints, per SCOTUS
By Jon Hyman
This morning, the Supreme Court held that the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision includes oral, in addition to written, complaints. A co...
6th Circuit disables the “cat’s paw” in ADA cases (for now)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this month, in Staub v. Proctor Hospital , the Supreme Court upheld the cat’s paw doctrine in discrimination cases. While Staub was...
Quicken Loans beats multi-million dollar overtime claim
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor may not be the most hospitable place for employers these days. Federal juries, however, can prove to be just the opp...
WIRTW #169 (the madness edition)
By Jon Hyman
If you wonder why office productivity sinks like a rock for the next two weeks, look no further than all of your employees checking their br...