Articles Posted in April, 2021

A woman with back issues and trouble sitting for long stretches flew around the world to Thailand. FMLA abuse, much?

April 2, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

Apparently, her employer and the court thought so. That ominous sequence does not portend a successful FMLA lawsuit. Yet, that didn’t stop our plaintiff today from filing suit. Continue reading

Court rules its ok for a winery worker to wear “Cellar Lives Matter” apparel.

April 1, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

Ivan Radic, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Imagine a non-union widget factory in which widget makers want to unionize. As part of the unionizing campaign, one of the widget makers decides to wear a vest on which he writes “Widget Lives Matter.” Management is concerned that this vest is racially insensitive, will foster employee dissension, and potentially become a PR nightmare. So, it orders the employee to remove the vest.

Is this legal? Continue reading

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