You may get your passport revoked if you hate on the free kick prowess of French soccer star, Dimitri Payet. Nasty! But, if you work in a tipped position and you question the generosity of French soccer players when leaving gratuities, then, hasta luego. Not even the National Labor Relations Board…
About two years ago, I blogged here about this decision from the NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division, where the court held that an employer and employee could agree to shorten the statute of limitations on employment claims. For example, in Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Company, Inc., conspicuously placed in its application materials,…
Yep, that’s me honey dipping like Vince Carter. I’m an animal on the court. Especially, when the rim is set at seven six five feet at the local Children’s museum. So, yes, I’m more of a fan. But, I’m passionate about hoops. Sometimes, I even get carried away. Like that…
Its seems likes ages ago that I blogged about a Seventh Circuit decision, where the appellate court held that an employment-arbitration agreement with a class-action waiver violates the National Labor Relations Act. Uh, Eric, it was Tuesday. ***stabs inner voice with a Q-Tip*** Well, guess what? Yesterday, in Cellular Sales of Missouri…
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” There are times when an employee claims that his working conditions have become so intolerable — a really, really bad…
Anyone else need a day off from being bombarded with lawyers talking about the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules? I feel ya! We’ll take it light today. Recently, the folks at Glassdoor compiled its annual list of the Top 10 Oddball Interview Questions. Actually, it’s a top 10 for 6 different countries (60…
Because, I’m pretty sure that I’ll get my employment-lawyer-blogger card revoked if I don’t offer a self-deprecating blog post about age discrimination on my 40th birthday. But, feel free to raise my spirits by pledging a pair of tickets to the Philly stop of the Guns N’ Roses reunion tour. Oh, God!…
He got the hook, all right. Or, you could say that his position was sliced. Boo-yah! I mean, Baba Booey! Hey, I’ll be here all week. I was going to start the week with this story from Del Milligan at TheLedger.com. But, then, that whole HR getting sued for FMLA violations thing caught my…
Imagine arriving at work in the morning to the red light indicator on your desk phone. So, you pick up the handset, punch in a few numbers, and are greeted with a voicemail from your President. She’d like you to ask the employment lawyer whether it’s “legal” to pose an ultimatum to two…
(See what I did there? We’ll get to the Lady Murderface part soon enough). On Sunday, may Google Alert for “Fired AND Facebook OR Twitter” yielded several related stories that scratched my itch: “I can’t afford to buy groceries”: Yelp fired an employee after her scathing open letter to the CEO –…