What caught my eye this morning, I mean, other than my new Carson Wentz fathead — ok, fatheads — was this Law360 headline: “NJ Ruling May Widen Exposure To Excessive Jury Awards” Gulp… So, bigger jury awards, huh… This Law360 report from Jeannie O’Sullivan (subscription required) highlights the recent decision in Cuevas v. Wentworth Group.…
On Saturday, I ran — and I use that term, “ran,” generously — my first Spartan Race. Maybe, the better past-tense verb is “completed.” But, I’ll take it. What the heck does Don Mattingly have to do with employment law? About a quarter-century ago, the New York Yankees benched first baseman…
Sorry, I couldn’t find “A 1.5 Milli.” Lil Wayne will have to do. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor, the federal agency tasked with enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act, agreed to pay $7 million dollars to settle wage-and-hour claims of many of its Washington, DC employees. Now, it seems that another…
If your Saturday night consists of nerding up on HR compliance with both the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, why fight it? We’re kindred spirits. So, take my hand… Or, maybe just email me — yes, email is better — for the scintillating PowerPoint debuting…
…continue to prepare as if the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rules will take effect on December 1, 2016, as scheduled. But what’s this lawsuit all about? Read on… Actually, it’s lawsuits, plural. That is, on Tuesday, 21 states filed this complaint against the DOL in a Texas federal…
Earlier in the Summer, I blogged here about this federal court opinion, recognizing that a convenience store may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing a diabetic cashier. The facts showed that the diabetic cashier twice violated the store’s grazing policy by removing bottles of orange juice from the store cooler without immediately paying for…
In 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Folks like me on the management-side refer to this Order as the Blacklisting rules. In general terms (I’ll get a little more specific below), the Blacklisting rules require prospective federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose anything that may appear on…
To the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, which just celebrated its ninth birthday on September 14. Authored by my friend Daniel Schwartz, a partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP, this awesome employment-law blog inspired me to get my employment-law blog on. If you’ve never checked out Dan’s blog, what the heck are you waiting for?…
Had I represented the plaintiff in this case, I would’ve found a way to incorporate this .gif into my brief opposing the employer’s motion for summary judgment. {Cue music} Poor, poor Diane St. Amour. She worked for a hospital in Connecticut until, she claims, she was forced to quit. So,…
TMZ — respect, I get stories from TMZ — reports here that a server at a Maryland restaurant blasted Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams on Facebook for allegedly tipping him $0.75 on a $128.25 meal tab: “Just now at work I had Deangelo Williams come in and I waited on while tending…