I remember back in the good old days, when law-firm internships meant private jets, caviar lunches and….toilet paper? As if!. But now, times are tougher. Some firms find themselves forced to forego paying law students in lieu of offering volunteer pro bono opportunities to enable them to receive work experience.…
In Philadelphia, we’re known for certain things, such as cheesesteaks. Ordering the cheesesteak is a bit of an art form. For example, I could order a “Cheese steak, with Cheez Whiz and fried onions.” Or, I could simply say, “Cheese wit.” As most anyone around her knows that Cheez…
We’re talking a lot of money honey. [Bravo, Eric. You couldn’t even make it one line without a stupid Gaga pun]. Pun free after the jump… * * * It may not be so glamorous working for Gaga. Stefani Germanotta, better known to you people (I call her Stefani)…
Sounds like one crazy party. Or just another Thursday at the Pine Woods Apartments. Kristen Glemser had no idea… On December 7, 2006, Kristen Glemser, a marketing/leasing agent for Pine Woods showed up for work, just like she would any other day. Except that some of the ladies in the…
About two years ago, the EEOC sued a Texas company, alleging that the company engaged in disability discrimination, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, when it fired a 680-pound worker because he was morbidly obese. The EEOC alleged that the employee’s immense weight interfered with his ability to…
It’s a story that first made news over the weekend and is quickly picking up steam, ironically, because of social media. A customer at a Tennessee Red Lobster restaurant allegedly left a racist message on a receipt. An African American waitress subsequently posted the receipt to Facebook with the message: “This…
Yesterday, our guest blogger offered three tips for successful onboarding. Unable to match that, today, I have a less than successful way to encourage attrition — unless of course you like defending age discrimination claims. A federal court has permitted a plaintiff’s claims that his ex-employer created a age-based hostile…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Holly DePalma. Holly is Director, HR Services at MidAtlantic Employers’ Association, a single source for HR services, delivering responsive, practical solutions to its members. (Want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook? Email me). *…
Kolja Vraniskoska worked as an Environmental Services Technician for Franciscan Communities, Inc., a nursing home. Ms. Vran– (eh, let’s go with Ms. V) — had several responsibilities as an ES Tech, one of which was pushing and unloading a linen cart. Franciscan required that each ES Tech take a linen…
A black employee who claimed that her boss, also black, called her the n-word eight times, had her day in court recently, as she put her race discrimination claims to a federal jury. The defense argued that the use of the n-word here was culturally acceptable because both the “victim”…