Earlier this year, a local teacher was suspended after her school learned about nasty comments on her personal blog concerning her students. And that story became national news. More on the history here, here, and here. Now, word has it that the school is considering a social-media policy. Well, it’s…
Back on August 26, in this post, I gave the heads up that the National Labor Relations Board would require most private-sector employers to post a notice, in a conspicuous location, informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, which includes the right to form a union.…
You know what’s not a good business practice for a car dealership? Referring to an older male employee as “old man,” “pops,” and “old mother******” and then steering car sales away from him to younger employees. Age discrimination is serious business, yo. Details on this gem after the jump……
With so many employment laws out there, it’s not easy to keep track of what those laws say — let alone under which of them your business may be covered. Well, who loves ya! After the jump, it’s employment laws by the numbers — number of employees that is —…
A longtime employee of the Secretary of State’s office in Illinois claimed that two white managers targeted him for termination because he is black, and two white employees, one of whom was his supervisor, received lesser discipline even though they had engaged in the same alleged misconduct. Is that right? Can…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csuZHyW-iGI i·ro·ny (noun) [ahy-ruh-nee]: an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued The Scooter Store, a purveyor of power chairs for the disabled, for disability discrimination. Here is a copy of the Complaint. And here is a copy of…
Earlier this year, reports of a Connecticut ambulance company firing an employee who had complained about her supervisor on Facebook, grabbed the headlines. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complained that the firing was illegal. And although the company contended that it did nothing wrong, free speech advocates spewed…
Yesterday was Labor Day. And on Labor Day we honor the working men and women who are the lifeblood of American industry. Most of us spent the day with family or friends, barbecuing or just taking it easy with a cold beer. Not me. I spent the day making a…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the most underrated aspect of the NFL lockout ending is that we get Fantasy Football in 2011. What else would I have done with my Sunday afternoons? Now, I can dominate with my 60″ flatscreen TV (Eagles), one iPad (DirecTV NFL…