On June 17, the Supreme Court held that the NLRB needs at least three members to have the authority to act . At the time, I wrote that with ...

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Although earlier this week I touched on Rent-A-Center v. Jackson , I did not discuss it in-depth. Thankfully, there are a lot of bloggers ...

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Earlier this week, Forbes.com published an article entitled Bosses Behaving Badly . If you want an example of the type of misconduct the art...

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Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court handed businesses a huge victory on the issue of pregnancy leave rights. Pataskala Oaks Care Center had ...

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The Internet has been ablaze with news that the Department of Labor would be expanding the rights of gay workers to take FMLA leave to care ...

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Yesterday, in Rent-A-Center v. Jackson [pdf] the U.S. Supreme Court held that the issue of the enforceability of an arbitration agreement ...

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A day late, but here’s a Fathers’ Day message from Louis C.K. (maybe the funniest human being the planet) that explains how texting while sp...

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Each and every week, there seems to be a breaking story that I just can’t get to, and there’s a half-dozen other bloggers who’ve already sai...

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Today was a busy day at the Supreme Court. In addition to Quon (and three other non-labor and employment cases), it also issued its much an...

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Quon v. Arch Wireless was one the most anticipated cases before the U.S. Supreme Court for employment attorneys. We hoped that the Court wo...

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We employment lawyers love severance agreements. I preach their benefits to my clients for all but the most egregious of for-cause terminati...

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Those who’ve been reading for awhile know that I grew up in Philadelphia. I am a proud survivor of the Philadelphia public school system. Wh...

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File this story under just because the Employee Free Choice Act is temporarily dead does not mean that the Obama administration cannot impac...

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This morning, Judy Greenwald at Business Insurance has an article discussing the recent spate of anti-bullying laws making the rounds in va...

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I love vacationing on Hilton Head Island. The beaches are pristine, the seafood’s fresh, the bars and grocery stores stock Yuengling (wh...

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A few weeks ago I discussed the discovery of social networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc.) in employment cases. EEOC v. Simply Storage Managemen...

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Pattison v. W.W. Grainger, Inc. [pdf] , decided last week by the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals, illustrates the need to analyze, confirm...

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At least according to Ohio’s 2nd appellate district in Davenport v. Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley, Inc. (6/4/1...

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I’m guessing that when Wal-Mart hired a prominent law firm to examine gender disparities in pay and promotions, along with its vulnerability...

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Do you know what to do when your company gets sued in an employment case? “Resist the D.I.Y. urge and lawyer-up as soon as you find out you’...

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