Did you have a nice Thanksgiving holiday? How many of you gave thanks to that federal court in Texas for entering a nationwide injunction on the DOL overtime rules? Glass half-full (of old, stinky wage-and-hour milk). On the one hand, most of you got what you originally hoped for. That…
A photo posted by Eric B. Meyer (@eric_b_meyer) on Nov 20, 2016 at 1:31pm PST Sorry about missing yesterday. I was recovering from a nose bleed and some hurt feelings. I have freebie for you today to make up for it. Then again, every day is a freebie. Three resources…
Are you guys old enough to remember that old NFL Films Dial ‘M’ For Moron bit? What can I say? I’m a sucker for the classics. Well, it’s all I could think of after reading this EEOC press release, highlighting a recent race discrimination and retaliation action against a car dealership because…
If you’re: (a) new to social media; (b) don’t watch Jeopardy; or (c) haven’t hung out on Jezebel, you may be unfamiliar with what ‘mansplaining’ is. Mansplaining defined. Mansplaining is where a man explains something to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. In Tucker v. Johnson…
About a week ago, I read an article on The Players’ Tribune from Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson. It’s called “Let’s Talk About Bullying,” and you can read it here. Imagine this from a 6′ 1″, 225 lb. professional football player: Bullying and discrimination: six in one hand; half dozen…
That’s pretty much what happened in this recent Eleventh Circuit opinion. We’ve gone over this before. There are certain jobs that don’t require regular in-person attendance. And then there’s the plaintiff’s full-time Purchasing Agent position for the City of Tallahassee, which is the central focus of Garrison v. City of…
I’ll open this post with a haiku. Because, I feel like we could all use a haiku. President-Elect For HR, what will he do? Not a stinkin’ clue! …and any employment-law wonk who tells you otherwise, well, we saw how the pundits fared predicting the outcome of the presidential election.…
In 2001, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided Bibby v. Philadelphia Coca Cola Bottling Co. In Bibby, the Third Circuit could not have been clearer about whether federal anti-discrimination law made LGBT bias at work unlawful. “Title VII does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Congress has repeatedly…
After consuming a protein shake or two from a red Solo cup during my family’s Halloween escapades, I retired to the bloggerdome to visit the EEOC’s website. Halloween or not, I have the coolest Monday night routine in all of Cherry Hill, NJ. Oh, heck, probably in the whole state. Because I’m good…
At halftime of my seven-year-old’s soccer game, I was perusing my slow weekend RSS feed. Of the seven Feedly items, one stood out: a “news” from Deadspin (NSFW) about a fan who hit the five yard line with a phallus toss (video is NSFW) during the third quarter of the National Football League…