Bad news for all you coffee-shop lawyers out there. ***ducks lightning bolt*** About a year ago, I blogged here about a litigation attorney with the State of Louisiana. She has a “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act. On account of her illness, the U.S. Department of Justice accommodated the litigator by allowing…
Yep, the signs are all there. Last week, I highlighted a recent EEOC public meeting entitled “The ADEA @ 50 – More Relevant Than Ever.” That seems to be a bit of a giveaway. But, in case you missed the signs, here’s another one. Towards the end of last week,…
Let’s go live to California for an immediate reaction from the defense bar… I’d like to start by apologizing to the State of New Jersey. You’ve got a long way to go and, hopefully, you never get there. Now, let’s check out the Ninth Circuit’s opinion — actually, it’s here — in…
An employee who lost his job for badmouthing his boss on Facebook should still collect unemployment benefits, according to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Ain’t that a wicked pissah. It’s further proof that employees can get away with doing a lot of bad stuff on social media. For example, do…
It was right at the moment that I thought that I’d recovered from Saturday night’s disco inferno and baseball extravaganza, when I realized, yesterday, that I’d paired DC Comics with Marvel by coming to work in Batman socks and Guardians of the Galaxy II boxer shorts. Hopefully, my reader won’t…
Consider this my attempt at “Serenity now” after chaperoning eight kids eight and younger at a Philadelphia Phillies game on Saturday. With a rain delay. And the tiny dancer featured above. Fortunately, we left the ballpark with all of the kids. I think. Hopefully, my oldest son, Brooks, enjoyed his birthday.…
On Tuesday, NJ Governor Chris Christie issued this press release announcing bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen New Jersey’s already existing ban the box law, known as “The Opportunity to Compete Act.” NJ’s ban the box law, which I previously blogged about here, makes it unlawful for companies with 15 or more…
I know good clickbait when I see it. LinkedIn, Tinder, Potato, Potato. First, Polly Mosendz and Rebecca Greenfield report here at Bloomberg.com about how a managing director allegedly misread the signs and took a less orthodox approach to recruiting a candidate. He used his corporate LinkedIn account to share a picture…
That is stupider than stupid stupid. It’s also a central allegation in this complaint that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity filed in a Georgia federal court last week. Here’s more from the press release: Hester Foods, Inc., the operator of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant franchise in Dublin, Ga., violated federal law…
Nearly four years ago, I blogged here about a complaint that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had filed against a West Virginia coal company. The lawsuit alleged that the employer failed to accommodate an employee who requested not to use a biometric hand scanner to track time and attendance. Why? Because…