That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” There are times when an employee claims that his working conditions have become so intolerable — a really, really bad…
Sure, she can. But, could that lead to court-ordered sanctions? Say it with me, “It depends.” [Cue music] In this post at the Technology and Marketing Law Blog, Venkat Balasubramani, examines a recent decision in Thurmond v. Bowman, where a NY federal magistrate judge rolled up her sleeves and examined a party’s duty…
Although, it could’ve been worse. Seeing as the going rate for poop discrimination is $2.25 million. Cue mildly inappropriate music. Kurt Orzeck at Law360 reports here (subscription required) about a recent settlement — actually a consent decree — entered into between a North Dakote employer and a Filipino employee who sued…
Anyone else need a day off from being bombarded with lawyers talking about the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules? I feel ya! We’ll take it light today. Recently, the folks at Glassdoor compiled its annual list of the Top 10 Oddball Interview Questions. Actually, it’s a top 10 for 6 different countries (60…
Last night, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule updating the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, if you dabble in human resources, you’ve heard a thing or two about these changes, which the White House has touted as automatically extending overtime pay…
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had issued issued final rules on how the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act apply to employer-sponsored wellness programs. So, what do y’all need to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs? (No one ever…
The case is called Dilek Edwards v. Charles V. Nicolai and Stephanie Adams. I’ll wait patiently while you take some time to Google the names. [Cue music] If, in any way, this all seems misogynistic to you, I assure it’s not. [Now, if I had used this music…] So, let’s clear…
Are my days of free WiFi and creating deposition outlines from the McDonald’s Playplace ball pit, while munching on a McRib — ok, I two-fist McRibs — over? If so, I’m moving to Canada. And, if I do move to Canada, I won’t be needing my official copy of O’Connor’s Federal Employment…
I’m mailing this one in, folks. I mean, did the two of you who actually clicked on today’s post read the title first?!? (I practically fell asleep at “bipartisan”) And, if you need to catch up on your zzzz’s, you can read a copy of “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016”…
How did one employer not only violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but also get called out by a federal judge for its “deplorable” conduct? Actually, before we do that, let’s quickly flashback to Monday’s post. That’s weird. Why didn’t Eric hyperlink “Monday’s post?” Well, I messed up and didn’t have…