It’s that time of year at CareerBuilder. Yep, yep. We’ve got ourselves the list of the most unusual holiday gifts exchanged at work. I’m a gift giver at work. According to the survey, I’m just the one in five who do buy holiday gifts for co-workers. And, of the people who…
https://flic.kr/p/rKbVS5 It’s almost 2016. By now, who among us: the lawyers, the HR professionals, the owners (Hi there, Mark Cuban, thanks for reading again today), has yet to deal with an allegation of workplace harassment involving social media. Why, just yesterday, I read about an employee who lost his job for…
There are certain stereotypes that accurately reflect an image held in common for members of a group. For example, employment-law bloggers who practice law in Philadelphia and blog from their bloggerdomes in Southern New Jersey are generally handsome, erudite, and more appealing than a hipster drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon at a beard…
Back in October, the University of Southern California fired Steve Sarkisian, its head football coach. The Daily Beast, among others, reported that USC fired Mr. Sarkisian after an incident where he appeared drunk during a speech at a USC event. Yesterday, Mr. Sarkisian fired back with a 14-count lawsuit in California Superior…
It may not mean that much. What are the risks of becoming Facebook “friends” with a co-worker? The well-worn employer-lawyer mantra from way back when has been, “Supervisors should not ‘friend’ their subordinates on Facebook.” For a while, I sipped that Kool Aid too. Imagine two of the risks that could…
Yeah, no. When a person claims that he wasn’t promoted because of his race, or terminated because of her gender, or brings some other claim of disparate treatment, that person must demonstrate several elements: For example, in a failure-to-promote case, at a minimum, the plaintiff must establish four things: (s)he belongs to…
Last week, the ABA Journal announced its 9th Annual Blawg 100. The Blawg 100 is a collection of, yep, you guessed it, 100 folks with no fulfilling lives who rule the legal blogosphere. Or, at least according to the ABA Journal, and probably my children. In any event, and in all seriousness,…
Yesterday, the EEOC issued two new publications on the rights of HIV-positive individuals in the workplace. As EEOC Chair Jenny Yang underscored, “Individuals with HIV infection should know that the ADA protects their rights in the workplace, including the right to reasonable accommodations.” The implication here is that HIV is…
That’s the opening line from the Director’s Cut of the advance screening that JJ Abrams sent me. Trueish story. Actually, the lede comes from a recent Pennsylvania federal court decision. Here are the facts: Mondelez Global LLC (“Mondelez” or “Defendant”) fired Fredrick Capps (“Capps” or “Plaintiff”) believing that he misused leave…
How was your Thanksgiving? Survive Black Friday? (In case you’re wondering about a gift for me, no. Yes. Heck, yes (asking for a friend)). Me? I almost left my kids on the North Pole as I counted the minutes until Monday. But, overall, I enjoyed a few days off. Now, it’s back to work. *** Sips…