See what I did there? (Yes, folks, it was either that or a riff on clown’s mouths and windmills). When the plaintiff, in this case, took leave from his job after ankle surgery, he did so with certain medical restrictions on his physical activities. Thus, when the company learned that…
Do you know how hard it is to come up with 17 kick-ass action movie quotes for a single blog post? I don’t think you do! Folks, it’s not all Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*&^er! For discretion is the better part of valor. The subtleties and nuances of selection (John Matrix – yes; John Kimble…
Welcome, everyone, to the February 2015 edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. For those who don’t know, the ELBC, as we like to call it, is a monthly installment of the latest and greatest from the employment-law blogosphere. Each month, a different host and a different theme. In January,…
What the hell are you talking about, Eric? Why would we make an independent contractor sign a release of employment claims before starting work for our company? So glad you asked. Although, I’m not sure I like your tone. *** takes pills *** Many years ago, Allstate Insurance restructured its business,…
Or, as a glass-half-full kinda guy, maybe it was a good idea for an Ohio school bus driver to take a selfie on the bus holding an unopened beer bottle to her lips and post it to Facebook. She lost her job, but, I get a blog post with great SEO potential…
Back in December, I warned you (here) that, after two failed attempts to enact paid sick leave in Philadelphia, the third time may be the charm in 2015. I was right. (Want to rub my head for good luck? Or hire me as your employment lawyer? Yeah, let’s go with the…
Yesterday, I read about a woman who alleged that her former employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired her from her “armed security guard” position because of a medical condition. This notwithstanding that, in her complaint, the plaintiff admitted to being presented with pictures taken of her which appeared to show…
I am a true Twitter OG. Why, I remember back in the day — it was 2009 — when Connor Riley, a/k/a ‘Cisco Fatty’ a/k/a @theconnor tweeted: “Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San…
More specifically, as posed in this recent federal court decision, “when an employer requires an employee to attend alcohol counseling and treatment sessions as a condition of keeping her job, must the employer compensate the employee for the time she spends in counseling and treatment?” The three plaintiffs, NYPD police offers,…
Even a few stray remarks can land your business in hot water…as one employer recently learned. More after the jump… * * * A cashier at a store in Mississippi was promoted to lead associate just a few months after her employment began. A few years later, the lead associate…