Oh, come on! What fun is that? What did the plaintiff say and why won’t the court allow the defendants to present it as evidence at trial? Find out after the jump… * * * Four months after getting terminated from his job, Allan Thomas went on Facebook and bragged…
It’s easier than you think. Indeed, a recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board bears this out. Details after the jump… * * * Online chatter about work is still chatter about work. As we’ve discussed here before, the National Labor Relations Act, gives covered employees (that would include…
According to the EEOC, if men can only train men, and women only women, that may be discrimination. But, let’s see what a federal court has to say about that after the jump… * * * New Prime, Inc. is one of the largest trucking companies in the USA. The…
Trial is over! I’m coming atcha live and direct from the bloggerdome with a sweet defense verdict in my pocket. Yup, yup! [cue music] [cue music] And what do I come back to? A precedential Third Circuit opinion discussing an employee’s right to return to work from FMLA. I’ll cover…
Last day of trial today. Big blog post tomorrow. I promise. #nopromises.
Be back tomorrow.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on a number of protected classes. Sexual orientation isn’t one of those protected classes specifically listed in the statute. So, if an employee complains about sexual-orientation harassment and is later fired because she complained, then that won’t create…
*** whistles *** The word on the street according to Kevin McGowan at Bloomberg/BNA (here $$$) is that U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien (D) has decided not to seek renomination to the EEOC. Originally an Obama recess-appointment, the Senate confirmed Ms. Berrien as EEOC Chair in…
Filed under: duh! More on this one after the jump… * * * Let’s assume that you have an employee who commits a terminable offense. For example, in Martins v. Rhode Island Hospital, surveillance cameras and the Hospital’s employee ID swipe system suggested that Martins left work for approximately four…
If a picture says a thousand words, then my editors are going to be hella-mad at me. After the jump, it’s the best of the employment law blogosphere told through the eyes of Instagram. * * * (Yes, I am that lazy. Although, apparently, I did exceed my word count.…