I’ll admit it. Posts about union protests are boring. It’s true. So I pick and choose my moments. Like the time I wrote about a union and its 10-foot inflatable rat. That was interesting quirky somewhat eventful. Hmmm…. Let’s make this quick: On August 27, the National Labor Relations Board…
A few weeks ago, I came across an article by Terrence O’Brien on switched.com, “Facebook ‘Subscribe to’ Feature Lets You Follow Your Friend’s Every Move.” Facebook is testing a new feature that lets you subscribe to a specific user’s content. In practice, this means receiving a notification every time that…
Over at Texas Lawyer, Mike Maslanka has a short, but very important post about a recent case out of the
So far, I love Justia. Not only have they designed and set me up with The Employer Handbook, but every week I get an email from them suggesting labor and employment law stories that would make great blog posts. Its storybook time, folks. Let’s read the juicy complaint together after…
I remember about a month ago reading a post on Daniel Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog about a shooting involving a Connecticut employer. Actually, at the time, I only skimmed the article. Nine dead. Tragic event. But it happened several hundred miles away. On September 9, in Northeast Philly, my…
Note: This article has nothing to do with the Red Sox. Nothing at all. Just Massachusetts. And Massachusetts employment law at that. It’s ok, though. Still worth a read IMHO. Good advice for my PA, NJ, and DE readers. I was checking out Gruntled Employees — get it? “gruntled” ……
Facebook has over 400 million active users. Twitter users are, in total, tweeting an average of 55 million tweets a day. If an employee files suit against your client, what are the odds the employee uses social media? I’d say they’re pretty good. Just imagine missing that Facebook post that…
Your employee wears a head-covering. The employee’s head-covering is part of her religious practice. You’re not one to interfere with an employee’s religious expressions, but you’re concerned that this head-covering creates a safety risk for both the employee and others. And maybe you run a prison and the head-covering could…
Quick! Name three people with dreadlocks. Easy. Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey in “True Romance” Jon Favreau as Gutter in “PCU” Bob Marley Of the three, how many practice the Rastafarian religion? How the hell does this relate to employment law..let alone a security job? Find out after the jump……
This is a labor and employment law blog. From time-to-time — ok, a LOT — I’ll post about social media policies and employee use of social media. A juror making a Facebook post during a trial has nothing to do with labor and employment law. However, I’m a sucker for…