Holy shiny red apple Batman, the Chicago teacher’s strike is over! It was a rough seven days for parents and students in the nation’s third largest public … Read more
Is Telecommuting a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?
By Eric B. Meyer Much has been written lately in the blogosphere about telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities … Read more
NLRB’s First Social Media Ruling Slams Costco’s Policy, OKs Defamation
By Eric B. Meyer It’s been a while since I’ve addressed social media policies and the National Labor Relations Act on this blog. Longer than … Read more
Hospital To Pay Nearly $1 Million To Settle Workplace Language Lawsuit
In one of the largest language discrimination settlements ever negotiated by the EEOC, a California hospital agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle a … Read more
6 Tips to Ensure Your Company Has a Strong Anti-Harassment Policy
By Eric B. Meyer You’ve got an anti-harassment policy. All managers and employees have copies and you just completed training on the policy for your … Read more
There Are Now 104 Million Reasons for Unethical Employers to be Worried
Employers are worried about expanded whistleblower rights under federal law. Unethical employers certainly should be, as a recent case in which a convicted … Read more
Getting Down to Management Basics: My 5 Postulates of Employment Law
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a … Read more
Close, But Not Quite the Same: Is This What “Similarly Situated” Means?
By Eric B. Meyer Maybe it’s the luck of the draw, but most of the discrimination cases I defend are hostile work environment cases, where an alleged … Read more
Is a “Casual Conversation” About a Parent’s Health Enough to Trigger FMLA?
By Eric B. Meyer Last month, in this post, I addressed a recent opinion in which the court held that the words “Emergency Room,” when uttered … Read more
Independent Contractor Challenges Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon
By Edward N. Boehm Jr. For at least three years now, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (along with a host of analogous … Read more