Complaints of retaliation have overtaken race as the most common EEOC allegation made by workers against their employer. And now that the U.S. Supreme … Read more
3 Ways to Avoid ADA Discrimination Issues During the Hiring Process
By Eric B. Meyer Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Job candidate is told that any job offer is contingent upon passing a drug test. On D-Day, … Read more
Halogen Settles Lawsuit, Admits Trying to Scam SuccessFactors
Halogen and SuccessFactors have settled their lawsuit, with Halogen paying its competitor in the HR software business an undisclosed sum and admitting it … Read more
California Supreme Court Expands Reach Of State Overtime Laws
By John D. McLachlan Last week, the California Supreme Court ruled that work performed in California by nonresident employees for California-based … Read more
Halogen Admits Scamming Competitor
Halogen and SuccessFactors have settled their lawsuit, with Halogen paying its competitor in the HR software business an undisclosed sum and admitting it … Read more
An Employer Blueprint For How to Screw Up At-Will Employment
By Eric B. Meyer In most states, absent a contract of employment, an employee is considered at-will (i.e., he or she can be fired for any reason or no … Read more
Brazil: Employment Law Basics for a Country with a Robust Labor Market
By Celia Joseph Earlier this summer, The Ferretti Group, the Italian luxury yacht manufacturer, announced the inauguration of the new Ferrettigroup Brasil … Read more
Unions in Decline? National Labor Relations Board to the Rescue!
By John D. McLachlan The failure of the Employee Free Choice Act to become law does not mean that unions are giving up, or that their elected and appointed … Read more
South Carolina Toughens One of the Toughest State Immigration Laws
By George Reeves Earlier this week, Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law amendments to South Carolina’s immigration laws, including the South Carolina … Read more
EEOC Sues Abercrombie & Fitch (Again) For Religious Discrimination
Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch, the 21st century’s equivalent of the old South’s Woolworth’s lunch counter, is being sued again by the … Read more