As President Obama weighs a sweeping new Executive Order that would establish a coordinated “government-wide effort to promote diversity and inclusion” … Read more
FLSA and Lactation Breaks: Another Potential Legal Minefield for Employers
By John E. Thompson The period has now closed for submitting information and comments relating to the U.S. Labor Department’s “preliminary … Read more
Can an Employee Be Terminated for Simply Surfing the Internet?
By John A Gallagher We are seeing a major, major uptick in employees being terminated because they surfed the Internet at work. Indeed, as this article … Read more
Protecting Trade Secrets Through Employee Surveillance is Risky Business
By Michael R. Greco The difference between having a trade secret and not can come down to the steps that a company takes to protect its secrets. The … Read more
Inside the Charlie Sheen Lawsuit: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
By John A. Gallagher We have examined both Warner Brothers’ March 7, 2011 termination letter and Charlie Sheen’s March 10, 2011 lawsuit, and have come to … Read more
The Cost of Principle: What Charlie Sheen’s Firing Should Tell Us All
By John A. Gallagher Recently, we blogged on how employee’s Facebook posts, Tweets, etc. are being monitored by employers. These blogs observe that … Read more
Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of Former Monster Exec
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the conviction of former Monster president and COO James Treacy, but ordered the trial court to recalculate part … Read more
Restrictive Social Media Policies Lead To a Better Union Case
Restricting your employees from talking to the media could end up hurting more than helping when it comes to unionization drives. As many readers know, … Read more
Will Discrimination Against the Unemployed Ever be Deemed Illegal?
By John A. Gallagher A recent article from the Huffington Post discusses an investigation by EEOC into whether employers are “discriminating” … Read more
That Wisconsin Battle? Why Don’t We Just Unionize Everyone Instead?
Like most HR folks, I’ve been keeping a close eye on Wisconsin’s budget issues and the battle with state employee unions. Here in Michigan, (and really, … Read more