By Steven E. Kaplan Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Young v. UPS, a decision that will determine whether and to what extent an employer … Read more
How Off the Clock Use of Social Media Can Still Impact Your Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Last month I was speaking about social media and the workplace to a fabulous audience at the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo in … Read more
Employee-driven Non-compete Litigation: A New Hook on an Old Line
Hypothetical situation: John Smith, an employee with Fast and Speedy Cab Co., a taxi company, leaves his position as a dispatcher. Smith and Fast and … Read more
Why Communications Are Critical During an FMLA Leave
By Eric B. Meyer How many times has an employee provided you with an incomplete Family and Medical Leave Act certification? Oh, I don’t know, maybe a … Read more
How the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Affects Your Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Mid-morning on Monday, the Internet broke shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, … Read more
Supreme Court: President Was Wrong to Make NLRB Recess Appointments
By Eric B. Meyer In a unanimous opinion delivered yesterday in the case NLRB v. Noel Canning, the United States Supreme Court concluded that President … Read more
A Workplace With N-Words, Confederate Flags, But No Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Over the weekend, I read this opinion (Adams v. Austal) in a race-discrimination with facts so egregious, they’d make David Duke … Read more
Technical FMLA Violations: No Harm, No Foul, No Issue For the Employer
Sometimes employers do win in court, even if they’re in technical violation of the law. One employer’s FMLA violation wasn’t enough to lose a lawsuit. Many … Read more
Proposed Minimum Wage Regulations for Federal Contractors Released
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Department of Labor has released its proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 13658, President Obama’s … Read more
President’s Order Would Ban Discrimination for Some LBGT Employees
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman The White House announced this week that President Obama will soon issue an Executive Order (EO) banning certain federal … Read more