By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Walgreens from disability discrimination. Specifically, the EEOC … Read more
What Is Work? The Supreme Court’s Decision Will Sort It Out
By Carolyn A. Pellegrini “I have to go to work.” “Work was tough today.” “I don’t get paid enough for the work I do.” We make these or similar statements, … Read more
But For Using “But For,” You Would Have Collected Your Fee. So Don’t!
The single biggest contingency fee collection defense is the so-called “but for” rule. Yet recruiters and their lawyers constantly use it as a legal … Read more
Hong Kong: Workplace Policies That Embrace the Best of East AND West
By Alice Wang Hong Kong is not just a pivotal financial center of Greater Asia with soaring towers and enigmatic business opportunities; it also embraces … Read more
Will Congress Require Sex Harassment Training For Its Employees?
By David N. Goldman Many private employers, and the agencies under the federal executive branch, provide regular sexual harassment training to their … Read more
U.S. Senate Once Again Rejects Paycheck Protection Act
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, U.S. Senate supporters of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 2199) failed to muster the 60 votes needed to advance the bill … Read more
The Disinformation Surrounding the “Tipped-Employee Minimum Wage”
By John E. Thompson A White House report promoting a substantial jump in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s minimum wage perpetuates now widely … Read more
Is OSHA’s Temp Worker Initiative Foreshadowing Things To Come?
I support OSHA’s temporary worker focus. Employers need to take more steps to ensure that temporary employees don’t fall through the cracks and do not … Read more
High Court Extends Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Law to Most Employees
By Ed Ellis, Gregory Keating, and Stephen Melnick In Lawson v. FMR LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court massively expanded the scope of the anti-retaliation … Read more
Senate Committee Debates Fairness of Paycheck Fairness Act
In advance of an expected floor vote, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing this week to discuss the merits of the … Read more