Labor & Employment

EEOC Clarifies Rules On Criminal History Checks

Speaking at a recent workshop at the Washington DC office, a senior EEOC attorney clarified three common misconceptions. The first […]

Emotionally Distressed? Let’s See Your Chart

Employee-plaintiffs who claim anything more than “garden variety” emotional distress essentially waive doctor-patient privilege…

Free Rein For Employees In Social Media?

Even restrictions on passing “confidential” information may not pass muster.

Company Doesn’t Have To Open Books If It’s “Unwilling” To Pay Union

After a company that has one plant in the U.S. and one in Mexico said it was “unwilling” to meet […]

Google Eyes Coming To The Workplace

“Wearable computers” like Google Glass and iWatch could enhance employee productivity, but…

“Ban-The-Box” Laws Becoming The Norm

State and local laws prohibiting or severely restricting inquiries about criminal history on an employment application, so-called ban-the-box laws…

Extreme Disproportion: E-Discovery in Employment Litigation

In most employment litigation, the employee possesses very little information potentially relevant to the case, while the employer’s potentially huge […]

OSHA Will Target Exits

One of the most frequent citations in the retail and hospitality industries is likely to get more frequent.

When The N-Word Gets Launched At Work

This post looks at a number of recent cases where the word had been used in the workplace, sometimes once, […]

OSHA’s New Priorities

OSHA has released its Semiannual Agenda of Regulations, the list of regulations the Department of Labor expects to consider in […]

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