Labor and Employment

Workaholic Americans Could Be Costing Nation $160 Billion

If American workers used all their vacation time, the national economy would gain $160 billion, send the government $21 billion […]

San Francisco Enacts Ban The Box Law For Some Private Employers

San Francisco has followed Seattle and Buffalo’s lead, enacting a Ban the Box law that applies to private employers. The […]

Employee Fired, Denied Unemployment After Using Forklift On Vending Machine

Determined to jar loose the 90-cent Twix bar that he fed his workplace’s vending machine a dollar bill for – […]

Can A Facebook Status Update Violate A Non-Compete?

If departing employees update their social media followers – including clients – about a new job, does that violate non-compete […]

2, 4, 6, 8…NFL Cheerleaders Not “Rah Rah-ing” About Pay Rate

Major league sports teams are under fire with wage and hour class-action lawsuits: two NFL teams’ cheer squads are suing for hours violations and MLB interns are claiming minimum wage violations.

Risqué Business: Controlling Employee Conduct Through Morality Clauses

A “morality clause,” a contractual provision that affords employers to set moral standards, ethical expectations, and consequences for conduct that the employer determines to be disreputable, is a growing trend in industries that place a premium on public image. Some best practices for including such a clause in employment agreements.

Vegas vacation protected by the FMLA

The Seventh Circuit found an employee took her ailing mother on a bucket list trip to Las Vegas should not have had her FMLA leave request denied, nor should she have lost her job, a departure from other court decisions maintaining medical treatment is the sole justification for traveling under FMLA.