Labor and Employment

Easy Termination Decision Complicated By FMLA

A dumb reply by a manager to an employee’s request can outweigh many abusive comments by that employee when a […]

Feedback Primary Source Of Gender Bias In Workplace

In workplace feedback, women are more likely to be seen as coming on too strong, and their accomplishments attributed to […]

NCAA Rule Violates Antitrust Law

The NCAA must permit schools to provide student-athletes with money, up to the cost of attendance, a three-judge panel of […]

Reasonable Suspicion Alcohol Test Upheld

Taghleef Industries was justified in requiring a worker to take an alcohol and drug test after returning to work from […]

Discrimination Suit Over Strength Requirement Settled

Trucking company Central Refrigerated Service has settled an age and sex discrimination suit with the EEOC, after workers claimed that […]

Hidden Risks in Confidentiality Requirements

Earlier this year the SEC fined Houston-based KBR Inc. $130,000 for requiring some of its employees to sign confidentiality agreements […]

Work Stress Seen As Epidemic In U.S. Firms

In a New York Times opinion piece about toxic work environments, law firms and a legal department are cited as […]

Starbucks Not Living Up To Better Workplace Promises

Starbucks has not made good on promises it made last year to give its store employees more consistent schedules, more […]

Speak-Up Culture Reduces Whistleblower Risk

The government has been scrutinizing “facially neutral” policies and agreements, including confidentiality agreements, on the grounds they may be squelching […]

Workers Can’t Be Fired For Defending Themselves Violently, Utah Court Rules

The Utah Supreme Court ruled last week that employees who resort to violence when they feel that they are in […]

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