Speaking of WARN, there’s a good refresher in the May issue of the New York Employment Law Letter.  It’s well worth the read.

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The Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act has been around for a while, but you don’t hear much about it.  That could change in the wake of our present economy.  It seems that, almost daily, there are announcements of business closures, downsizings, reorganizations and layoffs.  When these things happen, are employers remembering WARN?
When Skybus recently quit […]

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Title VII requires an employer to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs unless it causes the employer an undue hardship.  Sometimes, an accommodation is possible.  Sometimes, it’s not.  But the employer must always consider whether it’s possible.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals provides some guidance on the concept of religious accommodation in Sturgill v. United Parcel […]

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If an employee files a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and you fire her shortly thereafter, you run the risk of also being accused of retaliation.  What if you fire the exployee’s fiancee?  Can he accuse you of retaliation and file his own charge with the EEOC?
According to the Sixth Circuit Court […]

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In what may be the first workplace bullying case of its kind, the Indiana Supreme Court has upheld a verdict of $325,000 against a bully of a doctor.  The suit was filed against the doctor by a hospital operating room perfusionist (the person who operates the heart/lung machine during open heart surgeries).
The doctor, angry at the […]

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In a Slate Magazine article, the above question is addressed, as it has been on this blog before.  The article focuses on the continuing trouble text messages are causing Detroit’s mayor, as well as the big picture of the title of this post.
Slate gives a maybe type answer.  If you’re smart, you’ll take my answer of […]

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In the California Employment Law Letter, there’s an article on the importance of taking whistleblowing seriously.
Check out the Idaho Employment Law Letter for a case about alleged racial harassment.
The Virginia Employment Law Letter analyzes a case about alleged religious harassment.
The Georgia Employment Law Letter addresses a new case about nonsolicitation clauses.
The Oklahoma Employment Law Letter deals […]

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Perhaps had the CIA’s use of waterboarding not been in the news, the waterboarding employment case out of Utah would have never seen the light of day.  But, of course, there’s plenty of light.  (Click here and here for previous posts.)
One thing I’ve failed to point out previously is that the lastest question in this […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard its last employment law case for this term on Wednesday of this week–an important age discrimination case.  (Click here for more.)  Now we wait for the Court’s opinions on this case and the others it’s still considering.

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Another blog hosted by HRHero is Northern Exposure. Its posts are written by my Canadian friends with the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault. Last week, there was a post on Northern Exposure that caused quite a firestorm of comments. Since the post addressed a disability case filed under Canadian human rights legislation similar to our […]

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