Labor Day
I have done two previous posts to recognize American workers on Labor Day. The first one contained a history of Labor Day provided by the U.S. Department of Labor. The second one focused on a statement...
View ArticleBenedict XVI: Will He Ever Lead?
When it was announced this week that the chairman of the Vatican Bank was under investigation for money laundering, the Vatican said it was “perplexed and astonished.” The Vatican also expressed...
View ArticleCharges Filed by Muslims Spike Religious Discrimination Claims
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Muslim employees filed a record 803 religious discrimination charges for the year ended September 30, 2009. That’s up 20% over the year before....
View ArticleHiring People You Don’t Know Well — Tip of the Week
In the executive ranks, it’s common for a new CEO or other executive to bring in people he or she knows well. They’ve worked together before. A relationship of trust has already been established....
View ArticleEmployee Voting Rights — Survey of the Law in 50 States
When the 2008 elections were approaching, I surveyed the laws in all 50 states concerning the voting rights of employees. With the mid-term elections a little more than three weeks away, it’s time for...
View ArticleBallet, Sex and Employment
Having grown up in a small town in middle Tennessee, I wasn’t exposed much to ballet. I can’t remember seeing a ballet, except perhaps on television, until after I was married. Unlike the theatre, to...
View ArticleHusband Fired for Wife’s Conduct or Vice Versa
The recent hubbub over Virginia Thomas asking Anita Hill to apologize to her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, got me to thinking. Almost 20 years had past since the original Hill/Thomas conflict. It’s...
View ArticleDrug Testing Raises Its Head
Once a hot employment law issue, drug testing has been cool for quite some time. Most courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have ruled that there’s nothing wrong with testing for unlawful drugs,...
View ArticleFinancial Reform’s Hidden Employment Surprises
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (also known as “financial reform” or “the Wall Street bill”) made headlines when President Obama signed it into law on July 21. However,...
View ArticleBe Well, Do Good Work, and Keep in Touch
I’ve borrowed Garrison Keillor’s sign-off from his Writer’s Almanac as a way of bidding farewell for a while. It’s hard to imagine life without blogging, but I’ll just have to get used to it. I’ve...
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