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Plan/Prevent/Protect: "Affirmative Action for Everybody!"
The U.S. Department of Labor is planning to impose new “affirmative action” requirements on employers, requiring them to develop “plans” to address workplace safety, equal employment opportunity, and...
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Employers, don't be too quick to take that IRS "independent contractor" deal
Don't eat that pretty red apple, Snow White!!! It has poison in it!!!! You know the old saying, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is"? Well, it appears that this may be the case with the...
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Happy *hic* New Year! 2011 labor and employment law year in review
What a year, am I right or am I right? Here is a catalog of the major employment and labor law developments from 2011. And, just to keep it entertaining, I've started off each month with a weird but...
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Roundup of Supreme Court employment cases -- right here!
All right, kiddies. My posts over the last few weeks have been juicy and entertaining. (Or as juicy and entertaining as employment law can get.) But summer is over, and it's time to buckle down. "I h8...
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Post-apocalypse (well, post-vacation, anyway) employment law roundup
Happy new year, everybody! Although I've been on vacation, the news never sleeps, and the Mayans were wrong. Accordingly, I have a few items to catch you up on. "Ha-ha! We were just kidding!" UPDATE:...
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Pay gap? Yes. Discrimination? Rarely.
Last spring I had the honor of talking about equal pay legislation with Stephanie Thomas on her podcast The Proactive Employer. My counterpart and the star of the show was Lilly Ledbetter. Yes. That...
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OK, the pay gap is mostly bogus -- but what about the rest of it?
My post last week on why the "gender pay gap" is mostly bogus generated a great discussion in the comment box. In the hopes of keeping it going, this week I'd like to talk about some of the...
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