The Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog posts on how Lockheed’s failure to take discrimination complaints seriously led to liability.
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Iowa Caucus Issue: What about Small Business?
The Iowa Caucus is approaching quickly. If you attend campaign rallies for the candidates or listen to TV ads you will almost never hear anything about small business.
But in reality, America’s small businesses are the driver of our economy. Consider these facts from the Small Business Administration (SBA) as outlined in February 2006:
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Iowa Caucus Not for the Night Shift?
A Des Moines Register article discusses how many bosses are unwilling to allow night shift workers to caucus. Understandably this makes politically active employees a little upset. The article quotes a Medicom employee who said,
"It made me so furious. I raised such a fit I’m surprised they didn’t send me home."
It’s true
Humor in the Workplace is a Gamble
An Iowa man who worked with Catfish Bend Casinos in Burlington was fired for posting a Dilbert 
cartoon on the office bulletin board. Apparently the boss didn’t appreciate the comparison to a drunken lemur.
Dilbert creater, Scott Adams, offers this advice:
If you intend to mock your boss with Dilbert comics, the trick is in
Edwards Campaigns with Most Famous Client Before Iowa Caucus
Abe Lincoln, Freedom Fighter (1978)
Abe: I don’t know about this politician business.
Judge: What do you mean by that?
Abe: If I have to sacrifice my integrity for politics, I guess I’ll just have to stay a lawyer!
Up to this point I have avoided blogging on politics and the Iowa caucus. It’s
Knicks’ Sexual Harassment Case Provides Good Lessons
The New York Knicks sexual harassment case provides some great lessons on employment law. Previously I touched on the Knicks case in explaining how companies could avoid sexual harassment claims. Now the case has been settled and there are additional lessons to learn.
Frank Steinberg of the New Jersey Employment Law Blog explains the
Tips on How to Avoid Wage & Hour Lawsuits
Recently I have been discussing the rise in wage and hour litigation. See here and here.
According to the Department of Labor approximately 70 percent of businesses are out of compliance with wage and hour laws. That’s right – 70 percent! According to Shanti Atkins of the Compliance Training Blog, some experts believe
Warren Buffett: Sports Agent?
I read an interesting report regarding the Yankees’ negotiations with Alex Rodriguez. Apparently the Oracle of Omaha provided some advice that Rodriguez should contact the Yankees without his super agent Scott Boras. With the assistance of two Goldman Sachs executives Rodriguez negotiated his $275 million, 10 year deal with the Yankees.
It was a
More on Wage & Hour Litigation
Last month I wrote on the rise of wage and hour litigation. In that post I talked about how I believe wage and hour issues are often misunderstood by employers which often results in misclassification of workers or possibly "off-the-clock" allegations where workers are not properly credited for time worked.
Yesterday, I heard the same
Writing Good Job Descriptions
Accurate and properly written job descriptions can be an invaluable aid in hiring well and legally. But bad job descriptions . . . well that can be worse than none. Inaccurate descriptions, and those that an employer allows to become outdated only confuse the hiring process, complicate employee reviews and make accommodation under the ADA