Every January, like clockwork, Dry January comes roaring back.
If you want to take a month off drinking, good for you. Truly. Your body, your goals, your choice. No judgment, and it shouldn’t be anyone else’s business either.
But we also need to stop pretending Dry January is harmless.
For a whole lot of craft
What the hell is going on at the Department of Labor?
On January 10, the DOL posted this on X: “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
Myriad people immediately
Employers love preliminary injunctions in restrictive covenant cases. And courts are supposed to grant them only in extraordinary circumstances.
The 8th Circuit just reminded everyone what “extraordinary” actually means.
In Choreo, LLC v. Lors, a private-equity-owned financial advisory firm watched its office implode. Four senior advisors resigned and joined a competitor; weeks later eight
Some believe that once an employee complains to the EEOC, discipline must stop. Supervisors must tread lightly. Performance problems must be ignored.
In Andrews v. DeJoy, the court affirmed summary judgment for the Postal Service on a retaliation claim brought by a
Arsenal–Tottenham is one of the nastiest rivalries in sports. If you don’t follow English football, think Eagles–Cowboys, Yankees–Red Sox, or Ohio State–Michigan, and then crank it up a notch or ten. London neighbors. More than a century of history and hatred.
Which is why it was a really, really big deal earlier this week when
The 6th Circuit just delivered an opinion that reinforces two lessons employers should already know: accommodations require clarity and documentation, and timecard falsification is a litigation killer.
He’s a regular. Spends money. Knows the beer list. The kind of customer small breweries are told they can’t afford to lose.
But the female staff would disagree.
Over time, they start to notice things. Lingering looks. Comments that don’t quite cross the line — but get uncomfortably close. Walking employees to their cars when
Employees using AI at work will be the workplace issue of 2026.
AI.
Because employees are already using it — to draft emails, summarize documents, create work product, prepare presentations, and even help with performance reviews — whether employers have approved it or not.
And most companies are
A popular Cleveland restaurant and a popular Charlotte brewery chose very different paths after their owners were accused of sex-based crimes.
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I present the holiday classic, ‘Twas the Employment Law Night Before Christmas … tweaked and updated for 2025.
To all of my readers, connections, and followers, new and legacy, thank you all for reading, commenting, and sharing throughout the year. Please