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
Something has gone sideways when the Chair of the EEOC is publicly urging white men to file discrimination charges.
Yes, I said it that bluntly, because sometimes clarity matters more than politeness.
Let’s start with the part Andrea Lucas and her supporters rush to say first: Title VII protects all employees. Race is race. Sex
The 6th Circuit just handed employers a clear win in Bowles v. Chicken Salad Chick. The court held that a fast-casual restaurant did not have to accommodate a cashier/service employee who requested to sit for five minutes after every ten minutes of standing. That request would have eliminated essential job functions and fundamentally changed the
Today is your final day to VOTE for the Worst Employer of 2025
One of my recurring professional nightmares is advising a client on a termination that goes badly.
Not “this ends in a lawsuit” badly—but catastrophically badly. The kind that devolves into workplace violence, an active shooter situation, or some other despicable act that
What are the best Christmas movies of all time?
Before we can answer this vital question, we first must examine what makes a Christmas movie “great.” For the best Christmas movies
The State Department just ordered diplomats to ditch Calibri and return to Times New Roman as the required typeface in all official communications. Secretary Marco Rubio framed this change not as a typography choice, but as a way to “abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program.”
$11.5 million!
Last week’s verdict against SHRM — $1.5 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $10 million in punitive damages — is not just a
I’ve always believed that noncompetes and “independent contractor” status don’t mix. Now I have an appellate opinion to back me up.
