This is what it looks like when you win the litigation battle but lose the war.
Just because an employee is paid a salary does not mean they are exempt from overtime.
I came across this question on Reddit:
“I work at a small logistics company—about 10 of us total. I’m the person handling invoices, shipments, and customer calls. My title sounds fancy (‘operations associate’), but I don’t manage anyone. Lately,
Wells Fargo is reportedly settling a class-action lawsuit alleging it held phony job interviews to make its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives look better than they really were.
Imagine this. It’s your employee’s second day on the job. He climb into the cab of truck you’ve assigned him assigned to operate, and hanging from the rearview mirror is a noose.
That’s what happened to Jhalil Croley, a Black heavy-equipment operator working for Frank Road Recycling. He was understandably terrified and reported the incident.
Let’s talk about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — the federal agency charged with enforcing our nation’s bedrock employment discrimination laws — which seems more interested in walking away from its duty than leaning into it.
This one’s for every business who’s ever said to a sick or injured worker, “We can’t bring you back until you’re 100%.”
A federal judge recently granted summary judgment to Verizon Wireless after it fired a Black employee who twice used the n-word in the store. The employee argued, in part, that because the word came from him (a member of the protected class), his termination was discriminatory.
The court wasn’t having it and dismissed the employee’s
If you’re an employer disciplining or terminating an employee for workplace misconduct, you don’t have to prove the employee did the bad thing—you just need to honestly believe they did.
In Welch v. Heart Truss & Engineering, the employer fired an employee it believed had spray-painted trusses with graffiti—including devil horns and cartoon boobs.
What’s wrong with kindness?
When I was a kid, I was taught: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
I disagree. Words can wound. They can demean. They can normalize cruelty and strip people of dignity. That’s not strength, but weakness dressed up as bravado.
This week I was
If Pete Hegseth were your CEO, I’d be drafting your EEOC position statement tomorrow.