When you destroy the evidence that could justify a termination, don’t be surprised when a court refuses to take your side. That’s the message from the 6th Circuit’s recent decision in Kean v. Brinker International, Inc., where a 59-year-old general manager of a Chili’s, owned and operated by Brinker International, was fired despite running
I am excited to share that Wickens Herzer Panza has officially launched a completely redesigned website.
Our goal was simple: make it faster and easier to find our insights, resources, and people—while showcasing our depth and agility.
Our new site features a clean, modern design, along with refreshed and
Yesterday, in U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court held that states can constitutionally prohibit puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teenagers, rejecting a Equal Protection challenge to the law. It’s a dangerous decision. Because of the votes of six Supreme Court justices, many children will suffer and some will even die.
The Court
What’s an employer supposed to do when immigration policy shifts overnight?
That’s the question employers across the country are now facing. More than 500,000 immigrant workers—who entered the U.S. legally under a humanitarian parole program—were recently told to leave their jobs and “self-deport” after the Department of Homeland Security abruptly ended the program.
The
🚨 BREAKING: The death of craft beer has been greatly exaggerated.
📊 Consider this:
You’re hiring. Great.
You’re asking illegal interview questions. Not so great.
Most employers don’t mean to cross the line in interviews. But intent doesn’t matter when the EEOC or a process server comes knocking. The law draws a pretty clear line around certain topics. And the moment you ask the wrong question, you’ve handed a
An employee tells HR, “I can’t use my coworker’s preferred pronouns. It’s against my religion.” What now?
This isn’t theoretical or hypothetical—it’s happening in businesses across the country. Just ask Spencer Wimmer, a former Generac Power Systems employee who refused to use a transgender colleague’s pronouns on the basis of his Christian faith and was
Verizon just made headlines — by eliminating its entire DEI program. In a memo to the FCC, the company announced sweeping changes:
What do you know about “sportswashing”? If you’re like me, it’s very little. That is, until I asked ChatGPT.
Sportswashing is a practice by which governments use sports to improve or launder a tarnished reputation. I needed to education myself on this topic fairly quickly so that I could read my son’s 10th grade history
Brewery owners: Let’s talk why class-action lawyers are just as interested in your payroll practices as your flagship IPA.