Here’s a lesson: Don’t call your employee an “old fart,” especially if you think you may need to fire him someday.And don’t call his co-workers “old farts” right before you fire the co-workers.And don’t give your “old fart,” who has only a first-level...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) implemented its “ambush” or “quickie” election rules on April 14, 2015. An analysis of available NLRB data on representation election (RC) petitions filed since the effective date of the new rules yields some interesting...
As we previously reported, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently appointed a Wage Board to make recommendations on increasing the minimum wage for New York State fast food employees. Throughout the recent public meeting process, fast food employers have roundly...
For many years, the U.S. Department of Justice, an enforcer of the accessibility provisions (Title III) of the Americans with Disabilities Act, applicable to public accommodations, has dragged its feet on promulgating regulations on website accessibility. Starting in...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) has issued a potentially groundbreaking decision finding that discrimination based on “sexual orientation” can be brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title...
