Update: Back in October, we brought you the story of Former USC Football Coach Steve Sarkisian and how the USC Administration handled alleged instances of Sarkisian drinking on the job.
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One Tweet — You’re Out!
Over the weekend an employee of the Texas Rangers was pretty upset about the University of Texas’ dismal performance in its 50-7 loss against Texas Christian University. I get how
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NLRB’s “Refined” Joint-Employer Test: What is “Indirect” Control? UPDATED
A quick update to yesterday’s post. For those wanting more information on yesterday’s NLRB ruling in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No 186, please see the Firm’s Labor &
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NLRB’s “Refined” Joint-Employer Test: Beware the Outsourced Employee
In a highly anticipated decision, the NLRB today departed from three decades of an accepted standard for joint employment status and issued a new test that makes it far more
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Come Join Me for the Webinar “Drafting Severance and Confidentiality Agreements Amid New EEOC, NLRB and Now SEC Scrutiny”
I am pleased to be a co-presenter at this webinar on September 9, 2015. The EEOC and NLRB have been challenging severance provisions that they feel may stop an employee
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Potential Liability From Your Long Forgotten Vacation/PTO Policy
Often employers will neglect or overlook revising their vacation and/or paid time off (PTO) policies, which are buried in the employee handbook that was last revised a half-dozen years ago.
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Facebook is Not Your Friend at Work
I did harassment training for a client earlier this week and we spent a significant amount of time at the training discussing posts on social media. There were, of course,
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How Much Money Do You Make?
This will soon be a question Connecticut employees may ask each other without repercussions. Connecticut legislators have passed H.B. 6850 which makes it illegal for employees to prohibit their employees
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No Workplace Relief for Keyboard Tough Guys in USSC Decision
Did you ever have an employee in your workplace defend inappropriate remarks by becoming an armchair constitutional scholar and citing the First Amendment to justify the right to make comments?
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Be Careful of Not So Random Random Drug Tests
A judge in California has ruled that a fired black supervisor can proceed with claims of racial discrimination based solely on a comment that he was driving a “pimpmobile” and
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