Workplace Law Blog

Free speech is having a moment. Not since my kids were young and tried to claim free speech rights against each other (fill in the blanks) have I heard so many claims of free speech. In the workplace, freedom of … Read More

What happened in the house of SHRM? Last week, a judge denied the Society for Human Resource Management’s attempt to prevent a jury trial on charges of maliciously engaging in race discrimination. The judge put it best: this is a … Read More

Imagine discovering that for decades you were paid half of what your co-worker made for the same job. Then imagine fighting that injustice and being awarded $3 million in back pay and damages–only to have the amount reduced to a … Read More

We all knew the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would be a game changer. While challenges to the PWFA work their was through the courts, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) is wasting no time enforcing the new law. In … Read More

Fed Ex wants its employees with medical restrictions to stay out of work until they are “100% healed.” Until medical restrictions were completely lifted, employees were forced to take unpaid medical leave, and some eventually terminated.  It is certainly a … Read More

Remember last year when the Federal Trade Commission created a rule banning non-compete restrictions nationwide? There were lawsuits, lots of them. We watched and waited. With the September 4, 2024, effective date for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule rapidly … Read More

EEOC and Social Media: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s most recent  Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace  threaded the needle on when social media outside the workplace rises to a hostile workplace: Conduct  that can affect the terms … Read More

The Law: This week, Massachusetts became the 11th state to mandate pay transparency by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges. H.B. 4890. The bill also mandates reporting pay data  for certain employers. Here is a brief summary of what you … Read More

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.– Whether it is a BBQ, … Read More

Feeling the heat? You are not alone. Excessive heat is a serious health problem in the US and growing. Heat kills more people each year than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined, according to the National Weather Service. In 2021, President Biden … Read More