According to the New York Times, a subject regularly covered on this blog raised its head recently at the annual Seventh Circuit Bar Association meeting in Indianapolis during a freewheeling panel discussion among judges. Since word got out about this, lawyers across the country have joined an online debate that impacts all kinds of employers.

We’ve had one instrumental so far: The Work Song by Herb Alpert & the Tijuanna Brass. It’s time for another: Work Song by the Cannonball Adderley Sextet.

In AT&T Corporation v. Hulteen, the U.S. Supreme Court takes us back to another time in our country when maternity leave was inferior. The Court’s decision isn’t just a trip down memory lane, but significant for the present.

In the UK, they use the word redundancy instead of layoffs. The British version of The Office, which to me is wildly funny, captures the poignancy of a layoff, when David Brent (Ricky Gervais), the boss, is made redundant and begs not to be. 

As you’ve surely heard by now, President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the first Latino justice ever on the Supreme Court. She was appointed first to the federal District Court by President George H.W. Bush over 16 years ago and then to the Second Circuit Court of [...]

The influential Greek statesman and orator Pericles lived from 495-429 B.C. Something he’s credited with saying lets you know that something happening today has been happening a long, long time.

Eclecticiity provides a cartoon that captures the confusing aftermath of the bailouts.

Today, we honor all members of our armed forces who’ve given their lives to defend freedom and country. This day is a holiday for many employers and employees, but it should also be regarded as sacred. 

Blanche Primm Phillips, November 25, 1914 — May 18, 2009: Farmer’s daughter, factory worker, exemplary homemaker, gracious lady, hospitable servant, faithful Christian, devoted and selfless wife, happy and nurturing mother, loving and proud grandmother. She has found eternal peace, joy and rest. Thanks be to God.

With the convergence of our economic crisis and swine flu fears, sick days are nothing to sneeze at. Some workers have always taken pride in never missing a day of work because of sickness. They don’t take into account the number of coworkers they’ve made sick to keep their record perfect.