Acting as the election officials, Santa’s elves announced today that senate majority leader Harry Reid has won the title of “Most Naughty in the Workplace in 2013.” As the chart below demonstrates, it was a bit of a runaway election … Continue reading
Congratulations to employment law attorney Nilesh P. Patel for hosting the December edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. Not only has Nilesh compiled some of the best human resource and employment law articles, he has also celebrated the holiday … Continue reading
2013 gave us any number of cringe-worthy workplace situations. Now, Santa has asked for our help as he’s decided to implement the inaugural “Most Naughty in the Workplace” award. To make it easy for us, he’s created a one-question survey … Continue reading
Wow. What a difference 24 hours can make. Last week, Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin abruptly left the team amid press reports that team members were bullying him. Yesterday morning, (Nov. 3rd), the Miami Dolphins issued a press release … Continue reading
Welcome brave souls! This month’s edition of the Employment Blawg Carnival is hosted by fellow employment law blogger Timothy Eavenson and is dubbed the “Haunted House Edition.” Yours truly appears in the The Forgotten Passage, where Tim writes: We’ll finally make it … Continue reading
As a part of the on-going series on mediation of employment lawsuits, I’m thrilled to be able to share with you this week the perspectives of defense counsel Margaret (“Meg”) Campbell. Like Atlanta plaintiff’s attorney Ed Buckley, who I interviewed … Continue reading
I remember being surprised at the intensity of the objections by some of the EEOC panelists to my suggestion at an EEOC public meeting earlier this year that the EEOC implement a pilot ADR program as a part of its … Continue reading
As a part of my ongoing series on workplace mediations, I recently caught up with esteemed plaintiff’s attorney Edward D. Buckley. Ed is a founding partner of the Atlanta law firm Buckley & Klein, LLP, which is one of Atlanta, … Continue reading
After the EEOC investigates claims of civil rights violations in the workplace, it either finds “reasonable cause” that illegal conduct has occurred or not. For those reasonable cause findings, the EEOC is legally required to engage in efforts to conciliate … Continue reading
Kentucky attorney Thomas Clay, who represents the two women who claim former Kentucky state representative John Arnold sexually harassed them, says that Mr. Arnold’s resignation does not end the matter. Mr. Clay is not satisfied with the internal investigation conducted by … Continue reading