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Category Archives: Employment
DUI Breath Machines Blow
Friday, May 15, 2009
The Minnesota Supreme Court just ordered that the source code to the state’s alcohol breath test machines be released for scrutiny by defense lawyers.
Last year, the New Jersey Supreme Court reinstated thousands of DUI convictions after two independent testing labs examined the software.A Bridge Loan to Nowhere
Friday, December 19, 2008
Today the President announced a $17.4 billion “loan” to the US automobile industry. Not only is this a cruelly cynical move, it’s both bad business and bad government.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are going to be put out of work. They deserve help from the government to move into more useful, viable industries. [...]Wal-Mart Loses in Mexico
Monday, September 8, 2008
It turns out that Wal-Mart’s labor practices are even meaner overseas than they are in the USA. The Mexican Supreme Court recently told the company that it had to pay its Mexican workers in money, not in company vouchers that had to be spent at Wal-Mart.
Read the Mexican Constitution (in Spanish). Check out [...]Hall v. Nalco
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Cheryl Hall was fired for missing work to undergo fertility treatments. The 7th Circuit just agreed that she has stated a claim for gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. Read the decision here – free registration may be required.
This is [...]CA Supremes Kill Non-Compete Clause
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Labor won a victory in the California case of Edwards v. Arthur Anderson.
Edwards was an accountant for Arthur Anderson. The company folded its US operations due to the disgrace of Enron. Edwards wanted a job. The company wanted him to sign away any claims he might have with the company in return for [...]The Employee Free Choice Act
Friday, August 1, 2008
Labor law is one domain in which there are significant differences between the two ‘major’ candidates for President and their political parties. The Democrats are far more supportive of working Americans than are the Republicans. The Employee Free Choice Act passed the House last year, but the Republicans were successful in blocking it in the [...]
Loyalty Oaths are Wrong
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Here is a mind-numbing horror story about education. A teacher signed a state-required loyalty oath, adding the word “nonviolently” to her promise to defend the Constitution. A lawyer for the university said it was “clearly not acceptable” to change the wording of the loyalty oath. OK friends, guess where this case took place. If you [...]
Crawford v. Metro: Another Important Employment Case
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Crawford v. Metro is an important 6th Circuit case that the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear. At issue is a Federal anti-discrimination law called Title VII. This law expressly protects employees from retaliation in two ways. Employees who participate in an investigation, and those who oppose discriminatory practices are supposed to be [...]
Ross v. Ragingwire: Medical MJ & Employment Discrimination
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Today we examine the recent California Supreme Court case of Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications. The issue is medical marijuana and employment discrimination. California has enacted a medical marijuana law that decriminalizes the possession and use of the drug with a doctor’s prescription. It is called the Compassionate Use Act. California also has an anti-discrimination law, [...]