Thursday, March 2, 2023

NLRB Makes Employers Liable For Damages For Direct and Foreseeable Harms

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that employers are liable for compensatory damages in unfair labor practices case ....
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Nondisparagement and Confidentiality Clauses In Severance Agreements Violate NLRA

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Just about every single severance agreement I've ever seen in 36 years of law practice have two standard clauses: the former employee ca...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

NLRB Proposed Joint Employer Rule Would Help Workers

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Last year, the National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule that would change how it decides who is an employer. Under the proposed ru...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

SNL's "It's Pat" Shows How Easy It Is To Respect Nonbinary Coworkers

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 With all the anti-trans stuff coming out of the GOP, and especially Florida, I started thinking about an old Saturday Night live sketch, “I...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

FTC Proposes Ban On Noncompete Agreements

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 The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a complete ban on agreements banning former employees and independent contractors from going to w...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

How Did I Do On 2022 Predictions? Call Me Cassandra

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I made some predictions last year about what to expect in 2022. How did I do? Pretty darned well. Here is the breakdown. 1. More pro-employe...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Quiet Quitting: New Anti-Employee Term For Wanting To Have A Life

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 There's a new term getting flung around by management types: quiet quitting. It's when employees actually want to do their job as d...