What the hell is going on at the Department of Labor?
On January 10, the DOL posted this on X: “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
Myriad people immediately
Arsenal–Tottenham is one of the nastiest rivalries in sports. If you don’t follow English football, think Eagles–Cowboys, Yankees–Red Sox, or Ohio State–Michigan, and then crank it up a notch or ten. London neighbors. More than a century of history and hatred.
Which is why it was a really, really big deal earlier this week when
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I present the holiday classic, ‘Twas the Employment Law Night Before Christmas … tweaked and updated for 2025.
To all of my readers, connections, and followers, new and legacy, thank you all for reading, commenting, and sharing throughout the year. Please
Something has gone sideways when the Chair of the EEOC is publicly urging white men to file discrimination charges.
Yes, I said it that bluntly, because sometimes clarity matters more than politeness.
Let’s start with the part Andrea Lucas and her supporters rush to say first: Title VII protects all employees. Race is race. Sex
The 6th Circuit just handed employers a clear win in Bowles v. Chicken Salad Chick. The court held that a fast-casual restaurant did not have to accommodate a cashier/service employee who requested to sit for five minutes after every ten minutes of standing. That request would have eliminated essential job functions and fundamentally changed the
The State Department just ordered diplomats to ditch Calibri and return to as the required typeface in all official communications. Secretary Marco Rubio framed this change not as a typography choice, but as a way to “abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program.”
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I’ve made my list, checked it twice, and now it’s time to determine who’s been the naughtiest and not very nice. That’s right—it’s time to vote for The Worst Employer of 2025.
$11.5 million!
Last week’s verdict against SHRM — $1.5 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $10 million in punitive damages — is not just a
I’ve always loved Christmas lights.
