Wells Fargo is reportedly settling a class-action lawsuit alleging it held phony job interviews to make its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives look better than they really were.
On this week’s episode of The Norah and Dad Show, Norah and I play a few rounds of “Am I the A–hole” — inspired by my purge of our garage that resulted in all Norah’s unused pet-fish gear ending up in a dumpster. (And, yes, we both agree that in this story, I am, in
Let’s play one of my favorite games: correct the press.
The Issue: unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA.
Cliff Kaplan, 65, worked for a beverage distributor at Beechwood Sales & Service for 16 years. Then came a diagnosis of stage-four esophageal cancer. He took unpaid medical leave under the FMLA while he
Imagine this. It’s your employee’s second day on the job. He climb into the cab of truck you’ve assigned him assigned to operate, and hanging from the rearview mirror is a noose.
That’s what happened to Jhalil Croley, a Black heavy-equipment operator working for Frank Road Recycling. He was understandably terrified and reported the incident.
Let’s talk about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — the federal agency charged with enforcing our nation’s bedrock employment discrimination laws — which seems more interested in walking away from its duty than leaning into it.
* Image by Nathaniel Currier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politico just published leaked messages from Young Republican leaders — future GOP operatives, appointees, and elected officials, as well as at least one current elected official and a White House staffer — joking about gas chambers, praising Hitler, celebrating rape, and using racist slurs over 250 times.
JD Vance brushed it off as a “college
This one’s for every business who’s ever said to a sick or injured worker, “We can’t bring you back until you’re 100%.”
A federal judge recently granted summary judgment to Verizon Wireless after it fired a Black employee who twice used the n-word in the store. The employee argued, in part, that because the word came from him (a member of the protected class), his termination was discriminatory.
The court wasn’t having it and dismissed the employee’s
For years, I’ve told anyone who would listen that Ohio has the best beer in America. Now, we have the proof.
At this year’s Great American Beer Festival — the country’s largest professional beer competition — Ohio’s breweries showed up and showed out. Eleven breweries from the Buckeye State brought home 21 medals overall —
