Every now and then, I like to take this space and go hyper-local, to highlight something that makes my corner of Northeast Ohio special. Today, that something is Vino di Luca, a new restaurant in Olmsted Falls.
If you’re a Cleveland-area foodie, the name Luca Sema probably rings a bell. His other restaurant, Luca
If you’re an employer disciplining or terminating an employee for workplace misconduct, you don’t have to prove the employee did the bad thing—you just need to honestly believe they did.
In Welch v. Heart Truss & Engineering, the employer fired an employee it believed had spray-painted trusses with graffiti—including devil horns and cartoon boobs.
Every year I think I’ve hit rock bottom when it comes to my “Worst Employer” list. And every year, someone picks up a jackhammer and starts digging.
Let me introduce you to the Kingdom of God Global Church, led by “Apostle” David Taylor and his “executive director” Michelle Brannon.
What’s wrong with kindness?
When I was a kid, I was taught: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
I disagree. Words can wound. They can demean. They can normalize cruelty and strip people of dignity. That’s not strength, but weakness dressed up as bravado.
This week I was
“Are you really that religious?” is the wrong question for any employer to ask of an employee seeking a religious accommodation.
The 6th Circuit just handed down a decision in Bilyeu v. UT-Battelle that should serve as a warning to any employer tempted to test the “sincerity” of an employee’s religious belief.
If Pete Hegseth were your CEO, I’d be drafting your EEOC position statement tomorrow.
Chalk one up to common-sense — the 6th Circuit just held that the word “monkey,” when directed at a Black employee, constitutes a racially hostile work environment.
In Smith & Sneed v. P.A.M. Transport, the court reversed summary judgment for the employer and sent the case to trial.
Yesterday was National Daughters Day, not to be confused with National Transfer Money to Your Daughter’s Account Day (Oct. 6), International Daughters’ Day (Sept. 28), Father-Daughter Day (Oct. 12), or National Son and Daughter Day (also Sept. 28).
I happen to host a podcast with my daughter — The Norah and Dad Show. We just
De’Mario Grant thought he’d landed his dream job in security at the de Young Museum, following his grandfather’s footsteps. Instead, he got backbreaking 16-hour shifts, chronic pain, HR doubting his medical leave, and managers whispering behind his back. He sued and won, and yet management kept right on retaliating against him until they finally fired