Employment Law

Video Ruins Yet Another Workers’ Comp Claim

How many workers’ compensation claims have been proven false by a video showing the claimant doing something inconsistent with his claimed injury? Well, it’s probably a lot.  And now it’s a lot plus one. Garrett Dalton, 41, of Naugatuck, Connecticut,…


Repeated Demands for Prostitute: Grounds for Termination?

I don’t want to keep you in suspense: the answer is yes. Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, located in Iowa, apparently gives its employees a special bonus to mark their first year of employment.  The bonus, at least in this…



Mustache-Discrimination Case Reaches Indian Supreme Court

On Monday, February 11, justices of the Supreme Court of India heard argument in the case of a man who claims he was fired from his job at Indian Airlines because of his sizeable and “elaborate” handlebar mustache. Initial reports…



Take the Workplace Harassment Quiz

Recently I viewed an online training seminar (as I have pledged to kill the next person who uses the word “webinar,” I won’t use that word) designed to help attorneys recognize, avoid and/or deal with harassment situations in the workplace. …


Teacher Fired for Gluteal Art Sues Employer

I am already about a dozen items behind, and now this morning, on a very busy day, I learn about this new lawsuit.  The high-school art teacher who was fired in January after his employer learned that, on his own…


Blog Tracks Employment-Law Violations at Dunder-Mifflin

Employment lawyers and fans of "The Office" (among others) will enjoy "That’s What She Said," a blog by Julie Elgar at Ford & Harrison, an Atlanta-based labor and employment law firm.  Julie watches "The Office" and then posts an evaluation…