I have just learned that, last month, the parties reached a settlement in Stan Murmer’s wrongful-termination lawsuit against his former employer. As you may recall from prior reports on his firing and on the denial of the school district’s motion…
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,…
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…
Note: the artist’s website, buttprintart.com, is no longer active.
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…
If they are to spank at all, anyway (which this attorney does not recommend). In 2006, a jury in Fresno, California, awarded Janet Orlando about $1.7 million for her claims that she had been spanked at work. Orlando alleged that…
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. …
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…
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…
A giant inflatable rat, to be more specific.