The EEOC has sued Sactacular Holdings, LLC d/b/a Adam & Eve for sex discrimination for refusing to hire male applicants. What is Adam & Eve? The EEOC’s news release describes it as a “North Carolina limited liability company.” The more accurate description? According to its (NSFW) website, it’s “the leader in the lingerie and adult boutique market.” How did it discriminate? According to the EEOC’s complaint, Christopher Kilby applied for a job at Sactacular Holding…

Kevin LaBelle, a lab technician for Cleveland Cliffs, took occasional days off from work for approved intermittent FMLA leave for flare-ups related to a shoulder injury. His employer noticed that LaBelle seems to always take his FMLA leave by combining it with scheduled days off and vacation days. Noticing the pattern of suspected abuse, the company hired a private investigator to watch LaBelle during his FMLA leave, and twice found him playing golf. The employer…

Today, I thought I’d take a look at some of the best songs ever written about working. Here are my first five. (These are not necessarily the “top 5,” and are not in any particular order; they are just the five that came to mind.) They hurt you at home, and they hit you at schoolThey hate you if you’re clever, and they despise a foolTill you’re so fucking crazy, you can’t follow their rulesA…

James Scott’s employer fired him for accumulating 10 points under its no-fault attendance policy. He claimed FMLA retaliation, alleging that his employer unlawfully assessed some of his points while he was taking FMLA-protected leave to care for his ill wife. At his deposition, however, Scott admitted that the FMLA had nothing whatsoever to do with his termination. Q. Paragraph 31 [of the complaint] says that you believe that your FMLA leave to attend to your wife…

A recent study suggests that there has been a backlash against the #MeToo movement. According to  the Harvard Business Review, men have are treating their females co-workers differently because of #MeToo. 19% of men said they were reluctant to hire attractive women 21% said they were reluctant to hire women for jobs involving close interactions with men 27% said they avoided one-on-one meetings with female colleagues This isn’t a #MeToo problem. It’s the problem…

“Bob is such a NASTY MOTHER FUCKER don’t know how to talk to people!!!!!! Fuck his mother and his entire fucking family!!!! What a LOSER!!!!” “Hey, did you bring enough KFC for everyone?” “Go back to Africa, you bunch of fucking losers.” “Hey anybody smell that? I smell fried chicken and watermelon.” You’d think that if any of your employees lobbed any of these bombs at a supervisor or coworker, you’d have no legal issue…