
I am an avid fiction reader, and an opinion I read yesterday reminded me of a book I read years ago by author Jodi Picoult—Small Great Things.The main protagonist in the novel, Ruth, is a labor and delivery nurse with
In the wake of this week’s executive orders (EO), Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, impacting private employers, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, affecting federal agencies and employees, I’ve been doing a lot…
Often, a finding of unlawful sexual harassment stems from the employer’s failure to act on reported complaints.This was the focus of a case where the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) sued a former cellular phone retailer in the…
If you are wondering about the effect the next Trump Administration will have on employment law (and isn’t that what we all spent the weekend thinking about?!?), look no further.My Pierson Ferdinand employment partner Gordon Berger and I will provide…
The mental health and wellness of the workforce has, until recently, been a neglected issue. However, the pandemic and its remote work concept, and the mental health issues suffered particularly by younger employees, is now front and center in the…
Two new religious discrimination cases filed or settled by the EEOC give me the opportunity to discuss what I long ago called the “two flavors” of workplace religious discrimination – a subject which I blogged about numerous times. In the…