Answering a page takes fifteen seconds. Making the follow-up call can quietly turn your commute into paid time.
TL;DR: A companion DOL opinion letter addresses a field service engineer’s pre-shift routine: receiving pages, calling clients to schedule appointments, and driving
Your office staff want to skip rush hour by working part of the day from home. The DOL just told you exactly how to let them do it without creating a wage and hour problem.
TL;DR: A new DOL opinion
President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990, thirty-six years ago yesterday. Here’s the timeline that brought us from that signing to the law you manage today, and where the real risk lives
Menopause is about to get its own line in the U.S. Code, if two House members get their way. Water bottles, bathroom breaks, and sit-or-stand accommodations would become presumptively reasonable under a brand-new federal standard.
TL;DR: U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell
A jury handed down two verdicts in the same ADA case that couldn’t both be true. The trial judge tossed one out, and a federal appeals court just said she was right to.
TL;DR: A deaf job applicant sued a
On July 21, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted, publicly, to kill sixty years of federal race, sex, and national origin reporting. Cue the sad violins. This is happening.
TL;DR: On July 21, 2026, the EEOC voted to issue
A supervisor was shown a slur drawn across a face on a breakroom whiteboard and shrugged it off. A federal appeals court didn’t.
TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed summary judgment for a retail employer on an employee’s other claims,
The blog isn’t going anywhere, and it’s staying free. But I’m exploring a flat-fee option for companies and employers who read this blog: unlimited employment law advice, instead of billing by the hour for every quick question. Before I decide
An employee accused his manager of anti-Black bias over comments made eight months earlier. A federal appeals court said the comments were about politics, not race, and the case fell apart.
TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed summary judgment for
She said the training singled out white employees as inherently racist. Her own testimony said otherwise, and that’s what sank her case.
TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed summary judgment for the employer on an employee’s race discrimination and retaliation
