Topic
Discipline
16 published works
Labor Relations Update
No Duty To Bargain Over Discipline During Contract Hiatus, NLRB Division of Advice
The NLRB has been active but quiet during the last few months as the agency quietly reaffirms decisions nullified by the Supreme Court. By all accounts, however, and as history…
BeLabor the Point
Time-Outs: Can the Strategy Typically Used for Children Also Benefit Your Employees?
Ver la versión en español aquí We have a time-out circle in my house, and from time to time, my preschool-age son visits the circle. Time-outs separate him from whatever…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Lack of prior discipline for over twenty-nine years and failure to cite specific incidents of unprofessionalism is evidence of pretext.
“Plaintiff’s immediate supervisor also acknowledged that Plaintiff had never received a written reprimand due to work related issues. Indeed, Barajas’s deposition was taken, but he could not identify specific incidents…
Legal Profession Blog
Kentucky Disciplinary Counsel “No Longer Employed By The Bar Association”
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that Kentucky's Chief Disciplinary Counsel has been terminated from her position:The Kentucky Bar Association’s chief disciplinary counsel, Linda Gosnell, who investigated the state’s fen-phen scandal and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Empirical Study of Discipline & Discharge Cases in Labor Arbitration
Laura Cooper (U. Minn. Law), Mario Bognanno (U. Minn. Mgmt), and Stephen Befort (U. Minn. Law) have just posted on SSRN their study (forthcoming as a book chapter in the…
Legal Profession Blog
Any Felony Conviction Threatens New York License
A recent article in the New York Times cites to expert opinions that term the possibility of professional discipline against soon-to-be former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer "unlikely." In my…