As heat grips most of the United States, we’re all looking for ways to keep cool. Those who work in office buildings may take for granted the ability to work in a comfortable office environment, fearing only the moment in which they must leave their offices and face the heat. But there are many workers …
In the Stifling Heat, Let’s Remember the Workers Read More »
Working 9 to 5: it’s a movie, it’s a song, but could it soon be a thing of the past? What a few years ago might have seemed unfathomable is now being actively explored, as employers consider whether to discard regular work schedules and fixed office locations in favor of more creative solutions. While it …
Leaving the Office Time-Space Continuum Behind at Warp Speed Read More »
A 9-0 decision in favor of employees from the Roberts’ Supreme Court? Some didn’t think it was possible, but today workers received a break in the case of Burlington Northern v. White. The decision means that a worker who has faced retaliation, but has not been fired, denied a promotion, or subject to an “ultimate …
Retaliation Means Retaliation, Says the Supreme Court Read More »
A recent blog posting from leading workplace commentator Bob Rosner got me to thinking. Entitled “Revenge of the Employees,” Rosner talks about bosses who are now forced to suck up to their employees in order to keep them on board in a tightening labor market. In thinking about all the ways that employee advocates now …
You would think all employers, and especially government employers, would want employees to perform their jobs to the best of their abilities. Especially for employees whose job it is to ferret out wrongdoing, you might think that it’s in the government’s interest — and taxpayers’ interest as well — to encourage those employees to do …
If ever there were victims of on-the-job illness that deserve our sympathy, it has to be those who have become sick due to their role in rescuing 9/11 victims at the World Trade Center bombing site, or whose jobs required them to be present at the toxic scene for days and weeks after the tragic …
It Takes….A Mayor? 9/11 Victim Will Finally Get Workers Comp Relief Read More »
This year, the worldwide observance of May Day, International Worker’s Day, had a special focus in the United States, as it coincided with “A Day Without Immigrants,” designed to draw attention to the impact of immigrant workers on our economy. That’s as it should be, as the issue of illegal immigration is largely the story …
Immigrant Workers and Supporters March on May Day Read More »
Today, Tuesday, April 25, is Equal Pay Day, which means it’s the day that women have to work to in 2006 in order to make the same amount as their male colleagues did in 2005, since American women continue to make 77 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn. The day has always been …
Happy Equal Pay Day — Now Let’s Move It to January Read More »
When I hear all this talk about “frivolous lawsuits,” I’d be perfectly happy to concede that an occasional lawsuit can be brought with insufficient grounds or for the wrong reasons, if the people blathering on about such claims would in turn concede that there are meritorious cases that the courts throw out on completely asinine …
From the “you can’t make this stuff up” category: following in the fine tradition (starting with the workplace bully John Bolton) of putting leading critics in charge of the very organization whose work they’ve devoted their life to eviscerating, the Administration has nominated two individuals to key positions at the EEOC and Department of Labor …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
