With our nation on the brink of war, you can expect that until the war is over, or at least subsided somewhat, that domestic issues, such as jobs and the economy, are going to be neglected. One place where the war focus will become immediately obvious is in the news media. As we track workplace-related …
It may not come as much of a surprise to our readers that more discrimination suits are filed in tough economic times. (See Kansas City Business Journal story.) As noted by a state antidiscrimination agency official in that article, Laid-off employees think they have nothing to lose in filing a complaint when they think they …
What To Do With Those Pesky Older Workers…Who Just Might Be You Someday (or Now) Read More »
Recently I read an article that I just can’t get out of my head. Even though the article doesn’t specifically address workplace issues, we may all be confronting this issue in the workplace very soon. It helped me put my finger on what’s really bothering me about the policies of the Bush Administration. It’s not …
Did you ever read some study or report in the newspaper, and then months later wonder how to find the information again? Or hear some interesting statistics you’d like to have at your fingertips, but don’t know where to look? Have you wanted to keep track of the latest legislative developments, or wondered what employment …
Last year, when the Democrats held a 10-9 majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Judiciary Committee voted to approve exactly one hundred judicial nominees, including 17 circuit court nominees. (See Sen. Leahy’s floor speech (from the former chair of the Judiciary Committee).) Many of these nominations were controversial, but nonetheless passed through the committee …
She’s BAAAACK! Priscilla Owen Before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Again. Read More »
Elsewhere in the Workplace Fairness web site, you will learn a great deal about what is required to litigate a case: where to file, how to find a lawyer, what agency to file with–all the kinds of information you need to fight back in court or before a government agency. Today, though, I’d like to …
Here’s a fairly novel idea (unfortunately) that really should be tried more often in policy debates. Let’s call it the “how do you like them apples!” or the “good enough for the gander” approach. Take some controversial new policy proposal on the table, and then analyze what would happen to lawmakers if they were subjected …
Pension Reform: Can Lawmakers Live with the Results? Read More »
The news just in from Congress: the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation pending before Congress in the last several years, has been reintroduced. (The bill numbers are HR 1155(House) and S 557 (Senate). You can continue to track the bills’ progress at the Thomas legislative …
Stop Taxing Discrimination Awards: The Civil Rights Tax Relief Act is Back Read More »
As I suspected, I didn’t have an opportunity on my trip to post, which will explain the absence of blog posts during the last week. However, I’m now back on the job, with lots of interesting developments just waiting to be commented upon, so I’ll do my best to catch up a little this week.
If you’re having trouble getting your daily fix of your favorite cartoon, you really should know about UComics.com. Although my local paper doesn’t run my personal favorite, editorial cartoonist Tom Toles, I can still get a daily dose of Toles from UComics, by signing up for their daily subscription service, which delivers each day’s comic …
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.
