I am thrilled to announce that today, June 2, I return to work with Workplace Fairness as the organization’s Executive Director. Workplace Fairness’ mission of providing information and education to workers and representing the pro-worker voice in public policy debates is as viable as it has ever been in a workplace environment that is becoming …
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GINA isn’t a new Workplace Fairness staff member, but the first piece of federal legislation protecting workers from discrimination that has come along in quite some time. GINA stands for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees based on genetic tests or genetic information, and also prohibits health …
A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye: Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Before ‘See You in Court’. It really got me thinking about what would happen to the practice of employment litigation if employers would adopt the same practice. I suspect that it would dramatically cut the instances where employees would sue …
One of the shows I liked when I was a kid was Moonlighting, featuring Bruce Willis when he had hair, and the great chemistry he had with Cybill Shepherd. We can forget that album that he released (The Return of Bruno), and especially the fact that I purchased it. But the days when Moonlighting evoked …
As discussed in a prior post, the Department of Labor has proposed changes to the FMLA in a last-ditch effort to satisfy business interests before there is a change in administrations, which could, depending on who is elected, stall business-friendly changes for a considerable period of time. Here’s a look at some of the specific …
One of the workplace priorities for the business community during the Bush Administration has been to scale back the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). However, in the waning days of the administration, there still have not been significant changes, which has been a source of frustration to some. There is now a last-ditch effort …
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In my last blog post, I talked about a win for workers before the U.S. Supreme Court that might not have seemed like one at first blush. But the very next day, workers enjoyed a clear victory in a 7-2 vote by the Court, in the case of Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki. Many commentators …
As we’ve mentioned more than once around here, the Roberts Supreme Court isn’t the most friendly to workers, and might even be less friendly than the Rehnquist Court. But every once in a while, the little guy gets some bones tossed his way. (Sorry to mix metaphors and not use gender neutral language in the …
Now here’s a ready-made blog post for me: mix pandas with Super Bowl advertising, and then throw in societal attitudes about racism, which have been examined more than once here at Today’s Workplace (and are certainly at the heart of Workplace Fairness’s mission). At the intersection of all these things, you have the reaction to …
It’s an election year. If this has escaped your notice, you either 1) don’t live in the United States; or 2) must never watch television, read a newspaper, or use the Internet (and since you’re reading this, the latter is probably not true.) In the primaries, both major parties and many candidates (even though the …
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.
