Just when you start to think that Wal-Mart is too easy of a target, or maybe — just maybe — they might be starting to clean up their act a little bit, a story comes along that makes you realize that all of the bad press Wal-Mart earns might be all it’s cracked up to …
Wal-Mart: Just the Latest Round of Corporate Evil Personified Read More »
Want a solution to that pesky problem of not receiving high enough wages? Northwest Airlines says: take a hike. Need something that you can’t afford? Easy: just dig through the trash to see if you can find it. In a publication for their employees facing layoffs and wage cuts, Northwest suggested that one way to …
Walking in the Woods: Free; Northwest’s Advice: Priceless Read More »
When I was a child and had difficulty swallowing pills, my mom would mash the pill up in grape jelly and feed it to me on toast or a spoon. Although the jelly was a little gritty, it made it palatable enough for me to choke down the pill. When faced with the same dilemma …
While Chicago may not be so windy these days, with the summer heat wave and all, there is some good news for workers blowing out of the Chicago area this week. Between the passage of a living wage ordinance for big-box workers, and an appeals court decision reinstating the case of a teen who was …
Some Good Things Are Blowing From the Windy City Read More »
Those seeking to hold Wal-Mart just a little bit more accountable to its workers and the rest of its taxpayers were dealt a blow this week, as a federal judge in Maryland threw out the state’s Fair Share law. The court ruled that efforts to make Wal-Mart either pay more for health care or make …
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 …
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.
