Sad, but true, from Jon Hyman’s always-informative blog, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/: My summer reading list includes Joel Stein’s Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity. The book recounts the self-proclaimed effete Stein’s journey to become more masculine in the wake of the birth of his son. In one chapter, Stein spends a […]
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17
Jul
2012
An award of employer’s legal fees? Fat chance!
24
Feb
2012
Top Ten Ways to Keep Legal Bills Low
You’ve seen the headlines: Unemployment Remains High! Record Number of Discrimination Claims Filed! So what will you do if your business is served with a wage claim, wrongful discharge lawsuit,or discrimination charge? As a practitioner of preventive law for employers, I have some suggestions that will help keep down your […]
Read moreI commend to all employers and HR professionals a very good article by John McLachlan, Esq. of Fisher & Phillips. Mr. McLachlan advocates (and I endorse!) approaching employee performance issues as a matter of mutual responsibility, requiring the employee to collaborate in coming up with proposed solutions. Try his suggested method, and […]
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31
Oct
2009
How to Survive the Perfect Storm Part II
“Historic trends and events are converging into a perfect storm that could place antidiscrimination at the center of corporate policy with an intensity unseen since passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964”, ‐ Dr. James Fadigan, one of the authors of the Title VII antidiscrimination provisions of the 1964 […]
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08
Oct
2009
How to Survive the Perfect Storm
“Historic trends and events are converging into a perfect storm that could place anti-discrimination at the center of corporate policy with an intensity unseen since passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964”, according to Dr. James Fadigan, one of the authors of the Title VII anti-discrimination provisions of the […]
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