Texas Supreme Court Confirms Punitive Damages in Sabine Pilot Cases

Revisiting the only public policy exception to the employment at will rule in Texas, the Supreme Court today holds that a plaintiff who prev...

An Arbitration Sign of the Times

If you think arbitration is not a significant player in employment law dispute resolution, you would have to think twice when you see that t...

NLRB's Posting Rule Hits Another Bump in the Road

This afternoon Judge Norton in South Carolina granted summary judgment to a group seeking to block the NLRB's rule that would require a ...

ENDA Lite Hits a (Temporary?) Dead End

While I didn't actually predict that the Obama Administration would issue an Executive Order implementing protection for lesbians, gays ...

News from the West Coast, Brinker (Finally) Decided

Although I have been fortunate enough to avoid any in depth or on-going contact with California employment law, it is hard not to be aware o...

Non-traditional Plaintiff Theme Continues

At the start of 2011, I noted that one of the stories of the year might be that more and more of what I would call non-traditional plaintiff...

How Would We (I) Function in This Employment World

A guest blog post on CNBC by Julie Clow, author of The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All, caught my eye this morning. Since ...

Body Mass Index As a Hiring Criteria

Hat tip to (probably my favorite blog title in our corner of the world) the Evil HR Lady for catching news from my own back yard, see the or...