An ever-expanding state probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of possible pension irregularities now extends far beyond lawyers in private practice who worked for the state’s 700-plus school…
In a difficult economy, older workers have reason to worry more than their younger counterparts about being fired. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against those 40 and over because of…
While those who are parents aren’t a protected class, employers seeking to be family-friendly can ironically stumble into legal pitfalls if they aren’t careful.
Angry, unpleasant, rude fellow employees, in legal settings and elsewhere, make life a lot less pleasant—and less productive. Increasingly, companies and law firms recognize this fact, and some have even…
Unhappy U.S. Marshals are organizing to protest a so-called conversion program that allows deputy marshals to become criminal investigators by skipping the regular civil service competition for jobs.
A Missouri man, who lost a son in Iraq and whose wife suffers from debilitating memory loss because of an auto accident, couldn’t convince his wife’s former employer to back…
Can the guy who created a TV cartoon about a robot running a Valentine’s Day dating service—until his malfunctioning metal butt explodes—have the gravitas to win a revolutionary union contract?
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of an Idaho law that bars local governments from making automatic payroll deductions to pay for political activities by labor…
Nearly two dozen school districts on Long Island improperly reported private attorneys as employees, helping them earn public pensions totaling more than $342,082 a year, Newsday reported today.
When it comes to sexual harassment, lawyers have done a thorough job educating adult workers about the limits of acceptable behavior in the workplace. The same can’t be said of…