Even with the hoopla surrounding March Madness there has been equally compelling news regarding college football despite the fact that that sport is not even in season. The National Labor Relations Board’s Chicago office just handed down a decision that Northwestern football players are employees and have the right to organize. Nothing will happen immediately
March 2014
New Performance Standards Could Be Pretext for Discrimination
In our troubled economic times, many employers have focused on making their workforce leaner and more efficient. This frequently involves raising performance standards for employees. But it is important to do so in a thoughtful and legally defensible way.
An illustration of this point can be found in the case of Dupont v. Allina Health …
“Hen House” Statement Can Be Evidence of Discrimination
“Too many hens in the hen house.” Quaint remark, isn’t it? The problem is, these quaint remarks can end up as evidence of discrimination, as one employer learned to its sorrow in Ford v. E.J. Leizerman & Associates, LLC.
In that case, an older female attorney sued her law firm for age and sex …
Confidentiality Agreement Breached By Daughter’s Facebook Post
Teenagers! In the world of social media, they seem to have no sense of privacy. They will share anything and everything with their multitude of Facebook “friends.” And in one case, doing that cost the teenager’s father $80,000 for breach of the confidentiality provision in his settlement agreement.