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Age law saves employer in lawsuit having zero to do with age

USA - March 13 2026 Older Workers Benefit Protection Act to the rescue! In a race-sex-retaliation case. Years ago, I used to whine about the federal Older Workers…

Flores is back in the game against NFL. Now what?

USA - March 10 2026 Does the NFL fight or punt? After a torturous four years of litigation, coach Brian Flores and his fellow plaintiff coaches have prevailed in their…

Repo employer: 8 steps to getting your property back from an ex-employee

USA - March 6 2026 Employers, has this ever happened to you? You issue some nice, high-quality equipment to your employee. Top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art computer…

BREAKING: DOL issues independent contractor regs, NLRB restores joint employment regs

USA - February 27 2026 Stuff is happening! The U.S. Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations on who is an "independent contractor" for purposes of the federal…

Arbitrator issues mixed decision on NFL grievance over union’s Team Report Cards

USA - February 24 2026 But NFL celebrates possible pyrrhic victory. In August 2025, the National Football League filed a grievance against the NFL Players Association…

Second-guessing the advice columns: Customer and co-worker harassment

USA - February 20 2026 Take Dear Abby's employment law advice with a grain of salt. I used to regularly post here on what the advice columnists in the media were saying in…

Bad luck for this employer with separation agreement

USA - February 13 2026 But, then, don't we make our own luck? Happy Friday the 13th, aka Valentine’s Day Eve. I don't love what this employer did, so I'm going with Friday…

Court reinstates TPS terminations for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua

Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, USA - February 12 2026 USCIS confirms no valid TPS-based work authorization. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed a lower court decision from a…

An employer's harassment to-do list for our times

USA - February 6 2026 Easiest to-do list ever! As I reported recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has rescinded a detailed harassment guidance…

TPS work authorization for Haiti, other countries preserved while challenges proceed

USA - February 4 2026 TPS continues for now. On Monday, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled that Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals will remain…