What does it really mean to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee who has a disability?
That’s a question I talk about a bunch with clients. The employee may request one thing but the employer may think that another accommodation can accomplish close to the same thing, perhaps at a lower cost. Who wins?
Last week, a story caught my eye and the attention of some of my colleagues. As reported first by Bloomberg BNA, IBM has stopped providing the comparison information that is typically required in separation agreements for older workers under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.
You may be wondering how that is possible. Robin
In the five plus years of this blog, it’s rare to find topics that I haven’t covered, at least minimally.
One such topic, though, is the notion of “mitigation of damages”. It is a concept found in lots of cases, but it has particular importance in employment discrimination cases.
An employee who claims he
Although we already have record registration for our next webinar (scheduled for Wednesday, August 12th at noon EDT), it’s not too late to register here. At this webinar, I’ll discuss the basics of some of the most popular social media platforms (like Twitter) and the effect and implications that these sites have on 
your workplace.
Been a long week, the weather in Connecticut is turning icy, and well, there’s just enough time for some short updates today. Fortunately, the Super Bowl is coming and
my New York Giants are still playing (no predictions here on a winner, however.) And Groundhog day is tomorrow; an article below suggests that it may