Watching baseball in Fenway Park is different than watching baseball in Wrigley Field. My sons noted that distinction within an inning, commenting that Fenway fans cheered players hitting the cutoff man whereas, back home at
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Miracle on 34th Street
In the world’s best Christmas movie (other than Scrooged, of course), Kris Kringle — sitting in the Santa Claus chair at Macy’s flagship store — sends a mother to the Acme Toy Store on
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Alter Egos: Where Fiction Becomes Labor Law And Vice Versa
Bruce Wayne. Clark Kent. Sir Percy Blakeney. In addition to being dashing literary figures, each of these men share a common trait – each has an alter ego. Donning a cape, the stoic Bruce Wayne
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NLRB Toasts Chicago Bakery On English-Spanish Translation
Mistranslation is both innocent and ubiquitous. Mark Twain had fun with the mistranslations of one of his short stories into French. Indeed, literary superstars frequently acknowledge that translations are invariably imperfect. Jorge Luis Borges’ line
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Social Media Policies in the Workplace
Social media usage is now ubiquitous:
- Facebook users spend more than 10.5 billion minutes per day on the website.
- LinkedIn has more than 277 million members in over 200 countries and territories.
- Twitter has 230
Employee Calls You A “F****** Crook” While Complaining About Work And Wages: Now What?
It’s late afternoon. You call a three-month employee into a small conference room – along with two managers – for a talk about his attitude. He complains that he and his coworkers aren’t paid enough,
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Employee Handbooks (1971 – 2014): R.I.P.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Julius Caesar, Act II, scene 3
It is time to inter handbooks. Yours is undoubtedly an unfair labor
WHO DAT?
When there is news of faith-based groups, student associations, worker centers, and other community organizations confronting employers, the appropriate response may be to borrow a classic New Orleans line: who dat? Close inspection may
Successor Liability For Employment-Related Claims: A Pain In The Assets
There is a myth that buyers are protected from employment liabilities arising under prior ownership if there is a broad disclaimer and if it is an asset purchase. Not so. Sure, the “general rule” is
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Tactics In Addressing Union Information Requests
‘TEN-HUT, unionized employers! In the 21st century, information requests mean battle.
Sometimes, information requests are simple and short. Other times, they are 35 pages long with 150 separate requests, 12 subparts each, including everything but
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