August 2010

How much accommodation is enough?  There is surprisingly little caselaw on the subject.  Most issues arising under the old ADA concerned whether a person was truly a person with disability.Now that the ADA hs been substantially amended, we will surely start seeing more accommodation issues.  In EEOC v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, we see

To most people, your job is your life or a very significant part of your life.  Survey after survey supports that view.  Common sense tells us it must be true.  We see that in the case of Shirley Sherrod.  Fired for no good reason as part of  a huge misunderstanding.  Her employer, the US Department

Yes, emails sent from the workplace almost always belong to the employer.  That still seems to be a shock to many employees.  Look at the story of Chris Gonzalez, grandson of a well-known, former San Antonio Congressman.  See San Antonio Express-News story.  Mr. Gonzalez has reportedly been sending harassing emails to a former girlfriend.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.  A lawsuit has been filed over the employer’s requirement to check email after hours.  More and more employers are issuing Blackberries and their equivalent to employees with the stated or implicit understanding that the employee check email after hours.  Such a requirement runs right into the Fair

I do not understand.  I read polls saying Americans disfavor a mosque near Ground Zero and many Americans prefer not to have any mosque near their homes.  And, yet, I do understand.  If I had not spent 12 months in Iraq serving in the Army and working closely with several Iraqi, Moslem interpreters, I might

There was a time when I enjoyed Dr. Laura and her "tough love" advice.  On my long drives to Reserve duty, there was often not much else available on the radio.  Her no-nonsense style appealed to me for a time.  Now, she is quitting after 30 years, apparently due to her use of the n-

So, you get angry with your employer.  They fire you.  You want to get back at them for what "they" did to you.  Most people start thinking lawsuit.  Not Edward Harrington.  He decided to start a blog complaining about his former employer, Levinson Axelrod, a prominent New Jersey law firm.  He started a blog called