Reminders for employers after employee is awarded $450,000 for unwanted birthday party

Excerpted from a Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC Blog A jury recently awarded a Kentucky man $450,000 after his employer threw him a surprise birthday party against his wishes, and then terminated […]
Extraordinary workplace misconduct: Celebrating you is a piece of cake…

Excerpted from a Shawe Rosenthal LLP blog by Garrick Ross and Fiona W. Wong In the latest entry in our series on extraordinary workplace misconduct, we must come to terms […]
Trends in paternity leave in the U.S.

Excerpted from a Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC blog by Chelsea Thompson Parental leave was, once again, in the forefront of public discourse as the internet debated the appropriateness of […]
Louisiana bus system says drug testing applies to drivers, not bosses

We ran across this story last week involving the drug testing policy of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana bus system Capital Area Transit System (CATS). Over the past several years, CATS […]