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t’s the season of merriment and good cheer, right?  Well, not if you are an attorney who (or if you work for a law firm that) has sued MSG Entertainment – the folks who run Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, as well as other venues in New York City and elsewhere. According to an article on the New York Times website last Thursday (in the print edition on Friday, December 23, 2022),...

One of my son’s favorite movies when he was in high school was Office Space (1999).  I also enjoyed it alot. You may recall the following dialogue between Peter (Ron Livingston) and Joanna (Jennifer Aniston): Peter:               I, uh, I don't like my job. I don't think I'm gonna go anymore. Joanna:            You’re just not gonna go? Peter:               Yeah. Joanna:            Won’t you...

I am spending a lot of time these days counseling employers who are in the middle of having their employees return to the worksite.  One of the big issues (no surprise here) is whether employees have been vaccinated.  Do you request documentation?  Do you rely on someone’s statement that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, or because they have a religious objection?  Do you punish those who chose not to vaccinate just because? For...

My last blog focused on the NLRB’s July 21, 2020 decision in General Motors LLC, N.L.R.B., 369 NLRB No. 127 (7/21/20), returning to the Wright Line test when an employee uses profane language in the workplace and the resulting discipline that should occur.  In overturning a number of prior decisions, NLRB Chair John Ring said: “the Board has protected employees who engage in obscene, racist, and sexually harassing speech not tolerated in almost...