Employment Law

Working at Amazon: A Demanding Workplace or Just Normal?

August 25, 2015 By James B. Shrimp, Esq. Many of you likely had the opportunity to review the New York Times expose on employment attitudes and conditions within Amazon. It makes a good summer beach read. The article paints a picture of aggressive and uncaring management, employer sanctioned back-biting among coworkers, long hours, few vacations […]

An Employer’s Responsibility to Returning Military Veterans

August 21, 2015 By Richard C. Sokorai, Esq. When an employee has to take a leave from his or her job because of a military deployment, the send-off can be very moving.  Sometimes the patriotic employer will even throw a thoughtful send-off party, express how the employee will be missed and assure the employee that […]

Suspension with Pay is Not Discrimination

August 18, 2015 By James B. Shrimp, Esq. When an employer investigates potential wrongdoing by an employee, there are a number of potential landmines. One is the issue of how to treat the employee during the internal investigation; it’s possible the treatment of the employee could lead to liability under various employment discrimination statutes. In […]

Background Check on Potential and Current Employees

July 24, 2015 By James B. Shrimp, Esq. Today, most employers run some sort of background check on potential employees and current employees, including credit, financial and criminal background checks. In some industries, these background checks go right to the heart of the job. For instance, passing a background check is a requirement of school […]

Employees Using Social Media, Can Anything You ‘Post’ Be Used Against You?

By Thomas D. Rees, Esq. May 2, 2014   Sometimes I think that, before they post about individual employment issues on social networking sites, social media users should see a warning similar to the Miranda warning: “You have the right to remain silent; anything you say may be used against you!” In two recent cases, […]