Women, emotional labor and work
I'm very interested in this concept of "emotional labor." It is when women, typically, are expected to take care of the people they work...
Employment at will in the US
A recent op-ed in the New York Times advocates for the imposition of just cause employment to be passed as part of any employment reform...
The wave of the #MeToo movement
Former federal District Court judge Nancy Gertner submitted a column in a recent edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (subscription...
About 1 in 4 Americans are taking family leave to care for a sick family member
A new study out from Pew provides some insights about Americans' caregiving as relates to their jobs. Some of the findings: About...
The good worker myth: it will never happen to me
Last week, I was reviewing a sex discrimination and sexual harassment case out of the First Circuit and it struck me for several reasons,...
A case study in unequal pay
The federal US Department of Labor (USDOL) recently settled a matter with the employer LexisNexis Risk Solutions where after an...
I'm being harassed and stalked at work by a customer. Is my employer supposed to help stop this?
Yes. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency responsible for enforcing the employment discrimination laws,...
"You've been on maternity leave for a while."
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -- the federal agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws --...
Sick children, aging parents and the workplace: family responsibilities and caregiver discrimination
The Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings, has issued a "Family Responsibilities Discrimination Litigation...
Governor Baker signs equal pay legislative update
Governor Baker has signed the legislation that amends the current Massachusetts Equal Pay Law, M.G.L. c. 149, s. 105A. But, you may ask,...