by Girish Anand | Dec 19, 2008 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, Random Musings
Over at the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, Jon Hyman has an interesting discussion on the proposal to add ugly to the protected classes under labor law and employment laws. To wit, Hyman writes: “Under the current state of the law, it is illegal to discharge,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 19, 2008 | Federal Labor Law
President-elect Obama campaigned on a pledge to mandate paid sick leave at all places of work. Here’s how the president-elect’s Web site (Change.Gov) explained this: Half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days and the problem is worse for...
by Girish Anand | Dec 18, 2008 | Federal Labor Law
One big labor law change anticipated in the Barack administration is enactment of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), but like the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy, Roman nor an empire, does the EFCA really embody freedom and choice? For those on...
by Girish Anand | Dec 17, 2008 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), originally passed in 1990, sought to open up employment in the private sector to persons with physical or mental disabilities who were otherwise perfectly capable of performing the required duties. The ADA brought to private...
by Girish Anand | Dec 16, 2008 | Health Care Reform
Recently, I wrote about a fresh, holistic approach to health care that could well serve as the basis for a real reform effort. However, more likely what will happen is the Feds will copy the Massachusetts model for health care reform–and get it all wrong. The...
