Thursday, April 25, 2024

To bake or not to bake, is that the question?

By Jeff Jones Special to the UCBJ On June 4, 2018, the five-year saga of an unmade wedding cake came to a close. The United States Supreme...

LEGAL: Holiday travel safety in the COVID era

With a new surge of COVID-19 cases popping up in many locations, holiday travel raises concerns for more than...

⊕ LEGAL: Do certain security checks constitute compensable work?

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the courts have long struggled with the issue of what constitutes compensable "work" under the Fair Labor...

DOL weighs in on joint employer test

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued interpretive guidance regarding how it would analyze joint employer status under...

APPEARANCE DISCRIMINATION: IS IT ILLEGAL?

One’s appearance is not an indication of one’s character or work ethic.  And we have all heard the adage, “Don’t...

United Airlines employees sue over vaccination mandates

On Sept. 21, 2021, a group of six employees filed a lawsuit against United Airlines (“United”) in the federal...