by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 2, 2011
I was trained in the art of dysfunction. In law school, we built our knowledge base around the word “versus” as in Palsgraff v. Long Island Railroad or Roe v. Wade. There were clashes of will, obstacle courses of criminal or civil procedure,...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 2, 2011
I routinely enter the worlds of my clients. While there, I encounter processes, names, lingo, titles, abbreviations and codes unique to their industries. I must know this world if I am to “translate” it to others not familiar with it. The...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 2, 2011
From Wikipedia, for the term “groupthink”:”To make groupthink testable, Irving Janis devised eight symptoms indicative of groupthink (1977). Type I: Overestimations of the group—its power and moralityIllusions of invulnerability creating...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 2, 2011
Life is busy, and thinking takes time. Worse, thinking takes discipline. I am as tempted as the next person to attach a label to myself. The label comes with a ready made set of beliefs assigned to the label. A “liberal” label means...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 1, 2011
CA Supreme Court today ruled a different rule would encourage CA employers to import labor from “no overtime” states. This case is a very vivid example of a decision following local economic concerns before pure legal analysis. Still, the...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 1, 2011
Is this getting too personal, too real? Virtual gets a bit more real time, a bit more like a relationship. OMG. http://www.jobattorney.net “Fighting for the Little Guy”
