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The Fat Truth – Being Mean is Not Against the Law. A Massachusetts court in December dismissed a disability discrimination claim by an employee who claimed she was “regarded as” disabled because a co-worker called her a “fat pig” and other derogatory terms. In Bartier v. Local Motion, Inc., Yolenne Barlatier claimed race and disability […]

Jail Time for Messing with Employee Contributions to Retirement Plans. Every now and then we hear about a small business owner (not any of our clients) who is tempted, during tight times, to dip into employee contributions to retirement plans or tax withholdings as a “loan” until cash flow improves. Not a good idea. In

The Green-eyed Monster at Work Shakespeare coined the term “green-eyed monster” in his race-and-sex-themed play, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Did the Bard know that his words would still resonate in the New World’s employment laws four centuries later? A recent court decision grapples with the issue of spousal jealousy at work.

A federal appellate court has issued the amazingly reasonable decision that a man with delusional paranoia and substance abuse issues, resulting in the loss of his security clearance, was not qualified for his job as an armed security guard at a nuclear power plant, and therefore did not suffer disability discrimination when he was fired.

Gender Gap, Racial Gap DecisionQuest continues to enlighten us with its National Juror Attitude Survey, disclosing the results from questioning more than 1,200 potential jurors. If you are representing a corporation going to trial in an employment case, you might want to inform your client of this finding: while 85% of males believe that corporate