Arrivederci, At Least Till Mid-June

This Employer's Lawyer will be vacationing in Tuscany, and although I may occasionally wander into a cyber cafe, it is unlikely that any more Jottings will be posted until my return in mid-June.

Thinking Outside the Box - Babies At Work

Workforce.com is a great site for highlighting employers who are trying different approaches with their employees. This recent story concerning an unusual practice at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners , Babies Deliver a Loyal Workforce, describes how their policy of allowing employees to bring their babies to work for the first six months has proved to be a great retention incentive.

Employee Benefits and the ADEA - Always in Flux

The Employee Benefits Institute of America, Inc. spotlights a Western District of N.Y. decision that an employer's plan reducing benefits to retirees because of medicare eligibility poses a potential problem, and uses it to comment on the general fluidity of the law in this area.

Always Nice to Have A List of The Employee Thresholds For Various Acts

And HR Comply has one.

A Nice Story About A Fellow Employer's Lawyer

The Atlanta Business Chronicle story on the first African American female to make partner at King & Spalding, Lovita Tandy, is also interesting for her slant on the role of a lawyer being on the management side of employment law cases. And congrats to her on making partner.

Now This Is A Favorable Headline

Stockton pays $7,500 to settle sexual-harassment suit

says the headline from the PressofAtlanticCity.com; whereas the text of the story makes it clear that the settlement was actually $75,000.

How A Workplace Dispute is Reported in England

There are many differences in the legal proceedings between the U.S. and England, but the press reporting is clearly one of those. In a story about a female investment banker's employment claim against a bank and a former colleague, their names are omitted for "legal reasons". In many ways, some of her complaints might sound familiar to those who have read the recent best seller, "I Don't Know How She Does It" about the fictional life of Kate Reddy, a mother/investment banker facing challenges at work and at home. And when we will see a claim here for bullying or victimisation, which apparently is different from sex discrimination?


And the Telegraph story mentioned one of those trial strategies that apparently didn't work: "Paul Goulding QC, in closing submissions, described her as a lonely and unhappy person, troubled by the lack of a male partner." Back to the drawing board on that one.