Non-compete agreements have become increasingly common in the past few years. Their appeal to employers is obvious: these agreements mean that when a business loses a valuable employee, they don’t lose a vital competitive advantage as well. However, ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Public-Employee Speech and the Garcetti Effect
Without a doubt one of the most impactful decisions in recent memory from the United States Supreme Court was its 2006 public-employee, free-speech decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006). In this decision, the Court dramatically reduced the ... [Read more...]
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Sick Leave Policy: Legislation Could Ease Burden on Sick Workers
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life Sick Leave Policy: Legislation Could Ease Burden on Sick Workers Think about the last time you ate food that other people had recently touched. Fast-food cooks, grocery store clerks, baristas — whoever. How ... [Read more...]
Sick Leave Policy: Legislation Could Ease Burden on Sick Workers
Think about the last time you ate food that other people had recently touched. Fast-food cooks, grocery store clerks, baristas — whoever. How confident are you that these people weren't sick? Would it make you less confident if you knew that they ... [Read more...]
