About a year ago, I did a post on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. As noted in the post, the case was sent back to the trial court for a jury trial.

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Bon Jovi sings about a couple who’s fallen on hard times. He worked on a dock and she for a diner. The union’s on strike. Patrons aren’t tipping well. The bad luck couple are livin’ on a prayer.

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According to the New York Times, at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on world leaders to embrace “a more moral form of financial capitalism.” Is he saying that regular capitalism is immoral?

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During the 2008 presidential campaign, I did several posts on what the election of Barack Obama would mean for employment law. Shortly before the election, I did a recap.

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I’ve written about succession planning– and about Bret Favre (click here, here, here, and here). I didn’t have Favre in mind when I first wrote about succession planning, but his two retirements and reversals make the great quarterback almost a case study in succession planning woes.

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Have you ever had what you thought was a good idea, but when implemented wasn’t all that good after all? Eclecticity posts a cartoon that speaks to unintended consequences.

A high percentage of employers have workplace smoking policies. Most of these policies say that employees can’t smoke in the workplace, on the premises, in company vehicles or can smoke only in restricted areas. So, in the winter, it’s not uncommon to see a dwindling number of smokers huddled outside an office building trying to stay warm while satisfying a much-scorned addiction. Indeed, smokers are the lepers of the 21st century.

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Are faith healers health care providers under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Check out Jon Hyman for the answer.

Execupundit provides an exceptional comparison between his computer and a poor employee.

Todd Rundgren performs this anti-work song but shows, at the same time, how to relieve stress caused by work. “I don’t want to work. I just want to bang on the drum all day . . . . I bang on the drum just like it’s my bosses head.” Now, don’t you feel better.

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All of us experience stress at work. Sometimes, we experience a lot of stress at work. The key to stress is learning how to handle stress — or learning how not to.

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Most employment disputes are settled, sometimes before a lawsuit is filed, sometimes after. The bigger the players, the more quickly the dispute is settled. The bigger the players, the more money that’s paid to settle the dispute.

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Oscar Wilde’s biting wit is often quoted. He had something biting to say about everything, including something of utmost importance today: having a job.

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This question has long been asked by employers during the interview process. It’s still being asked, and the answer is more important than ever. Cultural Offering provides a cartoon with THE answer.

A few days ago, I looked at the late night comedy talk show crisis from a humorous, even made-up, point of view. Check out Bill Bowser for a more serious look at the legal issues involving NBC, Conan, Leno, et al.