Thank you all very much for helping elect us to the American Bar Association Blawg 100 for 2016. We were one of only five employment law blogs to make the list, out of approximately 4,000 blogs in all legal categories. Your support and your readership are greatly appreciated!

We had a lot of guest bloggers this year, and they also deserve credit for our success. So thank you very much (in ...

Last call!

Voting for the ABA Blawg 100 will close at 11:59 p.m. Central Time this Sunday, August 7. If you have not already done so and are inclined, we would very much appreciate your going HERE and giving Employment & Labor Insider (and our sister blog, FOCUS) your vote. You don't have to be a lawyer, and it won't take but a minute. Thank you!

Now, this is bipartisanship! Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree . . . you should nominate Employment & Labor Insider for the 2016 ABA Blawg 100, sponsored by the American Bar Association.

And while you're at it, please nominate FOCUS, our women's leadership blog. (You can nominate more than one blog.)

You don't have to be a lawyer to vote. Just go to the page here and make your ...

Who's been naughty and who's been nice in labor and employment law? Here are my picks for 2015. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

NAUGHTY!

The National Labor Relations Board, for being naughty in too many ways to mention. Its rules on employer handbook policies, including confidentiality and social media, are unrealistic and almost impossible for employers to legally follow ...

Thanks so much to all of you who elected Employment & Labor Insider to the ABA Blawg 100 for another year. We appreciate you more than you know.

I would also like to thank my colleagues who contributed posts this year and helped get us where we are today: Cara Crotty, Tommy Eden, Ellen Kearns, Marcia McShane,  David Phippen, and David Smith.

Congratulations also to fellow employment blog ...

And then I'll shut up. (Until next year.)

Voting for the ABA Blawg 100 will close at 11:59 p.m. Central Time Sunday, August 16. If you have not already done so and are inclined, we would very much appreciate your going over and giving Employment & Labor Insider your vote. You don't have to be a lawyer, and it won't take but a minute. Thank you ...

It’s that time of year! The American Bar Association is accepting nominations for the 2015 ABA Blawg 100. Here are seven reasons why you should vote for Employment & Labor Insider, if you are so inclined . . .

*Like Donald Trump, we tell it like it is, but we have better hair.

*Like Hillary Clinton, we use email, but all of our blog posts are stored on approved servers.

*Like Jeb Bush, we're ...

From a labor and employment law standpoint, I'm not sure we have a lot to be thankful for this year. But 'tis the season, so here are a paltry few:

Be thankful that your employer doesn't fire you while you're on the air. Ben Finfer, co-host of a Chicago sports talk radio show learned that he was losing his job through a tweet that came through while he was on the air last week. Mr. Finfer ...

Many, many thanks to our readers who voted Employment & Labor Insider into the ABA Blawg 100 for 2014! You are the greatest!

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And I hate to even ask, but . . . if you can stand to do this one more time, please go here to vote for us to be one of the Best of the Best.

(Sorry - I promise to leave you in peace now - and thank you again!

I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. Now that we are into the nasty, brutish and short days of January (and especially for our friends suffering through Winter Storm Hercules), I will try to warm things up with a couple of weird-but-instructive sexual harassment cases.

The weather outside is frightful, but the fire's so delightful!

Our first case involves a type of harassment ...