In August, I posted about a court decision under the Americans with Disabilities Act involving a county social services employee who had an alleged sensitivity to Bath and Body Works's Japanese Cherry Blossom scent. I noted that the court decision, which allowed the case to go forward, was based only on the allegations in the plaintiff's lawsuit and the initial response of the county ...

The American Bar Association is accepting votes for its 2012 ABA Blawg 100 list. Thanks to you, we made the list last year. Once again this year, if you are so inclined, and if you cast a vote for Employment & Labor Insider, we'd be eternally grateful.

All you have to do is submit some very basic information about yourself and provide a short explanation (limit of 500 characters) of why you like ...

This issue has been coming up a lot lately: What should an employer do when an employee claims that her co-workers' fragrances make her sick?

(I'm not being sexist here -- every time I've had it come up, it was a woman complaining about women's fragrances. For the record, men's fragrances can be annoying, too. When they're not completely irresistible.)

Allow me to specify what I mean by ...