Is it OK To Fire Someone Because They Are Too Darn Sexy?

Yes, you can said the Iowa Supreme Court (which must have a lot of Right Said Fred fans) in a decision in December of 2012 .  Now the Court is revisiting the case, which hardly ever happens.  Perhaps there will be more to come. The facts in the matter involved are...

Is the Employer Mandate Really Postponed? Don’t Be So Confident

I am not an attorney, and the following should not be construed as legal advice, but I have become much more circumspect  about the protections afforded employers by the Treasury Blog of July 2 announcing that the IRS would not be in any position to enforce the...

Supreme Court limits retaliation claims and rebuffs EEOC

The Supreme Court decisions have been coming out faster than I can reasonably speak to them.  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar was announced by the Court on June 24.  By the now familiar vote of 5-4 (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Kenndy...