The next front in the ever burgeoning field of wage-and-hour litigation? Blackberrys, according to a story in the National Law Journal. According to the story, litigation could be “just around the corner,” filed by employees who will claim overtime for all the hours they’ve spent typing away on their Blackberrys, cell phones, or other communication [...]

Over at Pullman & Comley, Daniel Schwartz writes a great blog about CT employment law. Sound a bit dry, LB’ers? Not today. Pullman has a post that begins: “Is putting a toilet training book, such as one allegedly called ‘The Book of Poop,’ on a disabled co-worker’s desk sufficient to create a Hostile Work Environment?”
Apparently, [...]

After college, the Law Blog worked briefly as a cook at an Irish Pub — seasoning burgers, battering cod for fish and chips, and shucking oysters for happy hour. We loved the job, but we didn’t like the tip system. While we did most of the food service work — making the food, doing the [...]