"Let's turn over -- a new leaf."

We're on Christmas holidays/vacation until the new year and will not have any posts this Friday or the following Friday (New Year's Day). There may be exceptions for breaking employment-related news, assuming there is any. Moderation of comments may also be slower than normal.

We wish you all and your loved ones a very ...

NOTE: On January 15, this post was updated and one correction made (see "Nipped in the bud" and "Jury clobbers Catholic diocese," below). 

Happy New Year, everyone! While I've been out for the holidays, the courts and government agencies have stayed busy with employment law matters. Here are the developments that I thought were especially noteworthy:

WAGE ...

Dear Readers:

We know how much you look forward to your Friday morning posting here. (Yeah, right!)

Unfortunately, our blog platform had a serious server issue this week that did not get resolved until a little while ago.

So our "Friday" blog post may not be up until Monday. We apologize, and we hope you'll check back with us then.

Thank you, and have a happy April Fool's Day and a great ...