About This Blog

My Employment Law Blog addresses Quirky Questions in the field of Employment Law. The Blog was inspired by the numerous questions that my colleagues and I routinely receive from clients, as well as the often bizarre fact patterns in reported cases or news articles relating to employment topics. These questions, cases and articles became the basis for an annual seminar I created many years ago in which my colleagues and I reviewed 25 to 30 of the most unusual inquiries we had received or observed during the preceding year. The popularity of these seminars, the enthusiastic client responses they generated, and the fact that we only could cover a small fraction of the questions received led me to start this Blog at the beginning of October 2007.

My aspiration is to post a new question each Monday morning. The following Monday, I post my analysis of the question presented, and display a new question. Periodically, one of my Dorsey colleagues presents the question and analysis. The analyses of all the questions are organized by subject and are accessible under the “View Topic” tab in the center of the Web page. One of those topics is “Recent Decisions” so readers can easily peruse analyses of recent judicial decisions bearing on employment issues. The Blog content also is word searchable.

Reflecting the locations of Dorsey’s U.S. Offices, once each month (typically, the first Wednesday of each month), I also post a question drawn from one of Dorsey’s West Coast offices (Irvine, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA; and Anchorage, AK). The following Wednesday, the analysis of Dorsey’s California, Washington or Alaska attorneys is presented.

On Thursdays, I post an Employment Law Trivia Question based on movies, television, books, songs and other sources. The first person to answer these questions correctly wins a modest prize.

Finally, starting in 2009, I began posting analyses by Guest Contributors. These submissions, which cover a wide variety of topics, are displayed periodically. Currently, I am presenting a series of guest articles on the subject of leadership. (These articles can be found by using the “View Topic” bar and scrolling down to “Leadership.”) If you would be interested in writing an article for the Quirky Questions Blog, please contact me at ginsburg.roy@dorsey.com.

Other changes, improvements and additions will be made to the Blog in the future, so stay tuned. Now that I have moved to a new Blog platform, I have increased flexibility with respect to available features. In the future, look for periodic polls on employment topics, mixed media presentations, a new Blog roll, “client only” materials, and other innovations.

I am hopeful that you will participate in this electronic forum, contributing your ideas and insights, and sharing your own workplace stories. In addition to offering your insights and analyses of the questions presented, I invite you to send me, at the email address above, questions or general subject areas you would like to see addressed in future Quirky Questions postings. Similarly, as I strive to improve this Blog continually, I invite your general comments and feedback.