May 17, 2012 | Posted by Roy Ginsburg | Topic: General
Readers: 1912 was a pretty good year. A number of iconic American corporations were founded that year, including Lockheed Corporation, L.L. Bean, and Paramount Pictures Corporation, among others. For the sports fans among you, 1912 also saw the opening of one of America’s classic baseball venues, Fenway Park, with a game between the Red Sox and Harvard. (And, for the Red Sox fans among you, in 1912, the New York Yankees finished the season with a record of 50-102.) 1912 saw some other landmarks. The Republic of China was formed. The first NHL game was played (a key development for Read More →
May 16, 2012 | Posted by Roy Ginsburg | Topic: General
Readers: Next Monday and Tuesday, May 21 and 22, Minnesota CLE will be conducting its annual Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute in St. Paul, MN. Over the last 20 years-plus, the Institute has grown into the largest employment law CLE in the country. Many of my colleagues and I will be presenting at the Institute next week. For those who might be interested in attending our sessions, they are listed below: May 21 Salespeople – Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them: Managing, Disciplining and Firing the Salesperson (Melissa Raphan) (10:20 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.) The Contingent Workforce and Read More →
[Readers: Quirky Question # 193 was posed to my colleague, Matthew Kipp. His analysis is set forth below. By way of background, Matt spent many years working in our Fargo office. He recently made the move to Minneapolis and we are very pleased he did. If you have any questions about the analysis below, don't hesitate to contact Matt directly. His email is: kipp.matthew@dorsey.com; his phone number is: 612.492.6162. Additional information about Matt is available at: http://www.dorsey.com/kipp_matthew/. I hope you find Matt's analysis helpful. Regards, Roy] Quirky Question # 193: An employee experienced complications with her pregnancy toward the end of her second Read More →
[Readers: As you may have seen, the EEOC recently issued its policy guidance on the use of criminal history in employment decisions, particularly (though not exclusively) when used in the hiring process. Set forth below is an article by my colleagues Doug Christensen and Courtney DaCosta addressing this recent development. If you have questions about their analysis, don't hesitate to contact either of them (Doug: christensen.doug@dorsey.com, or 612.340.8875; Courtney: dacosta.courtney@dorsey.com, or 612.492.6017). I hope you find the analysis below helpful. Regards, Roy] When Is a Proscription on Convictions an Impermissible Predilection? EEOC Issues New Guidance on the Use of Criminal Read More →
May 10, 2012 | Posted by Roy Ginsburg | Topic: General
Readers: We finally have a winner to the current Employment Trivia Question. The questions I posed were: “Making your living in this way is bruising. Paul Simon sung about it. Bob Dylan sung about it. Name the Paul Simon song that referenced this profession. Name the two Dylan songs that focused on this activity. Who were the individuals about whom Dylan wrote?” As Mark Tobin of Grand Forks, North Dakota, correctly observed, the questions related to boxing. Paul Simon’s song, “The Boxer,” is one of my personal favorites. For those of you unfamiliar with it, I’ve included a You Tube link: Read More →
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