http://www.workplacefairness.org/pblog.php Your source for the latest developments in workplace rights and employment law, "Today's Workplace" is the blog (weblog) written by Paula Brantner, Program Director of Workplace Fairness. In each entry, Paula focuses on legal and political information relevant to employee rights and fairness issues in the workplace. 2005-11-30T18:52:45Z en-US http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/11/get-pregnant-lose-your-job-welcome-to.php You might think that employers these days are way too subtle to fire a female employee for getting pregnant, and admitting to that as the reason. But you'd be wrong, especially as it relates to Catholic schools. The latest in what has been a string of cas Paula 2005-11-30T16:32:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/11/workers-win-their-first-case-before.php In a case that perhaps attracted more attention than usual because it was Chief Justice Roberts' first oral argument and participation in an opinion, workers recently scored a unanimous Supreme Court victory in the case of IBP v. Alvarez. While workers pr Paula 2005-11-15T15:44:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/11/goliath-is-reeling-not-good-time-to-be.php The retail juggernaut known as Wal-Mart is not having a very easy time of it these days. Reeling from the release of some very damaging internal memos, and gearing up to combat a new documentary that chronicles Wal-Mart's role in bringing down wages a Paula 2005-11-08T15:14:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/11/loyalty-not-what-it-used-to-be-but-is.php Loyalty to your employer used to be one of the most important values that any employee could have, and no one can deny the role it has always played in career advancement. And until as recently as last week, you might have been forgiven for thinking that Paula 2005-11-02T17:41:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/10/north-country-sometimes-you-cant-make.php What do the band U2 and the movie North Country have in common? Even when you count lead singer Bono's commitment to social consciousness, the answer is not that much, except for the fact that I saw them both in the past week. But after having one of U2's Paula 2005-10-25T19:39:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/10/is-more-and-faster-work-better-work.php We all want to figure out how to do more work in less time. Why is that? In days past, it meant you were a more valuable employee, and could expect more wages and advancement. Now, it may mean that you want to spend more time with your family, or have roo Paula 2005-10-17T19:26:00Z http://www.workplacefairness.org/2005/10/doing-right-thing-without-laws-to.php Given the current leadership in Washington, it's not likely that we're going to see too many laws providing more protection to workers: instead, we're mostly seeing efforts to scale those back. But even without specific laws in place, there are corporatio Paula 2005-10-11T21:08:00Z