Michele Sumara
Labor Board Overturns Dismissal Due To Facebook Post
NLRB Overturns Firing Based on Facebook Post Federal Law Protects Employee Concerted Activities on Social Media In 2012, a former employee of Butler Medical...
Jimmy John’s Employees Organize for Sick Leave
Jimmy John’s employees at ten franchise stores in Minnesota have been trying to organize a union and improve their working conditions. One of their key...
Is Your Unpaid Internship Legal? A Guide to Unpaid Work and FLSA Law
Is Your Unpaid Internship Legal? A Guide to Unpaid Work and FLSA Law Interns are notoriously overworked and unpaid. Many students and recent graduates in...
Fired Over Facebook Posts? Check Your Rights
Employees often get into trouble with their employers for posts on social media sites, and sometimes employees are even fired over Facebook or Twitter posts....
Off-the-Clock Work Must Be Compensated in Wisconsin
If your employer requires unpaid off-the-clock work for your job, you may think that’s not fair. It’s not. And it may be illegal. Forcing workers...
EMPLOYEE PROTECTION UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAW
Federal labor law protects both non-union and union workers who act together for “mutual aid and protection.” Under the law, this is called “concerted activity,”...