New Case Redirection
Heads up. If you make a call to my firm, I will respond to that call. But the fact is, I may not do so quickly. I am often away from my office. I am often in court, meeting with people, or running personal errands.
Happy Pride 2023
For some reason that is not clear to me, merchants reaching out to the LGBTQA+ community, either through marketing or with themed products on offer, have become politicized by what I am confident is a small but vocal group of people whose motivation strikes me
Accelerated Resignations
As I’ve written before, “termination” means “end,” and the employment relationship ends in a situation where the employee voluntarily resigns. So, one word that accurately describes a situation when an employee voluntarily resigns from a job is “termination.” The employee in that situation might be
What’s Going On Out There?
On the one hand, I see reports that the national unemployment rate is 3.5% — that’s the lowest rate it’s been at since 1969. But I’m getting calls and inquiries at a rate that I am having difficulty keeping up with them. I’ve begun posting
New Case Policy Update
Quick note to potential new clients. Specifically, there seem to be a lot of you all of a sudden. I’m not sure if this means I’m getting more referrals, moving up in the SEO rankings, or if there’s simply an increase in demand for people
Jury Duty
I was recently called to jury duty. I spent two days uncharacteristically dressed casually in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, seeing a side of things which normally, I don’t. It ought to surprise no one that I wasn’t picked to serve on jury. This seems
Ban On Non-Competition Covenants Proposed by FTC
There’s good news for job seekers and entrepreneurs today. Today, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule, which would add part 910 to title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations concerning various forms of unfair competition. That previous sentence sounds pretty dry, but
Magic Words: “Employment At Will” and “Termination”
Most employment manuals, offer letters, and policies contain repeated statements that read something like: “Employment at XYZ Corporation is at will. This means that either party to the employment relationship, both you and XYZ Corporation, may end the relationship at any time, for any reason
Locatores Caveant! (Employers, beware!)
Here’s a quick link to my recent post on LinkedIn, cautioning about the effects of deteriorating morale on scheduling as the pandemic wanes. Is it really the case that a 3:2 office-home hybrid schedule for a typical white-collar job produces the best amount of productivity
Technical Updates
It has come to my attention that the website was down from January 31, 2022 through today, February 2, 2022. I regret the technical problems and am pleased to announce they have apparently been resolved. In the future if there are issues, you may contact