Law Memo / Ross’ Employment Law Blog

Employment law blawg featuring retired law professor's discussions on various issues of interest, often focusing on recent case law. This is one of eight employment- (and U.S. Supreme Court-) related blawgs on the Law Memo portal site.

Author: Ross Runkel, a professor emeritus at Willamette University College of Law in the Portland, Oregon area, taught on employment topics and still serves as a neutral in employment-related cases.

Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • Law Professors • Willamette University • Law Professor • Legal Information

Recent Posts from Law Memo / Ross’ Employment Law Blog

Don't fire the domestic violence victim
Ramona Danny sued in federal court asserting a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The federal court sent a certified question to the Supreme Court of Washington. Has the State of Washington…
Work Matters
It's a joy to welcome a new blog devoted to employment and labor law. Work Matters is written by Michael P. Maslanka, managing partner of Ford & Harrison's Dallas office. Mike is an experienced lawyer…
$3 million verdict - wrongful discharge
A former deputy prosecutor has won a $3,000,000 verdict on her claim that she was wrongfully discharged in January 2004. The Seattle Times reports [here] that former senior deputy prosecutor Barbara Corey claimed that Pierce…
Profanity was good cause for discharge.
Montana's Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (WDEA) defines “good cause” for discharge as “reasonable job-related grounds for dismissal based on a failure to satisfactorily perform job duties, disruption of the employer’s operation, or other legitimate…
Jotting about Michael Fox
Happy 6th birthday to Michael Fox's Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer! Mike is a trailblazer in the field of employment law blogs. He started out in July 2002 when the rest of us were still…
Employment Law Memo 07/07/2008
Here's the Employment Law Memo that landed in our subscribers' mailboxes this morning: Employment Law Memo 07/07/2008 LawMemo First in Employment Law *** Featured Cases *** DC - "Sleeping" is a major life activity under…
Transfer triggered due process rights
Thompson sued the employer for violation of his First Amendment free speech rights and of his Fifth Amendment due process rights. The trial court granted the employer's motion for judgment on the pleadings. The DC…
No "class-of-one" equal protection for public employees
Engquist v. Oregon Dept of Agriculture (US Supreme Court 06/09/2008) Official syllabus: Petitioner Engquist, an Oregon public employee, filed suit against respondents— her agency, her supervisor, and a co-worker—asserting, inter alia, claims under the Equal…
PDA extends to abortions
The 3rd Circuit holds that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), a part of Title VII, prohibits discrimination due to having an abortion. Doe v. C.A.R.S. Protection (3rd Cir 05/30/2008) Doe sued the employer for violation…
The end of the Restatement of the Law of Employment?
The Labor Law Trust Group has petitioned the Council of the American Law Institute to terminate the Restatement of the Law of Employment project. Pretty heavy group of law professors proposing that the whole idea…