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Ellen Simon

Ellen Simon

Phone: 877-566-2525
4635 Richmond Road Suite #105 Cleveland OH 44128 United States

About

Ellen Simon’s blog covers employee rights, civil rights, equal rights issues, and more, with dynamic entries that reference not only her own previously posted content, but also other blogs’ posts and relevant cases. We like how she seamlessly blends the key blogging tactics of engaging with other though leaders and offering up her distinctive take.

Practice Areas

  • Employment Discrimination
  • Workplace Harassment
  • Retaliation
  • Workplace Rights Violations

Recent Articles

Fear Of Defamation Lawsuits For Employee References Is Overblown

Ellen Simon

July 13, 2009 23:14

Employers Should Give  Employee References I have a pet peeve and it has to do with employee references. My pet peeve was triggered last week when I read an article in the National Law Journal about the subject. “Don’t say anything good about an employee on Linked In” –...

Employee Retaliated Against for Blogging: Bloggers Beware

Ellen Simon

July 06, 2009 10:00

We have all heard about employees getting into hot water because of their blogs and online activities: the  Delta flight attendant fired because she posted a provocative photograph of herself in uniform without a visible name or logo the Google employee who speculated online about...

Business Is Big Loser In The Supreme Court Firefighters Case

Ellen Simon

July 02, 2009 10:00

Supreme Court's Ricci Decision Is Bad For Business and Everyone Else It took me almost a whole day to read and digest the 89 page Ricci v. DeStefano decision. I have spent most of a  whole second day reading the commentary and analysis.     Here's where I'm at regarding...

Business Is Big Loser In Supreme Court Firefighters Case

Ellen Simon

July 02, 2009 10:00

Supreme Court's Ricci Decision Is Bad For Business and Everyone Else It took me almost a whole day to read and digest the 89 page Ricci v. DeStefano decision. I have spent most of a  whole second day reading the commentary and analysis.     Here's where I'm at regarding...

New Supreme Court Age Discrimination Decision Will Be Gone In A Flash

Ellen Simon

June 22, 2009 10:00

Did the Supreme Court Discriminate Against Victims of Age Discrimination? The only good thing to say about the new age discrimination case of Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. is that it will be gone in a flash.  There are so many things wrong with it that it's hard to know where to...