• Why is the U.S. Department of Labor funding Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), a group that stages protests in front of restaurants and has “harassed” patrons? Rep. Darrell Issa wants to know [Chamber-backed Legal NewsLine, Daily Caller]
• Connecticut public workers who wrongly took food stamps get their jobs back, and no, you can’t read the arbitration decisions [Raising Hale]
• Michael Fox’s pioneering employment law blog turns 10;
• “Why Defending Employment Lawsuits Can Be So Expensive” [Daniel Schwartz]
• What lawprofs are up to: proposal to gut the employee-misconduct defense [Pandya, Workplace Prof]
• Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains why he sees no contradiction in opposing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act [ENDA] while supporting gay marriage. Related: Jacob Sullum;
• Hyper-regulation of employment in Italy cries out for reform [John Cochrane, Tom Smith, one deterrent]

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