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Let’s talk about whether you are paying teleworking employees properly.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Field Assistance Bulletin on employee telework is the blogging gift that keeps on giving. Last...
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If you are tracking FMLA leave THIS WAY, you may be doing it WRONG!
Thank you for indulging me a day off from blogging yesterday. It’s tough to bounce right back when a referee rips your heart out of your...
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This is how you determine whether a remote employee is FMLA-eligible
Employees are eligible for FMLA leave when they have worked for the employer for at least 12 months, have at least 1,250 hours of service...
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An employee who didn’t know she had a disability sued for disability discrimination. It didn’t go well.
There’s a reason that they don’t teach “clairvoyance” in HR certification courses. (Although, it would be nice to...
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This is everything HR-related from last night’s State of the Union Address
If you went to the refrigerator to grab a cold beverage, you probably missed President Biden’s remarks about “beginning to...
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A Rocky IV lesson on training and discrimination
In 1985, Rocky Balboa single-handedly ended the Cold War with the USSR after defeating Ivan Drago . Leading up to the big fight, Rocky...
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Rules for thee, not for me? Jury awards judge’s staff attorney a $1.1M religious discrimination verdict.
I did a double take when I received an email alert late Friday with the subject line: “BREAKING: Ohio Judge Hit With $1.1M Verdict For...
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Step aside, FTC. A bipartisan group of Senators has renewed legislation to ban most noncompetes
Who knew the handcuff graphic would get so much use in 2023? And it’s only the beginning of February! Early last month, the...
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Talk to your employees about current events before they talk to (or exclude) your customers
Yesterday was the funeral for Tyre Nichols , a 29-year-old Black man. Last month, Memphis police pulled over Mr. Nichols for allegedly...
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A coworker supposedly used the N-word “all the time” at work. Case dismissed. Here’s why…
No workplace is perfect. And the one I read about last night was far from it. The plaintiff, who is black, alleged that one of her...
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A step-by-step guide on how to go from semi-pro hockey player to unemployed in just a few tweets.
It’s 2023. When are employees going to learn that while the First Amendment does guarantee freedom of speech, there is no...
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Check out the EEOC’s livestream tomorrow on the use of AI in hiring decisions
I’m exhausted. As much as I prepared for this at the gym over the past several weeks, I must admit that climbing greased telephone...
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Would your business ever refuse to hire applicants with obvious missing, broken, or badly discolored teeth?
Unless you run a dental practice, I can’t imagine why a fetching, toothy smile would be a job qualification. But, apparently, a large...
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For this employer, if only the EEOC’s hearing disability guidance had come out sooner
Yesterday, I told you about the EEOC’s new resource document for assisting individuals with hearing disabilities . Today, I’ll...
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The EEOC has a new resource document for assisting individuals with hearing disabilities
If you’re an employment law nerd like me, in addition to being the envy of your neighborhood, you also know that the U.S. Equal...
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Thinking about checking your employee’s Gmail account? Stop and read this first.
A couple of years ago, I blogged ( here ) about a company that installed spyware to monitor an employee’s Facebook Messenger activity,...
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Here is what makes equal pay claims so difficult to win
When a longtime government agency employee sued her employer for violating the Equal Pay Act , she argued that the defendant paid her male...
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Let’s talk about religious discrimination (and MORE!) with EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas at Noon ET today!!!
Over the past few years, employers encountered a spate of religious accommodations requests from employees seeking religious exemptions from...
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I’m not done with yesterday’s post yet. You need to hear about the retaliation claim!
On Wednesday, I blogged about a woman who worked as a “helper” for a construction company. She alleged that she had to endure...
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Is it sex discrimination to assign a woman different tasks than a man in the same job?
A woman received a promotion at a construction company from laborer to helper. Helpers either work on the ground or “at...
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How might the Supreme Court’s decision to reexamine religious accommodations impact employers?
Last May, I wrote about this religious discrimination case involving an employer’s duty to accommodate a plaintiff who needed Sundays...
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Join me and EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas on Friday, 1/20/23, at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour
I told you that the first Zoom Office Happy Hour of 2023 at The Employer Handbook would be a big one! Earlier in the week, the U.S. Equal...
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New Jersey’s Mini-WARN Act hecka-employee-friendly amendments start on April 10, 2023
In December, I warned you that New Jersey’s Mini-WARN Act might get that employee-friendly overhaul sooner than you think. That...
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Oh, I forgot to mention that the man’s son worked for the same employer. He sued too.
Yesterday, I wrote about a man who claimed that his employer retaliated against him by forcing him to resign after he objected to attending...
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Man alleges antidiscrimination law prohibits mandatory antidiscrimination training. Man is wrong.
The federal court decision I read last night reaffirms one of the many reasons I enjoy practicing employment law: I’ll never run out...