March, 2012

Up with NLRB employee-rights posters, or suffer ze consequences

March 5, 2012 | by Eric B. Meyer

Back on August 26, in this post, I gave the heads up that the National Labor Relations Board would require most private-sector employers to post this notice (a super-sized version of the one on the right), in a conspicuous location, informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, which includes the right to form a union.

And then some employer groups went to court because they don’t like NLRB posters. In response, the NLRB slowed its roll not once, but twice, delaying the postponing the posting deadline until April 30, 2012.

Now a federal court has weighed in on the posting requirement. What did it say? And will your business have to post something by April 30, 2012. Find out after the jump…

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Will states outlaw demanding online passwords from employees?

March 2, 2012 | by Eric B. Meyer

About a year, I wondered whether employers should ever require job applicants to divulge Facebook passwords. Ultimately, I concluded then — and still believe now — that while employers may choose to use social media as part of a background-check process, you’re playing with fire if you start asking job applicants to divulge social-media passwords to make it easier to vet them.

Two states are now taking steps to make it illegal to force job candidates to reveal online user-names and passwords. One of those states is taking it one step further…

What two states and what they doing?!? (And what’s with that creepy image on the right). Aaaaah!!!! Click through to find out…

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USERRA + ADAAA = 11 letters and many more HR issues

March 1, 2012 | by Eric B. Meyer

Thumbnail image for eeoclogo.png Quick quiz:

What protections does the ADA provide to veterans with disabilities?

When is a veteran with a service-connected disability protected by the ADA?