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NLRB: An employer’s “sign this arbitration agreement or you’re fired” edict is totally cool with us
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What a difference a few years make. Continue reading
Three strikes and the EEOC guidance on background checks is out (or close to it).
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In 2012, the EEOC issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII. The purpose of the Guidance was to help eliminate barriers in recruitment and hiring to ensure that companies running these background checks weren’t disparately impacting minorities.
Although well-intentioned, in practice, courts did not receive the Guidance well. Continue reading
DOL: An employee may take FMLA leave to discuss a child’s special education needs at school.
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued this opinion letter in which the DOL concluded that the FMLA covers a parent’s attendance at his/her child’s individualized education program (IEP) at school. Ultimately, this amounts to caring for a family member with a serious health condition, which the FMLA affords for ‘eligible employees.’
NJ has a new ‘wage-theft’ law. Here are 10 things that employers must know about it now.
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If you’re old enough, maybe you remember this Miller Lite commercial from the 1970s where Steve “The Miz” Mizerak was just showing off at a billiards table, working up a thirst for his adult beverage of choice: Miller Lite.
Last week, the State of New Jersey passed yet another workplace law. This time, it’s this measure to protect against what’s being dubbed “wage theft.”
I’d say get NJ a glass of something cold, but at the rate at which the Garden State is passing new employment laws, they’d just say, “Hold my drink.” Continue reading
When do (or don’t) Facebook posts create a hostile work environment?
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I can tell you this. It takes more than a few posts from a couple of ‘Wingnuts.’
Blame it on the a a a a a alcohol
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When can you ask an employee if s/he has a problem with alcohol? Continue reading
Are you an HR department of one? The EEOC has your back with this great free resource.
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I don’t envy you.
If I were an HR department of one, I’d crash and burn. To wit, no one has ever accused me of putting the ‘human’ into human resources. Continue reading
How many things can you find wrong with this picture?
Remember those “what’s wrong with this picture” games that we played as children? Something like this.
Last night, I found the employment law equivalent from this recent Sixth Circuit opinion. Continue reading
It’s the wage and hour question that your business must be able to answer
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I conduct Fair Labor Standards Act (wage-and-hour) audits for clients. Among other things, I help them determine whether they are paying at least the minimum wage to all employees. But, more importantly, I confirm which employees are entitled to overtime (time-and-a-half for working more than 40 hours in a workweek) and ensure that the company is paying these employees all that they are owed. Continue reading