[If you listen carefully, you can actually hear the sound of page-hits and prurient reader interest cascading at The Employer Handbook. It’s got a little funky Salt n’ Pepa beat to it…] Last May, I slobbered over blogged here about a former Indianapolis Colts’ cheerleader who sued the team claiming…
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4 pending bills that could change the NJ employment landscape
One of my favorite reads on NJ employment law is Ogletree Deakins’s New Jersey eAuthority. The June 2012 issue highlights several pieces of legislation now pending in NJ of which employers should take note. I’ve summarized four of them after the jump… * * * Severance yes, unemployment compensation…
Paycheck Fairness Act fails in the Senate, plus other news…
Billed as a way to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, the Paycheck Fairness Act, did not make it out of the Senate yesterday. The Paycheck Fairness Act earned 52 votes in favor of proceeding to final consideration,…
That’s what they said: “Naked ambition” and a “voyeur boss”? (And more…)
As evidenced by the nature of this blog post and the picture on the right, it’s best not to leave me in the office alone, unsupervised, with an iPhone, and App Store credits, as I punch this out at 10:52 at night on a Thursday. (And yet, somehow, the Wall…
More office romances; more anti-harassment training
A recent survey by Workplace Options, shows that most Generation-Y employees believe that an office romance will have a positive influence on performance and overall workplace morale. Sounds like a Cialis commercial. Who says I need to wait for Valentine’s Day for this post? Losers, that’s who. Lock the broom…
Uneven severance packages may create discrimination claims
A severance agreement helps to allow businesses to ensure that former employees don’t sue. The concept is fairly simple: in exchange for $X, the former employee agrees to release the company from every claim under the sun from the beginning of time through the date the former employee signs the…
Your favorite “The Employer Handbook” posts from 2011
As the year draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the most popular posts at The Employer Handbook in 2011, based on number of hits: 5. Social media and the workplace. School teacher Natalie Munroe made several appearances on the blog this year. Remember her? She…
“Sex-plus” discrimination: Illegal? Yes. But what the heck is it?
I have no idea. I was hoping that one of you could help me out. Oh, wait, I’m supposed to be the expert here. Ok. Fine. I’ll play some music and dish the deets — hint, it has something to do with the picture — after the jump… * *…
90,000 women claim Wal-Mart discriminated against them
Back in June, the United States Supreme Court ruled here that a class of 1.5 million women could not pursue gender discrimination claims together against Wal-Mart because they lacked a common injury. If, at first, you don’t succeed, file this Complaint in California on behalf of a class of only…
Apparently, sex in a supply closet is not sexual harassment
At least that’s what a federal court in Utah opined. I promise that this is not a prurient post gratuitously conceived to drive internet traffic to The Employer Handbook. And this case has nothing directly to do with Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware employers (Ok, that last line was shameless.…