Image Credit: The Noun Project On Monday, several business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and The Society for Human Resource Management, wrote this letter to Charlotte Burrows, the new Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. There’s just one thing they’ve got to know! Are you gonna…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay It’s week 98 of quarantine, many of you are working from home, and the boss isn’t around. So, you’ve got really got no excuse to miss The Employer Handbook Office Hour today on Zoom at Noon ET, for which you can still register here…
stop hand by b farias from the Noun Project One of the proudest days in an attorney’s legal career is making partner. There are two tiers of partnership in most law firms: (1) non-equity/contract partner; and (2) shareholder/equity partner. Ascending to that second shareholder tier means that you own part…
Image by Hayley Zacha from Pixabay I wonder if, in light of their recently-proposed rules, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would consider a joint a small enough incentive from employers to encourage their employees to participate in a company wellness program. Are you high, Eric? Not really, other than…
Image by Mango Matter from Pixabay On Wednesday, I wrote (here) about the New York Mets’ decision to terminate its General Manager, just one month into his tenure, because the team recently learned that he sexted a female reporter in 2016 while working for the Chicago Cubs in their front…
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Monday, I blogged about President Biden’s first HR-compliance wish list, which focused on COVID-19 mitigation efforts. On Wednesday, President Biden was sworn in. And, folks, he wasted no time making moves that will impact…
By Richiek – Own work CC BY-SA 3.0, Link On December 13, 2020, the New York Mets announced that the club had named Jared Porter the team’s 14th General Manager in franchise history. Porter agreed to a four-year contract. In just over a month since then, the team had made…
Image Credit: Photofunia It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” Fact or Fiction: Employees who are not U.S. citizens and work outside of the United States for American employers (or…
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Oh, I was just asking. I thought you knew. Ok, let’s start over. Since I did read this opinion and, apparently, it’s my job to do the ‘splaining around here. Just don’t accuse me of blog-splaining. Anyway, according to the plaintiff, an employee of a…
Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay According to a recent SHRM survey, most companies will encourage employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine — but not require it. Many employers, like this one, may even incentivize employees to get the vaccine by offering them money or extra PTO days…