Blink twice if you know (or at least suspect) a poor-performing employee who complained about discrimination or sought leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to insulate herself from discipline at work. I’m not saying that’s what the plaintiff did in this recent Eighth Circuit decision. But then again,…
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it had released New Resources for Workers Impacted by Cancer. Cancer Moonshot week of action was the impetus for the new resources. The Cancer Moonshot initiative aims to reduce cancer’s death rate by accelerating treatment discovery. Labor Secretary, Marty Walsh,…
It depends. If an employee signs a severance agreement, you want them to provide a general release in exchange for whatever consideration the company is providing. If the employee is at least 40 years old, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act requires that the employee receive at least 21 days…
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, employers may require an employee to comply with the employer’s usual and customary notice and procedural requirements for requesting leave, absent unusual circumstances. But unless you fancy defending FMLA interference claims, the call-in procedures shouldn’t require an advanced degree. Nobody’s fault but mine?…
Well, if you count The Employer Handbook itself, which email gods magically deliver to blog subscriber email inboxes every weekday following weeknights where I haven’t had too many blog-inhibiting adult beverages, I’ve got three freebies today. To remedy that, you must promise to pay me $100 if you keep reading…
The complexities of the Family and Medical Leave Act can bollocks even multi-billion-dollar companies. But the case I’m going to tell you about today is a reminder that, at bottom, the FMLA is largely no-harm, non-foul. In early 2018, an employee with a serious health condition spoke to her doctor,…
The timing last night was perfect. I just finished uploading the video from last Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour: Cybersecurity 101 for Human Resources and Employment Lawyers to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel, and I had shifted my attention to planning the next Zoom when…
If you’ve procrastinated all week, you still have a few hours to register for this week’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour, which returns today, October 28, 2022. We’re discussing leave rights and accommodations in hybrid and fully-remote workplaces. Click here (https://bit.ly/HybridRemoteAccommodations) to register. We lucked out with my…
I’m unsure if we can top this past Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. My FisherBroyles partners, Justin Nahama and Amy Epstein Gluck, were fountains of insight and warmth on how companies can improve employee wellbeing. You can watch the replay here on The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel…
Oooooh…this one is going to be really good! There’s usually a certain formula when I invite other attorneys to join me to chat on The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. We pick an employment law topic, dissect it for an hour, and sprinkle in some audience Q&A. For example,…