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An employment lawyer’s take on track star Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for using marijuana

Image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay Last week, I read the news that Sha’Carri Richardson, one of the favorites to win Olympic gold for the United States in the women’s 100-meter dash, was suspended for a month for testing positive for marijuana. As a management-side…

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A federal judge has issued the first ruling on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at work. And His Honor is spittin’ 🔥🔥🔥

Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay As the kids say, I’m 💀💀💀. The setup In early April, a hospital announced a policy requiring all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by June 7.  So over 100 employees sued in federal court, seeking an injunction to stop the mandate.…

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“Privileged white female ‘Karen’ caught on video verbally abusing an African American male” is now suing her former employer for discrimination

Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, one of my favorite HR people in the entire galaxy tweeted a link to this article from the AP. The AP reports that “the white woman who was widely condemned and fired after a videotaped dispute with…

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POLL RESULTS: Don’t discipline employees that spread COVID-19 misinformation

Image by Craig Clark from Pixabay Getting in late from the Sixers/Wizards game last night — no, I didn’t dump popcorn on Russ Westbrook — I had no time to enjoy the Wednesday evening routine of a lime rickey, bubblegum cigarette, and writing the next day’s blog post. Silver lining:…

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IRS to CDC: Hold our drink. Check out the new 41-page COBRA subsidy resource for employers

  Image Credit: openfoodfacts.org I imagine that drink to be Ensure or Ovaltine, possibly Caffeine Free Coke Zero if things get nuts. Before face masks — or should I say no face masks — there was the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Among other things, the ARPA created a…

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Join us on 3/26 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hours. That’s right, HOURS! A DOUBLE FEATURE!!!

Image Credit: Photofunia.com Let’s give a shout-out to my special guest, David Miklas, and to everyone who attended The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour this past Friday. I had a great time discussing FFCRA, OSHA, and the new CDC COVID-19 guidance. Did you enjoy it too? Don’t worry. If you…

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The EEOC has some big news for fans of EEO-1 filings!!!

party supplies by Made by Made from the Noun Project Pay attention, you two! Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dusted the cobwebs off the old EEO-1 component survey and set some deadlines for the 2020 EEO-1 filing and — wait for it — 2019’s EEO-1 filing too! Cue…

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Can you fire an employee for complaining that the company violated state/local COVID-19 orders?

whistleblower by Lorie Shaull from the Noun Project Often, readers of the blog will email me recent blogworthy HR news. Occasionally, an attorney will send me a favorable decision that s/he obtained for a client on an employment law topic that may interest readers of this blog. Today, that’s what…