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Pot for Shots: Folks, there’s a new trend to incentivize COVID-19 vaccinations. It’s marijuana?!? 🌿

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…

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The CDC has a new vaccine communication COVID-19 toolkit. Plus, President Biden proposes even MORE employment law changes. 😱

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Last week, I shared with you eight ways that President Biden changed employment law on Day One. It took me a while to cobble together that post. So, I was kind of hoping that “46” would take a few days off or something so that…

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A federal court just greenlit the failure-to-accommodate claim of a medical marijuana user. But why?!?

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…

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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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The DOL spent NYE updating its FFCRA guidance and issuing new wage and hour letters

Dance Party by Blaise Sewell from the Noun Project While you were busy partying at home like it’s 1999 (cue music) or on Zoom with friends, or playing socially-distanced Cards Against Humanity, or whatever it is that HR folks do to let off a year of scalding-hot steam, the U.S.…

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The most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire. COVID-19 didn’t exactly do wonders for the ruby-studded computer servers in the Bloggerdome. When stuff got real in March, this blog caught 🔥🔥🔥. Take a look at the top posts from 2020: 5. “GOTCHA! You won’t…

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Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST

JMacPherson from Calgary, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I won’t judge you if you don’t judge me. 🤐 Although I won’t provide drinks for everyone, I will be serving up knowledge – ba dum bum – today at noon eastern on Zoom for the final 2020 edition of…

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Last night, President Trump signed the COVID-19 stimulus package into law after all.

Image by ahmad triyawan from Pixabay I love my blog readers, but clients get the concierge treatment with daily blog posts and weekly email updates. Last night’s client email update included the news that President Trump had just signed the legislation about which I blogged here and here last week.…

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Actually, the FFCRA may sunset for ALL employees on December 31, 2020 after all😳😲😱

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Remember yesterday, when I told you that the House had passed a bipartisan bill that would allow businesses to voluntarily provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave in Q1 of 2021? And then the Senate approved the same measure by a 92-8 vote. And…

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Congress won’t make employers provide FFCRA leave in 2021. But, you can if you want (and get tax credits).

Image by ahmad triyawan from Pixabay The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. Perhaps, you’ve heard of it. The FFCRA will expire on December 31, 2020. But,…