When employees clock in, they expect to do their jobs, not sit through political speeches, anti-union campaigns, or religious lectures from their boss. New Jersey just turned that expectation into a legal right. TL;DR: On September 3, Governor Murphy signed A4429/S3302 into law. It bans “captive audience” meetings, meaning mandatory…
A software engineer said he was fired for blowing the whistle on a major cybersecurity flaw. But before his case ever reached trial, it fell apart. Deleted text messages, an incomplete phone data dump, and his lawyer’s discovery missteps ended it all. The court dismissed the case and ordered the…
Back by popular demand. I see that Friday’s post threw some of you for a loop. Perhaps you were always told (or just assumed) that if your business has employees working from home in another state, then that state’s law would apply to some or all claims they may have…
Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons I read a recent NJ federal court decision where a plaintiff began working for the defendant in New Jersey but later requested and received a transfer to Pennsylvania. And that’s when things went awry. The plaintiff alleged that, at an operation leadership meeting,…
Have you ever watched The Dropout on Hulu? It’s about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos, which sounds a lot like Thanos. Sadly, the Hulu show has nothing to do with the Marvel Universe or The Avengers, both of which are right in my wheelhouse.…
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…
Image Credit EpicTop10.com (Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC By 2.0)) If, during this pandemic, you do business in a state with a robust whistleblower law, keep reading. Yesterday, over at the Coronavirus Law Blog, my friend Jon Hyman wrote here about a nurse who was fired after refusing to share gowns…
De Beyond My Ken – Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Enlace And by ‘jawn,’ I mean just about anything. But here, specifically, Philadelphia has a new anti-retaliation whistleblower law. Juliana Feliciano Reyes writing here for the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday that City Council voted unanimously for this legislation that…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay On Monday, Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) introduced the COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act. It is part of a larger piece of legislation called the “Coronavirus Oversight and Recovery Ethics Act of 2020” or the “CORE Act.”…
Adam Ginsburg / CC BY-SA I’m glad that you folks enjoyed yesterday’s recipe post. I got a lot of positive feedback, especially on the beer bread. That doesn’t really shock me, given the state of play right now. But, I’m not judging. Unfortunately, if this were a full-time cooking blog,…