Marcin Wichary / CC BY Before we see what’s in the mailbag, here’s your final reminder to register (here) for today’s free Zoom session at Noon EDT today with me and some of my friends from the EEOC. We’re going to be talking mediation, pro-tips, and the new pilot program.…
Image by Лечение наркомании from Pixabay Let’s give credit where credit is due. When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division had the unenviable task of creating and implementing supporting guidance, enforcing the law, and tending to all of its…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed…
Bjornsphoto / CC BY I’m reminded of the Mötley Crüe hit Same ‘Ol Situation (S.O.S.). The actual lyrics have nothing to do with employment law — sexual harassment, maybe? — but I digress… The song title carries a little HR lesson today; namely, just because your company is going through…
Image Credit: Twitter Hopefully, your workplace looks nothing like back to school at this Georgia high school. (More on that here.) Instead, your business should have a return-to-work plan that includes social distancing (not pictured here) and mandatory face masks for employees (also not pictured here). And, speaking of face…
(U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner) Technically, the new guidance is from the EEOC. But, since this is my blog, I’ll take credit for sharing it. Before I detail this new guidance, I’ve got some other big EEOC news! That is, several of my friends from…
Alexander Migl / CC BY-SA A Texas entrepreneur is learning this lesson the hard way. (If only he had read my earlier blog post) On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced here that authorities had taken a Houston, Texas man into custody on allegations that he fraudulently obtained more…
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay If I had a nickel for every time that someone asked me to draft a waiver for employees to sign to release COVID-19 workplace claims before they get coronavirus. Damn! I could get some of those premium gumballs from the peeling-paint red machines just…
Terabass / CC BY-SA A few months ago, I wrote here about a Families First Cornavirus Response Act lawsuit. But, not just any old FFCRA lawsuit. Rather, the State of New York sued the U.S. Department of Labor in federal court to challenge the DOL’s interpretation of the FFCRAbecause it…
Cskiran / CC BY-SA Good thing I added a few extra servers today, juuuuuuuust in case I had a few extra clicks on this blog post. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals wrote 150 pages (here) to address the retaliation of claims of an HR representative (let’s call…