Image by Klaus Hausmann from Pixabay Sorry, I should’ve warned you to grab a fire extinguisher before your head exploded. Two of my favorite employment law / HR blogs inspire today’s post. On Tuesday, over at Ask a Manager, Alison Green posted here about a small-business owner who lamented about…
image via Peakpx After several days of recording videos, and a few too many comments about my mustache, I’m going to give my index fingers some exercise today for this blog post. Pour yourself a double ☕ with an extra shot of 5-Hour Energy, because we’re talking PPP and Senate…
Ponfield / CC BY-SA Based on new legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate, you’d have a better chance of getting through Captain America’s shield than emerging victorious in a lawsuit against a business from which you allegedly contracted COVID-19. I’ll explain why in this video.
By Miami Marlins – https://www.mlb.com/marlins, Public Domain, Link And by “you and I,” I mean “me and Jon Hyman.” Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran a story entitled, “Miami Marlins’ Virus Outbreak Throws MLB’s Pandemic Season Into Turmoil.” Among other things, it was reported that Miami Marlins players decided to…
Image Credit: Marco Verch on Flickr //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Thirty years ago — technically, thirty years ago yesterday — President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities. A brief history of the ADA Title I of the ADA makes it…
Phil Whitehouse//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Anti-discrimination law focuses on the impact that bad acts have on victims, not on whether the actor intended the consequences of his actions. That’s why many employment lawyers caution employer-clients against second chances for employees that do things that others perceive as discriminatory. Just ask Nick Cannon. Second…
Image Credit: Pxfuel.com Perhaps they wanted to upstage my triumphant return to Zoom for a COVID-19 HR lunchtime happy hour spectacular, which is this tomorrow at noon EDT (register here). On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new COVID-19 guidance under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and…
ts that ould notImage by kdbcms from Pixabay He called him an “***hole” and “stupid” too. Then, he told the owner that nobody liked him, everyone talked about him behind his back, and even threatened that the owner would regret firing him if he did. Sure enough, the company violated…
Via Giphy You asked for it! Mark your calendars for Friday, July 24 at Noon EDT. That’s when I’ll be back with another HR COVID-19 Zoom chat. Go ahead and register now (here) while space is still available. My special guest this week is Stephanie Mensing, Esquire. Stephanie’s practice focuses…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I’m about to take you on a trip to a nerd paradise: no planes, no masks, no COVID-19. It’s just you and me in FMLA Wonk City. Last Friday — or maybe it was Thursday; my head is still swimming — the U.S. Department…