Image Credit: publicdomainvectors.org (Public Domain) Earlier this month, I told you about an attorney who claimed that her former employer wrongfully discharged her for refusing to violate a stay-at-home order. Now, we’ve got another lawyer-plaintiff, this time claiming that his former employer fired him for taking FMLA leave when after…
U.S. Government/Gobierno de los Estados Unidos / Public domain The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s COVID-19 requirements. Among them, its enforcement policy for recording cases of coronavirus. Here’s what your business needs to know about the new OSHA…
Image by Clarence Alford from Pixabay Let’s start with the most important of the three, which is clearly the Zoom chat. Join us on Thursday at Noon EDT on Zoom Folks, we’ve set the bar high recently with our Facebook Live and Zoom chats. (Go check ’em out on the…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay About a week ago, there were reports that the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention was about to release this interim guidance to help businesses reopen. But, it never saw the light of day. Late last week, however, the CDC released some flowcharts to…
Image by 350543 from Pixabay Yesterday, I wrote here about how a small business that obtains a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program can avoid government scrutiny. But, if you’re more risk-aggressive — or, you know, YOLO! — here’s how to have the U.S. Department of Justice all up in…
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay I didn’t say that its time to triple-fist fruity cocktails. But, then again, who am I to judge? Forget the drinks for now and remember that feeling when your business got its Paycheck Protection Program loan. Pretty good, right? You felt like one of…
Virginia Retail from Virginia, USA / CC BY How did one of the largest supermarket chains in the world, a Fortune 50 company, possibly violate the Families First Coronavirus Response Act? Allegedly. Let’s find out as we delve into this unusual federal court complaint filed last month in Indiana. Most of…
Image by Jo_Johnston from Pixabay About a month ago, a hairstylist filed a COVID-19 class-action lawsuit in New Jersey. Her claims were the prototypical lowest-hanging fruit. That is, the plaintiffs allege that the employer withheld pay from employees once it abruptly closed its doors to the public due to the…
Image by Andrey_Lesya from Pixabay Amazingly, this piece of cloth creates so much civil unrest right now. But, this isn’t a blog post about whether individuals should have to wear face masks in public, at work, or other local businesses. It’s been a while since I’ve done a social media…
Yatko / CC BY-SA Kate Bischoff and I are looking forward to hanging out with you today — even you, dad — at 11:30 EDT today at The Employer Handbook Facebook Fan Page. We’ll look at how this return-to-work thing is going and what employers still need to do to…