Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The wage-and-hour pendulum has once again shifted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Nerdiest. Pendulum. Ever. Salary-level test changes. Back in October, I blogged about how Pennsylvania, yes Pennsylvania, had announced new overtime rules that are more generous than federal law. On January 1 of this…
Stefan Scheer [CC BY-SA]According to a recent survey, 17.5 million American workers may be skipping work today, the day after the Super Bowl. About 6 in 10 of those employees had their Monday absence pre-approved. So, at least you can plan for that. But, what about the other 6-or-so million?…
By National Museum of American History – Image by Godot13, Public Domain, Link Workplace accommodations can be easy. For example, when an employee with carpal tunnel syndrome requests an ergonomic keyboard to perform his job, and his job involves a lot of typing, you get him the keyboard. Or maybe…
https://www.needpix.com/photo/180045/question-worry-wonder-unsure-confused-uncertain-asking-wondering-uncertainty Beats me. (Still, it seems like an excellent excuse to get back to basics and explain how courts analyze discrimination claims). But, first, let’s cue the music as we talk about… Those Wild School Days. The plaintiff in today’s case was an assistant professor of poetry at a college…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay In what I hope does not become a weekly feature here at The Employer Handbook, it’s time to update the readers on some new laws that NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed last week. Stop Work Orders. Let’s say that the State of New Jersey learns…
By U.S. Government – Extracted from PDF file here., Public Domain, Link I’m sorry if you were expecting wild stories of employee shenanigans today. Yesterday, I asked for your stories, and I got nothin’! Y’all must work in the most compliant workplaces in America. Speaking of which… Last Friday, the…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Let’s cue the music. Double trouble. In May 2019, a man from Michigan sued his employer in federal court alleging that the company had created a hostile work environment based on race by discriminating against and harassing customers and allowing customers to harass non-white…
By Viktorvoigt, derivative work: Dove – Blue_flag_waving.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link I’m guessing that the white flag may have been a bit of a spoiler. Let’s rewind the tape and remind you what happened back in August. Here is Andrew Wallender’s recap Bloomberg Law: The Barstool Sports controversy began after…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay At this point, that’s kinda like asking which day of the week ends in a “y”? Yep, New Jersey has gone and done it again. Here are five things that employers need to know about this new law: If you employ 100 or more…
Image by diapicard from Pixabay In 2020, the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 30. President George H.W. Bush signed it into law in 1990 to ensure civil rights for individuals with disabilities. Chia-Yi Hou at The Hill published a nice 30-year ADA recap here. The ADA is much more than…