Photo By: AR Division, ARH Branch, ARHM Section (https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Photos/igphoto/202494/) So, glad you asked. I think I can help. This is from the U.S. Department of Labor, which is the federal agency that enforces the Family and Medical Leave Act: An employer may deny a bonus that is based upon achieving…
Allgamenab at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsEat your heart out, R. Kelly. Earlier this Summer, I carried on about the decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Minarsky v. Susquehanna County. It’s a sexual harassment case, but not just any sexual harassment case. I called it the…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/printer-fire-flames-broken-38027/) Yesterday, I successfully alienated every reader that doesn’t work in the restaurant industry or otherwise nerd out on Fair Labor Standards Act minutiae. Today, I double down with idiosyncratic arbitration agreements, specifically those possibly used by New Jersey employers. I promise to get back to something more…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5beb885c846d785f4e8b456d) The 80/20 rule passed away peacefully on November 8, 2018, when the U.S. Department of Labor issued this Opinion Letter. Rachel Taylor, writing for FoodNewsFeed.com has a nice summary of the 80/20 rule: Since it began on March 2, 2009, the confusing “80/20” rule has been…
By J.J. at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link You’re not seriously considering doing this, are you? Hey! I promised you a big announcement! Yes, I did. Before I stick a pin in your FMLA-shenanigans balloon, I’d like to invite you to a webinar. A webinar? How good could it…
Google Inc. [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe last month for Google has been big for tech and employment law nerds alike. And I just happen to check both boxes. On the tech side, Google released the latest versions of its flagship phone, the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL.…
Image Credit: FreeStockPhotos.biz (http://res.freestockphotos.biz/originals/14/14328-illustration-of-a-telephone-or.png) Spoiler alert: She got fired. Many of us have been there. Someone walks into your office, calls you on the phone, emails or texts you, or whatever it is the Millenials do these days. That encounter rubs you the wrong way. And you respond instinctively, words…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/checkbook-coupon-fill-check-688352/) On Tuesday, I wrote about severance agreements. Specifically, I suggested that employers benefit from: (1) drafting easy-to-understand agreements; and (2) giving former employees a reasonable amount of time to read the agreement and decide whether to sign. Generally, if you check those boxes, you’ve got yourself…
Joe Ravi [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsLest you think that eight Supreme Court Justices — Justice Kavanaugh did not participate — can never see eye-to-eye on how to resolve an employment law issue. Yesterday, the Court unanimously concluded in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido (here) that while the…
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsWhen one of your former employees signs a severance agreement with a release of all claims, the last thing you want is for that employee to sign and then sue you. Do over? Earlier this year, a Pennsylvania federal court issued an…