By Timidonfire [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsRecently, Nike unveiled a new ‘Just Do It’ advertising campaign centered around former National Football Leauge quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Here is the first commercial that aired. Controversy. In the 49ers third preseason game of the 2016 season, Mr. Kaepernick did not stand during the…
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If you’re considering adding pole dancing to your new-employee orientation, you should reconsider.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pole-dance-woman-sexy-elegant-pole-1287822/) Allow me to educate you, limerick style. There once was a principal in China. Who thought, “Pole dancing? There’s nothing finer.” On the first day of educating, the kids found her gyrating, and now she’s on the unemployment line-a.
So, you want to change the essential functions of a particular job, do you? Let’s talk ADA.
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b90809e846d78530d8b45d5) The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability. What is a “qualified individual”? It’s someone who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation? Ok, what’s an “essential job function”? Or…
Bookmark This: Seven Resources to Answer Some of Your Employment Questions
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b8f35e6089f7a90518b4572) Oh, I’ve got your hookup today. As I was getting caught up on last week’s email, I came across a News Release from the U.S. Department of Labor. In this Release, the DOL touted “cross-agency effort complements the Department’s enforcement activities by strengthening and innovating compliance assistance…
I’ve got links to the new FMLA forms from the U.S. Department of Labor
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b8dd93a846d78c9078b45c4) Meet the new forms; same as the old forms. Well, except for the new expiration date. Yes, that’s right. The U.S. Department of Labor has taken the existing FMLA forms and updated “Expires: 6/30/2018” in the upper right-hand corner of each form to “Expires: 8/31/2021.” Now,…
I can’t unsee a chicken eating jerk chicken
Other than the crappy WiFi aboard this cruise ship, that was the low-light. A chicken eating chicken – even with those lovely Bahamian spices – is bad.But, it’s not as bad as the nurse who reportedly posted in an anti-vaxxer Facebook group about giving her own son measles from an infected…
Oh, look. It’s DOL guidance on FMLA and no-fault attendance policies
Stardate August 29, 2018. I found a 4G network and am typing this blog post at sea before I lose the network. Stay with me Verizon! How confident are you that your attendance policy complies with the FMLA? If it’s anything less than, “Damn right it does,” check out this…
Do organ donors qualify for FMLA leave?
Yep. So says the DOL in a brand new Opinion Letter released this week. No go win that blue pie piece in the Trivial Pursuit – HR Compliance Edition. PS – Day Three at sea and the WiFi on the cruise ship remains poor. I’m trying unionize the crew to…
Sorry, folks. Cruise ship internet is trash today.
We’ll try again tomorrow.
16 states have asked the Supreme Court to limit LGBT rights at work. Which 16, you ask?
By Nederlands Instituut voor de Classificatie voor Audiovisueel Materiaal (NICAM) (http://www.kijkwijzer.nl/upload/download_pc/7.pdf) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBy the time you read this, I should be blissfully cruising in the Atlantic outside the range of any cell towers. However, between now (Saturday afternoon) and Monday, I am feverishly punching out 5 blog…