Image Credit: PXhere.com (https://pxhere.com/en/photo/854901) Well, there’s always a chance the court might, you know, enforce it. You think? Actually, the employer almost got away with it had it not been for those meddling kids the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Here’s what happened: A plaintiff sued her former employer in…
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Instead of going to HR, can a victim of sexual harassment make a CITIZEN’S ARREST?
By No machine-readable author provided. Klaus with K assumed (based on copyright claims). [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia CommonsIs that really a thing? A citizen’s arrest? Tell ’em Big Bird. (I think that’s from the same episode where Elmo tried to effect a citizen’s arrest on Oscar…
I got you a supercharged HR thinking cap to address harassment problems at work
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/hat-cowboy-felt-cowboy-hat-western-1217914/) After a two year hiatus, the EEOC reconvened its Select Task Force on Harassment yesterday to hear from an array of scholars, attorneys, other stakeholders about ways to promote a harassment-free workplace. I’ll recap some of the highlights below and include links to the EEOC press release, the…
And here are 3.5 million more reasons not to enforce a 100%-healed ADA policy
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/muscles-strong-man-bodybuilder-2026322/) Now, don’t say that I haven’t warned you. A few years ago, I offered 112,500 ADA reasons not to force an employee to stay home until 100% healed. The following year, I told you to 86 the “100% cured” policy for employees returning from FMLA leave, with a…
What I have for you today is even better than a Bryan Colangelo post-mortem!
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/shirt-dress-white-clothes-clothing-2345417/) My thorough rundown of all things Bryan Colangelo will have to wait until next week when I serve as a guest contributor to the Philadelphia Business Journal. Today, however, I’ve got your hook up! On Wednesday, Pamela Wolf, J.D. of Wolters Kluwer moderated a webinar entitled Check-In: EEOC, DOL,…
Not even George Costanza could’ve pulled this one off…
Image Credit: YouTube.com You know that Seinfeld episode. The one where George gets a customized office desk for taking naps during the day? I love that episode. My favorite part is when “George Steinbrenner” calls in the bomb squad (after Jerry calls in a bomb threat) only to discover George’s …
NLRB to Dem Senators: We’re no longer “considering” joint-employer rule-making. We are rule-making!
By Chris Favero (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cfavero/8689987392/) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons“I am the law!” The title of this blog post made me think of Judge Dredd. And if you don’t know or appreciate Judge Dredd, shame on you, Millennial. Shame. For the rest of you more cultured Renaissance human resource professionals,…
SCOTUS sides with baker that refused to bake a cake to celebrate gay marriage. But, it’s not what you think.
By Jeffrey Beall – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link Most of you have probably heard of the case that went to the Supreme Court involving a Colorado baker who would customize a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because he believed that doing so would violate his religious beliefs.…
Meanwhile, a former company executive was apparently fired because of his wife’s tweets
Image Credit: publicdomainpictures.net (https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=255568&picture=twitter-social-media-application) In case you missed it, last Friday I slipped into the vortex to detail the amazing story of the 76ers’ president of basketball operations and general manager, Bryan Colangelo, and five Twitter burner accounts with which he may be associated. Several of these accounts were used to talk…
Grab your popcorn. We need to talk about this Bryan Colangelo Twitter burner-account bombshell.
By Bgnewf [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsStick with me here, folks. What I’m about to describe below is one heckuva bizarre social media spectacle. Eric, remind me again, who is Bryan Colangelo? Bryan Colangelo is currently the president of basketball operations and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). “Currently,” as…