Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/interview-job-icon-job-interview-1018333/) Last year, Philadelphia passed a law that banned local employers from asking individuals about their salary history. The purpose of the law was to help close the wage gap between men and women. Then the local Chamber of Commerce went to federal court to attempt to block…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/gabriel-moral-illustration-art-2519793/) I haven’t seen Avengers: Infinity War yet. So, no spoilers here. But, I imagine that even if the good guys can combine forces to beat the comic villains, they would still lack the legal acumen to master employee benefits. For that my friends, you need a real…
By US Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLate last week, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to ban employers and employees from entering into non-competition agreements. According to a press release from Senator Warren’s office, the Workforce Mobility Act would accomplish not only…
By late! [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLast Friday, I blogged about CareerBuilder’s Survey of bizarre excuses for being late to work. And, don’t get me wrong, there were some good ones in there (e.g., “I was here, but I fell asleep in the parking lot.”), but I had a sneaking…
By Darwinek [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia CommonsIn late March, I blogged here about how it was only a matter of time before the State of New Jersey would require local employers to provide men and women the same pay and benefits for performing substantially similar work. Well, mark your…
Hey, I was going to have a big recap of yesterday’s public hearing on harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace at which I testified before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee. There’s a lot to discuss, maybe too much for a blog post. So, I plan to write a longer article…
Ad Meskens [Attribution, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia CommonsI’ll be testifying today before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee at a public hearing on harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace. I should be up at about 10:50 AM, when I will testify for five minutes on: the…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/safe-vault-lockbox-safekeeping-30110/) A female employee has just complained to HR that the CEO harassed her. This complaint is the third one against the same alleged harasser. So, you hire an outside attorney to conduct a full investigation anticipating that there might be subsequent litigation. The attorney investigates and furnishes…
chris 論 [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia CommonsI can always count on CareerBuilder to help lighten the mood around here with some good fodder for a Friday post. Last month, CareerBuilder released the survey results from “This Year’s Most Bizarre Excuses for Being Late to Work.” Before I…
Screenshot taken from https://news.starbucks.com/press-releases/starbucks-to-close-stores-nationwide-for-racial-bias-education-may-29 In a video posted on the company’s website, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson followed up his initial apology for last week’s incident in Philadelphia with additional details on how the company would try to avoid a similar event in the future. Here’s more from the Starbucks press release: Starbucks…