Image credit: PublicDomainPictures.net (https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=139332&picture=stick-family) It’s one thing to terminate an employee for complaining that she is being sexually harassed at work. But, when you (allegedly) fire her son and fiancé too without justification, that’s stone cold! Not that Stone Cold. But, according to the EEOC, it’s pretty darn bad.…
Screenshot taken from https://news.starbucks.com/views/a-follow-up-message-from-starbucks-ceo-in-philadelphia Starbucks was riding a pretty good HR streak in 2018. Among other things, the coffee giant had attained 100% gender and racial equality and announced investments in paid leave. Yep, things were lookin’ really good for Starbucks. Then, last week, things got really bad. An arrest…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/two-ginger-cats-licking-loving-650546/) We’re gonna try a new feature here at The Employer Handbook. It’s where I take a new U.S. Department of Labor Opinion Letter and tweak it as if someone is asking me for my opinion on the precise legal issue on which the DOL is being…
Image Credit: YouTube Screenshot I have trained you well. We’re gonna cut the ropes to let you fight Tong Po. (Maybe, going with a random Kickboxer reference wasn’t the best metaphor for this audience.) Ok, let’s start over. Yesterday, I had this post about a guy who allegedly lost his job over…
Taken with a selfie stick and way too much effort. Easy there, folks. My servers can only handle so much traffic on a Thursday. Legally Weird, indeed. It’s not often that I get my scoop from an online publication called Legally Weird. Then again, touché. No one is mistaking me…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/money-finance-business-success-2696238/) I’ll be honest. Not only am I late by a day in recognizing Equal Pay Day, but I don’t know the etiquette. Is it “happy”? I can’t imagine why anyone would be happy about it. Heck, I just Googled and was immediately shown “11 Gender Wage…
I took this picture. Not bad, eh? Filed under: “Didn’t think I’d be saying that in 2018.” But, it’s all good. I am grateful to Ben Eubanks and the Northern Alabama Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management for this opportunity to debut my new and improved “My Employees Can…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Remember that time one of your employees: rode her bike, passed the President’s motorcade, was photographed giving him the middle finger, and became a national celebrity/spectacle (depending on your point of view)? For an employee of a Virginia GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR (oops!), it resulted in her termination of…
Hey, thanks for asking! In a word: Hella-good. Unless that’s two words, in which case, I’ll go with awesome!!! My partners are more amazing than I could have imagined! Last month, in this post, I detailed four of the reasons that I joined FisherBroyles, LLP, one of which was that…
Image Credit: “cell phone zombies-1215” by jseliger2 on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/91262622@N02/14048254183) Woo boy! I’m sure that none of you have any strong opinions about this one. None whatsoever. 😁 A few weeks ago, New York City Council Members Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. and Alicka Ampry-Samuel co-sponsored a bill that would make it unlawful for private…