Image Credit: Pexels.com Sorry, Eagles fans. It doesn’t cover taking the fam to today’s parade. (I’ll post some pics tomorrow). Paid Family Leave = Early Social Security? Seung Min Kim has a story in Politico (here) about how Marco Rubio (FL-R) “is in the early stages of crafting a paid…
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Wow, I can actually feel myself becoming a more insufferable Eagles fan with this FMLA post.
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Happy belated 25th Birthday, Family and Medical Leave Act. A couple of my blogging buddies, Jeff Nowak and Jon Hyman, formally recognized the occasion on Monday. Here is Jon’s post. Here is Jeff’s post. Although I’m late to the party, I did bake a cake. And I…
I’m just going to leave some not-so-subtle hints here about how to up your company’s harassment-training game
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Still recovering from a late night of Super Bowl watching, I was looking forward to mailing it in today with a blog post that isn’t exactly going to break any word-count records. So today, I tip my hat to my friends at Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily who…
The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl LII Champions!!!
Image Credit: @JakeMONTGOMERY on Twitter Oh, you were expecting employment law today? Ok, here’s a tip. New England fans are not a protected class. It’s ok to make fun. Cowboys fans too. Then, go high-five some of your other employees. The underdog prevailed. The Eagles won the Super Bowl!
Don’t forget leave as an ADA accommodation. (Yeah, that’s right. Leave!)
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Over the Summer, I blogged here about the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc. (opinion here). In Severson, the Court concluded that “a multimonth leave of absence is beyond the scope of a reasonable accommodation under the ADA….Simply put, an extended leave of absence does not give a disabled…
In hindsight, maybe re-hiring the guy who allegedly drugged and assaulted a female co-worker was a bad choice.
Image Credit: Pexels.com You know what? Strike that. Milk was a bad choice. When a car dealership allegedly rehired the guy who supposedly drugged and assaulted a female co-worker — now the plaintiff in this action — it bought itself a viable hostile work environment claim. They did what now? According…
Hey Handbook! Do we have to let our employee bring his emotional-support peacock to work?
Image Credit: Pexels.com Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you? No, peacocks can’t fly…commercial. Several news outlets are reporting that a major US airline refused to allow an emotional-support animal to board a plane at Newark Airport this weekend with its human companion. Daniella Silva’s quip from her report on…
Plaintiff’s discrimination claim foiled by Instagram filters
Image Credit: By Ragesoss (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsHR compliance has evolved from FMLA facebook posts to 16 shades of Instagram hair. But first, The Simpsons. There’s an episode of The Simpsons from its third season called “Homer at the Bat.” One of the series’ greatest…
Would you fire an employee for something she posted on Facebook … back in high school?
Image Credit: By lil wayne (Youtube) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsI know of one employer that did (allegedly) [Cue music] Fired for posting rap lyrics back in high school. Over the weekend, I read this story from Jessi Turnure on ArkansasMatters.com in which Ms. Turnure reports that the Little Rock Police…
HR to Vietnamese job applicant, ‘If you no speak English, I will send you home’
Image Credit: Pixabay.com Filed under: WTH HR I don’t have a SHRM-CP or a SHRM-SCP. Heck, I don’t have any HR certifications whatsoever. All I have is my Juris Doctorate ***Googles “Juris Doctorate”*** Yes, that’s what I have. And I specialize in employment law to boot. At least that’s what it says in my…