Image Credit: Tim Green on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/11825045214) Attorneys, I could use your help. I’d like to invest in a product that can track federal dockets (so that I can be first to alert clients and prospects about new litigation) and also have access to federal pleadings in real time (to…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/blueprint-ruler-architecture-964629/) I started the week presenting to HR audiences in DC and NJ about accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Today, I want to pivot into religious accommodations by highlighting a recent federal court decision, which can teach employers a thing or two about how to engage…
By rp72 (Opening o2 Arena London Bon Jovi) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons“In a packed room at the 2018 SHRM Employment Law and Legislative Conference in Washington D.C., Eric Meyer of FisherBroyles, LLP provided practical guidance for HR Professionals so that they can handle an ADA accommodation situation at…
Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash Some states, like the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for example, have responded to the #MeToo movement by drafting legislation that would ban confidentiality provisions in private sexual harassment settlements. The State of New Jersey has taken it one step further. Before I get to that,…
Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash Remember that blog post I had last Spring. I’m talking about the one about an employment agency that allegedly emailed a job applicant the following cringe-worthy, what we’re really saying here is “sue me” rejection email: “Thanks for your reply. I check the details of [sic] you. And…
Now, it’s up to the voters. Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill that will require the City to provide sexual-harassment training to all of its employees and officers. In May, when City residents go to the polls, they will decide whether to amend the Home…
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash What a long, strange trip it’s been for one particular transgender-discrimination lawsuit. Back in 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission used a Michigan funeral home and alleged it violated Title VII by firing an employee because of her transgender or transitioning status and her…
By Ed Brown (Ed Brown) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsWhat if I told you that conducting a wage-and-hour audit and discovering a Fair Labor Standards Act violation could save you money? “Uh, Eric. Is the air up there in the cloud getting thin?” Hear me out. The PAID program. Yesterday,…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/office-freelancer-computer-business-583841/) After all that’s happened in my professional career over the past several days — you can catch up here and here — I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you, the readers. You have uplifted me with your positivity and support. I deeply appreciate every, single…
Today is my first day at FisherBroyles, LLP. [If you missed “Thank You (Part I),” Friday’s tribute to my former colleagues at Dilworth Paxson, you check it out here.] I have so much to tell you about this exciting opportunity with FisherBroyles, and my reasons for joining this cutting-edge law…