Image Credit: Photofunia.com Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor did more for employers than just revamp its internship test. It re-issued a slew of opinion letters to help employers with sticky wage-and-hour issues. I’ve highlighted a few of the more notable ones below. [Fair warning: We get kinda wonky by…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Remember that male Google software engineer who got fired last year after posting a 3,300-word criticism of Google’s diversity policies on the company’s internal website. If you don’t check this out. Well, guess what? Dude just filed this class-action lawsuit against Google. Among other things, he and the other…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced here that it was changing its test for whether a company needs to pay its interns. Well, let’s take a step back. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law that requires covered employers to pay non-exempt employees at…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com The heck are you asking me for? Oh, right. The whole employment lawyer thing. ***cracks knuckles; adjusts sash*** Let’s do this… I’m going to skip the whole “unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months” schtick and fast forward to this past Tuesday. It…
You know, I don’t think we’ve ever discussed the False Claims Act here at The Employer Handbook. I don’t think we’ve discussed crowded clown cars either. And, while clowns may pique more interest, alas, this is an employment-law blog. So, I suppose we’ll enjoy our first taste of FCA together.…
Back in August 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed “The Opportunity to Compete Act”, also known as Ban the Box. This made it unlawful for companies with 15 or more employees to advertise that people with criminal records need to apply. Covered companies also cannot inquire about criminal history, from the…
You were expecting a different start to 2018 at The Employer Handbook? “‘Black-hearted’ mum gets Pizza Hut employee fired for saucy joke written in box.” I adore that subheader. But, I can’t take credit for it. It comes from a UK tabloid. (We may have won the Revolutionary War, but the…
Don’t be mislead by the side eye. I appreciate all of you. But, I’ve got to tell you that when I reviewed this year’s readership stats in anticipation of today’s post, well, insert side eye. For here are the top 5 posts of 2017 (based on the percentage of posts read…
Remember that time when one your high-level managers walked into Human Resources. And that remorseful high-level manager voluntarily confessed to sexually harassing a subordinate — before the subordinate had even registered a complaint — with an apology so genuine and sincere that you got a little choked up. Yeah, me…
Hundreds of large employers, including Amazon, T-Mobile US, and Cox Communications allegedly engaged in the unlawful practice of excluding older workers from receiving job ads on Facebook for open positions at their companies, claim the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and three workers. Together with powerhouse law firm Outten & Golden,…