“This issue has been giving me FMLA nightmares!” – Said absolutely no one in HR. Quit judging and just indulge me, would you? Indeed, leave it Your BlognessTM to disrupt your HR-compliance world. ***Sips week-old ambrosia*** Now, kiss the ring. ***Sleeps off said ambrosia*** Where was I? Oh yes,…
Welp, it looks like there’s still plenty of time for me to get my money’s worth on creepy Wikipedia stock images of sexual harassment — Thank you By Leon israel – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38824206. The click-bait headline, “No Evidence That Training Prevents Harassment, Finds EEOC Task Force,” from…
I’m coming at you from Washington, DC at the Society for Human Resource Management 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition. Me and 20,000 other HR professionals. If you’re at the conference, email me. I’ll likely be in the Bloggers’ Lounge, which is right around the corner from the SHRM Store and Conference Registration.…
Want to sit at the cool table next week at SHRM16? Well, I’ll be there. So, if you’d like the secret password or just want to meet a real blogging-employment-lawyer legend in person, email me. (Yes, I’ll have some swag). Or, head over the EEOC’s website, print out this Sample ADA Notice for your…
About two years ago, I blogged here about this decision from the NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division, where the court held that an employer and employee could agree to shorten the statute of limitations on employment claims. For example, in Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Company, Inc., conspicuously placed in its application materials,…
Head on over to the EEOC’s website (here) to check out: Legal Rights for Pregnant Workers under Federal Law; and Helping Patients Deal with Pregnancy-Related Conditions and Restrictions at Work For an expert like me – -an employment lawyer with four young kids — this stuff is like tying my…
Yep, that’s me honey dipping like Vince Carter. I’m an animal on the court. Especially, when the rim is set at seven six five feet at the local Children’s museum. So, yes, I’m more of a fan. But, I’m passionate about hoops. Sometimes, I even get carried away. Like that…
Since all of you have mastered reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this post seems rather unnecessary. Oh, that’s weird. Why is the there smoke billowing from my blog servers? (Although that could still be there from last Friday). Qualified Individuals and Essential Job Functions. Under the Americans with Disabilities…
Eric not pictured (probably off blogging somewhere) And, I already ruined this post with a sports metaphor. Dammit! Let me introduce you to my wife, Carly. I love her. Our kids love her. Olaf loves her. Goats love her. Not sure about this rooster, though. When she’s not designing #1…
There is a growing trend across the country for employers to remove job-application questions about criminal-record history. Ban the Box notwithstanding, other common job application no-no’s continue to trip up certain employers. For example, last week, the EEOC announced (here) that it had settled a discrimination complaint filed under the…