Take it from the employment lawyers. Maybe, not the best idea… Man rushed to hospital, put in ICU after winning office holiday party eggnog-chugging contest: http://t.co/mnEJ8IZHQ7 pic.twitter.com/RdtauVglFv — ABC News (@ABC) December 23, 2014
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Will the PA Supreme Court revolutionize non-compete agreements?
I meant to write about this a week or so ago after I saw Dan Packel’s article at Law360. But, then, I got sidetracked with a bunch of NLRB stuff. Until, yesterday, Lizzy McLellan’s article at The Legal Intelligencer brought me back. So, here’s the deal. The basic rule in…
Company overcomes its “ham-handed” ADA accommodation response, wins lawsuit
So just how did the employer snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after botching a diabetic employee’s request to work a modified schedule? Find out after jump… * * * An employee needs an accommodation to save her life. Back in 2011, the EEOC announced (here) that it had…
Firing an employee for showing up to work drunk doesn’t violate the FMLA, you guys
Much in the same way that you don’t need to accommodate an employee who shows up drunk on Mike’s Hard Lemonade. This is the stuff they don’t teach you in your PHR course curriculum, amirite? More after the jump… * * * So, this guy was working for brokerage proactice…
The December 2014 edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival #ELBC
The folks over at Blogging4Jobs.com have compiled a selection of the best blog posts on discrimination, contracts, & compliance for the December ’14 edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. Be sure to check it out.
Ebola discrimination in your workplace, what the Department of Justice wants you to know.
If you entered a time machine a few months ago and came out today to read this post, you missed a lot. The Kansas City Royals made the World Series. Grammy Award winning rapper Eve wed entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain. And a big-time Ebola…
Camouflage toilet paper is so last year. The most unusual workplace gifts of 2014.
After two days of organized-labor-themed oxygen-sucking blog posts, I’m gonna lighten it up today, with some holiday co-worker gift-giving ideas for you. Taking my cue from CareerBuilder’s 2014 list of the most unusual holiday gifts exchanged in the workplace, please consider nixing these from your list: A box of Hot…
Make a New Year’s Resolution to have union-avoidance training
Cue the haters. Following a decision last Thursday permitting employees to use company email to badmouth you and unionize, the National Labor Relations Board ended last week by passing a new rule, which, in its words, updated “its representation-case procedures to modernize and streamline the process for resolving representation disputes.”…
NLRB: Your employees can use company email to badmouth you and unionize. Four reasons it’s no big deal.
YES, THAT’S RIGHT. NO BIG DEAL. Hey, if you’re a big employment dork like me, (vote Handbook!), you’ve already read a bunch of blog posts, and you’ll read several more about how the sky is falling after yesterday’s NLRB decision, in which the Board held that employees may use company…
Role reversal! EEOC must disclose its own background check policy to the employer it’s suing
Monday kinda sucked for the EEOC. The agency that made scrutiny of employee background checks a top priority under its current Strategic Enforcement Plan has been ordered by a federal court to turn over its own background check policy to an employer whom it is suing for a criminal background…