Reporter: Rock, you got anything derogatory to say about the champ? Rocky Balboa: Derogatory? Yeah. He’s great. {Just needed to get that out of my system} Guess what’s back in Philadelphia City Council. It’s the “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” Bill, otherwise known as paid sick leave. Here is a…
Before going any further, allow me to wish a Happy Belated 20th Birthday to the Family and Medical Leave Act. What can I say? I plumb forgot. To atone, I got Fammy Med a Walkman. (Kids, that’s what we used to listen to music in 1993. It doesn’t walk and…
In just over half the States in America, if a majority of your co-workers elect to have a union represent them at work, then you must become a member of the union too — whether you like it or not. Nonmembers who object to that requirement must still may union…
This week has been particularly dooziful — that’s a word, look it up — with employee social media tomfoolery. You’ve got the employee asking to be fired on Facebook, HMV employees hijacking the company Twitter account to live tweet firings, a restaurant employee posting snarky customer meal receipts and, two words,…
In 2011, New Jersey passed a law banning discrimination against the unemployed. Will PA follow suit in 2013? The ball is rolling…. The PA House introduced its own unemployment-discrimination bill on January 22, 2013, and you can view a copy of it here. Cliff’s notes version: Employers CAN’T use…
I’ll give you a hint. The lede from this KTVK report is: “A single sentence posted on Facebook changed Amy McClenathan’s life forever.” According to KTVK, Ms. McClenathan made the Facebook post because she was having a rough day near the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death. So, I won’t…
Kudos to this blog for the drop in discrimination claims. Yeah, I’m giving this blog credit, and so is my mother — probably. {Mom couldn’t be reached for comment and, strangely, the EEOC press release touting the new FY12 charge statistics is silent about this blog} The year-end data shows…
An employer must accommodate the sincerely-held religious beliefs of its employees unless the employer demonstrates that doing so would cause undue hardship for the business. Undue hardship?!? What the heck is that? And how can you make sure that your managers are prepared to address — let alone spot —…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled today that President Obama lacked the power to make three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board. You can read a copy of the opinion here. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a two-member Board is powerless…
From my perspective, Glassdoor.com’s Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions For 2013 is one lobbed softball after another. Then again, I’m the guy who, as the interviewer, used to ask law students to name their favorite Supreme Court Justice of all-time. {Totally a trick question. The only acceptable response is, “Judge…