Do you call HR when someone says something you don’t like? What about if they confess a secret? What if you over hear something that wasn’t meant for your ears? And what should HR do about it? Last night, labor-and-employment-law attorney Daniel Schwartz, who blogs at the Connecticut Employment Law…
On Tuesday night, I was in Las Vegas. Kinda. Sorta. Actually, I had the pleasure of participating in a Google+ Hangout for an interactive Q&A on social media topics that took place in Last Vegas from #KronosWorks12. Along with NPR’s Lars Schmidt, Jonathan Brewer, Director of Awesome — yes, that…
Welcome everyone to the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Hollywood Casting Call Edition. [Editor’s Note: The original theme for this post was the “Employment Law Blog Carnival: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Edition.” I had this bright idea to begin by cutting and pasting the lyrics to Guns N’ Roses’ “My…
I’m gearing up to host the Employment Law Blog Carnival on Wednesday, so I’m mailing it in today with a quick shout out to Venkat Balasubramani posting over at Eric Goldman’s Technology and Marketing Law Blog. Admittedly, I have fallen behind on updating you, my loyal readers, on the world…
To all the haters of social-media policies: If nothing less, the social-media policy reminds employees that if they act the fool online, it may impact their standing in the workplace, and, ultimately, cost them their jobs. Some employees, however, are just so ignorant. Thus, I doubt that any employer policy…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Mary Ellen Ellis. May Ellen writes for Paralegal 411, a career resource for individuals interested in starting a career in the paralegal field. (Want to guest blog at The Employer Handbook? Email me). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
About a year-and-a-half into Sara Jaszczyszyn’s employment with Advantage Health Physician Network (“Advantage”), she began taking intermittent FMLA leave for back pain that which she stated left her “completely incapacitated.” About five weeks into her leave, several of her coworkers saw pictures of her on Facebook consuming adult beverages at…
[brrrring brrrring] “Eric Meyer.” “Uh, yeah, Eric. I just learned that we’ve got facilities managers who have been working overtime ‘off the clock’ and….” “Off the clock, you said?” “Yeah, and instead of paying time-and-a-half—“ “Yes……” “We’ve been giving them banana boxes.” “Did you say, banana boxes?” “Yes.” “Hold please.”…
Notwithstanding three social media advice memoranda, and another ruling from the National Labor Relations Board slamming Costco’s social media policy, you’d think employers would have a better idea how to revise their social media policies so as not to risk violating the National Labor Relations Act. Well, not so much.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXEglx-or6k Monty Brewster may be telling your co-workers to vote “None of the Above”, but, chances are, you have no clue who they are voting for tomorrow in the Presidential election. According to this CareerBuilder.com survey released today, although four out of five employees intend to vote on Tuesday, only…