The Employer Handbook is fast approaching its ninth month. I’ve had a blast blogging for my readers. And things appear to be running smoothly. But what do I know? I only write this stuff. I don’t have to read it. That’s up to you. We make great a team, don’t…
Raise your hand if your east-coast business was prepared for yesterday’s earthquake. After the jump, I’ll tell you why you may not have been ready and offer your business 16 ways to prepare for when the next disaster strikes. * * * “Inertia towards normalcy” Last week, my law…
(Maybe, I’m reading a little too much into an email I received from them yesterday). Actually, The Employer Handbook has been nominated as one of the LexisNexis Top 25 Labor and Employment Law Blogs of 2011. If Because you want to vote for The Employer Handbook, click here. Seriously, if you…
On Friday night, I read the just-released National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel report on social media investigations. In fact, I read it twice cover-to-cover. (No, I won’t be winning the “Coolest Person In America In Philly On My Block In My House” Award this year). Dorkiness aside, I was able to distill…
I can pinpoint the exact moment that this blog transcended to the next level of internet excellence. It was back in late March, when I blogged here about a female bartender/server who had sued her employer, the Wild Beaver Saloon, for pregnancy discrimination. The retweets that day were off the…
Note: The original working title for this post was “Yo! A-Yo! Federal courts in Philly and NYC get all catty and stuff”. I mention this not because it’s a recycled New Yorker headline, but because it puts into context the gratuitous shots I take at NY sports teams sprinkled into…
In yesterday’s post at The Employer Handbook, I discussed a recent federal-court decision to demonstrate why it is crucial for employers to document workplace performance and misconduct. Today, after the jump, I have another federal-court decision — one in which an employer’s failure to properly paper an employee’s leave…
Management-side employment lawyers preach it until they are blue in the face: companies should always document employee performance and disciplinary issues. Why is this so important? A real-world example follows after the jump… * * * Documentation makes courts feel all warm and fuzzy. This case is Day v. Morgan.…
Sex sells. My most popular posts at The Employer Handbook — that’s based on you reading them (you’re all sick I tells ya, sick!!! And remember, I’m logging IP addresses) — generally involve some element of sexual behavior. You have the Brazilian self-stimulator. Actually, make that sexual behaviour — there’s…
From TMZ.com: Rapper The Game could face criminal charges after he tweeted the phone number of the sheriff’s station in Compton, CA — but told people it was the number to call for an internship — causing the station’s phone lines to become overrun with calls and delaying emergency services.…