If you’ve procrastinated all week, you still have a few hours to register for this week’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour, which returns today, October 28, 2022. We’re discussing leave rights and accommodations in hybrid and fully-remote workplaces. Click here (https://bit.ly/HybridRemoteAccommodations) to register. We lucked out with my…
The Fair Labor Standards Act can present a minefield for even the savviest wage-and-hour gurus. Last night, I read a Pennsylvania federal court decision that helps clarify when employers can (and can’t) adjust employee pay rates. The FLSA requires employers to pay non-exempt employees one-and-one-half times their regular pay rate…
In today’s post, I had planned to dispense some wage-and-hour tips for employers seeking to adjust hourly pay rates. And then the employment law gods spoke to me and said, “Eric, this blog is about the clicks, not curing insomnia.” Ok, then. Let’s go with this recent federal court decision…
Two women who worked for a home healthcare company in Tennessee claimed that their religion motivated their employer to fire them. But from the jump, the plaintiffs had a problem. The complaint that they filed in court belied their claims. According to the Sixth Circuit’s opinion, the defendant hired the…
I’m unsure if we can top this past Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. My FisherBroyles partners, Justin Nahama and Amy Epstein Gluck, were fountains of insight and warmth on how companies can improve employee wellbeing. You can watch the replay here on The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel…
I got an email last night from a U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission Commissioner. That email explained why the new “Know Your Rights” Poster that the EEOC touted in a new release was nowhere to be found for much of the day yesterday. The EEOC uploaded a version of…
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had released an updated version of the existing “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster. The EEOC’s release touts a web page for the poster, which provides information about the poster and where to post it. There’s even supposed…
GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, we discussed why employers must adopt comprehensive, well-known anti-discrimination policies. That way, victims know what to do to get their complaints of harassment addressed. Today, we’re going to focus on the importance of a prompt employer response that is reasonably designed to…
I read another federal court opinion last night that reaffirms how important it is for employers to have effective antiharassment policies in their employee handbook. Before I tell you about the facts of the case, I’ll skip right to the punchlines: “The employer’s promulgation and dissemination of an antiharassment policy…
Oooooh…this one is going to be really good! There’s usually a certain formula when I invite other attorneys to join me to chat on The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. We pick an employment law topic, dissect it for an hour, and sprinkle in some audience Q&A. For example,…