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2025-12-05: Updated: 2025-11-28 22:43:05 FMLA or Not, Performance Still Matters: This Case Shows Why

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-12-04: Updated: 2025-11-28 20:18:52 When FLSA Retaliation Reaches Beyond the Direct Employer

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-12-03: Updated: 2025-11-28 18:19:28 When Is a “Religious Belief” Actually Religious? A New Federal Case Helps Employers Draw the Line

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-12-02: Updated: 2025-11-28 12:34:25 When the supervisor mouths off but the documentation saves the day

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-12-01: Updated: 2025-11-28 12:07:57 Hostile Work Environment Claims After Muldrow: What Changed, What Didn’t, and Why Courts Are Drawing the Line

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-26: Updated: 2025-11-26 07:45:38 🦃 Welcome to the The Employer Handbook Annual Thanksgiving Food Poll: 2025 Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-25: Updated: 2025-11-25 08:22:23 Preparing for the CROWN Act: A Pennsylvania Employer’s Guide to the New Hair-Based Discrimination Rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-24: Updated: 2025-11-20 19:35:06 When Pro-American Bias Violates Title VII: The EEOC’s New National Origin Materials Cut Both Ways

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-21: Updated: 2025-11-17 06:42:14 When the Documentation Is Rock Solid, Pretext Claims Don’t Stand a Chance

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-20: Updated: 2025-11-19 22:03:07 When “Good Times Bad Times” Still Trigger ADA Coverage

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-19: Updated: 2025-11-19 08:14:08 😲 Wait… THIS Didn’t Count as a Hostile Work Environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-18: Updated: 2025-11-15 18:23:07 Retaliation Requires Protected Activity. Is a Subpoena Enough?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-17: Updated: 2025-11-15 18:25:34 When an employee says “I need to get home,” you may already be in FMLA territory

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-14: Updated: 2025-11-11 18:38:54 Congress Wants Employers to Report How Many Jobs AI Is Creating… and Killing

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-13: Updated: 2025-11-09 20:47:26 Not Every Discrimination Complaint Gets Legal Protection

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-12: Updated: 2025-11-09 17:44:31 Back to Basics: The FMLA Doesn’t Protect Poor Performance

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-11: Updated: 2025-11-10 22:04:00 🏠 Employee Refused to Return to the Office Over “Mold.” The Court’s Response? Breathe Deep and Report Back to Work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-10: Updated: 2025-11-08 14:53:37 Social Causes on Company Uniforms? A Court Just Gave Employers Some Much-Needed Clarity (and Caution)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-07: Updated: 2025-11-02 20:45:39 How an Employer Won an ADA Case by Offering a Different Job Instead of More Leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-06: Updated: 2025-11-06 08:06:45 A Potential New Roadmap for Religious-Accommodation Requests

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-05: Updated: 2025-11-02 14:11:32 The Unicorn of Accommodation Cases: The Disabled Worker Who Refused to Telework

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-04: Updated: 2025-11-02 13:01:35 Sleeping on the job or sleeping on consistency?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-11-03: Updated: 2025-11-02 12:22:09 No posting, no application, still a lawsuit: Age bias and quiet promotions

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-31: Updated: 2025-10-31 07:40:39 Halloween Harassment: The Case Decided on Halloween Itself

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-30: Updated: 2025-10-29 21:26:01 Even if they violate employment law, these employers can’t be sued

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-29: Updated: 2025-10-29 08:03:15 Why an easier discrimination standard still couldn’t save this harassment and retaliation case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-28: Updated: 2025-10-27 18:22:47 Join PierFerd’s Inaugural Immigration Forum: What Employers Need to Know About the New H-1B Landscape

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-27: Updated: 2025-10-26 19:53:55 What happens when “He harassed me” turns into “You defamed me”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-24: Updated: 2025-10-23 21:01:56 Coming Soon: New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Rules Get Specific

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-23: Updated: 2025-10-23 06:35:55 Can getting “canceled” be discrimination? Not in this case.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-22: Updated: 2025-10-21 18:52:36 Do employees have a right to use slurs about their own group at work? A court called that absurd.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-21: Updated: 2025-10-20 20:24:12 When Unpaid Leave Helps Under the ADA but Hurts Under Title VII

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-20: Updated: 2025-10-19 18:39:54 How a “Reasonably Informed” Investigation Saved This Employer in Court

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-17: Updated: 2025-10-12 12:09:54 Today at Noon: Meet the Lawyer Who Says 5% of Employees Cause 95% of Your Problems

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-16: Updated: 2025-10-12 14:49:17 What employers can learn from the EEOC’s own discrimination case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-15: Updated: 2025-10-12 13:25:57 If an employee leaves for another job, that’s a career move—not a claim.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-14: Updated: 2025-10-12 09:54:06 Philadelphia expands its Fair Chance Hiring law: what employers need to know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-13: Updated: 2025-10-11 10:23:35 Pumping rights after the PUMP Act: one employer’s old mistake, every employer’s modern lesson

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-10: Updated: 2025-10-08 16:01:19 “I Wonder How That Would Work”: The Interview Question That Reopened a Sex-Discrimination Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-09: Updated: 2025-10-05 21:58:35 When Timing Isn’t Everything: Why Pre-Complaint Documentation Can Defeat a Retaliation Claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-08: Updated: 2025-10-06 06:39:02 You Snooze, You Lose (Your Arbitration Clause)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-07: Updated: 2025-10-05 10:27:40 When Speech Crosses the Line: Anti-Discrimination Laws Protect People, Not Their Opinions

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-06: Updated: 2025-10-05 21:59:06 Meet the Lawyer Who Says 5% of Employees Cause 95% of Your Problems

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-03: Updated: 2025-10-01 09:33:58 How to Calculate FMLA Leave for Employees on Unusual Schedules (Like 12-Hour Shifts with Mandatory Overtime)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-02: Updated: 2025-09-30 19:31:38 Two Entities, One Employer: The DOL’s Latest Joint Employer Warning

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-10-01: Updated: 2025-10-01 09:35:03 🦪 Shuck Yeah! The DOL Says Some Oyster Shuckers Can Join the Tip Pool

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-30: Updated: 2025-09-30 08:15:59 How careless leadership talk can tip a discrimination case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-29: Updated: 2025-09-29 06:25:13 Can employers compel arbitration in sex discrimination cases, or is there a loophole?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-26: Updated: 2025-09-26 06:38:35 When implicit bias training turns into a hostile work environment claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-25: Updated: 2025-09-24 23:28:25 How Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud Cost an Employee Her FMLA Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-24: Updated: 2025-09-23 19:29:15 Think the ADEA Covers All Hiring Bias? Not So Fast.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-23: Updated: 2025-09-22 23:00:51 Remote Work as a Religious Accommodation? Here’s What Employers Should Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-22: Updated: 2025-09-21 23:22:14 A Price Tag on H-1B Visas: Breaking Down Trump’s Major Proclamation

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-19: Updated: 2025-09-18 17:50:06 Congress Revives Proposal to Eliminate Credit Checks in Hiring

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-17: Updated: 2025-09-16 21:52:26 So-Called “Reverse Discrimination”: Easier to Start, Still Hard to Finish

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-16: Updated: 2025-09-16 06:39:23 The six words that helped turn a layoff into a lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-15: Updated: 2025-09-15 10:50:49 The EEOC’s $350K Reminder: Retaliation Has No Expiration Date

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-12: Updated: 2025-09-11 22:06:16 When policy violations aren’t hacking: Third Circuit shuts down employer’s scorched-earth lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-11: Updated: 2025-09-11 06:35:37 Warning letters are the FTC’s latest prescription for noncompete abuse in healthcare

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-10: Updated: 2025-09-09 22:13:15 Boss’s Politics, Union Talk, or Religious Views? NJ Says You Don’t Have to Listen

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-09: Updated: 2025-09-08 22:33:05 🎷 ‘Careless Whisper’ Isn’t a Title VII Claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-08: Updated: 2025-09-08 06:21:39 A Eulogy: “Noncompete Rule, We Hardly Knew Ye”

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-05: Updated: 2025-09-05 06:21:24 Employers, Take Note: A New FTC Noncompete Inquiry Could Shape Compliance

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-04: Updated: 2025-09-03 21:24:07 Another court greenlights hostile work environment claims based on age

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-03: Updated: 2025-09-02 20:59:16 When a “machismo” culture isn’t enough to prove discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-09-02: Updated: 2025-09-02 06:20:40 What if an employee with work-related anxiety says she won’t return “until further notice”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-29: Updated: 2025-08-29 07:25:12 When 31 Rejections Still Aren’t Enough Evidence of Bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-28: Updated: 2025-08-27 22:49:23 What happens when a nurse tests positive for opiates, claims bias, and sues under four different statutes?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-27: Updated: 2025-08-27 22:49:38 Even Small Accommodation Requests Can Trigger Big ADA Problems

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-26: Updated: 2025-08-25 21:39:11 Delay It, You May Pay For It: Four Religious Accommodation Lessons for Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-25: Updated: 2025-08-24 17:26:08 Religious Accommodation Meets Transgender Inclusion – Updated Guidance for Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-22: Updated: 2025-08-22 07:30:34 HR heads up: a doctor’s FMLA certification isn’t a ceiling for unpredictable intermittent leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-21: Updated: 2025-08-20 20:36:20 ICYMI: Religious Rights Are the New Frontline in EEOC Enforcement

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-20: Updated: 2025-08-19 22:18:06 When an Employee’s Online Religious Speech Goes Viral: Can You Fire Them?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-19: Updated: 2025-08-18 20:58:34 ICE and I-9 Audits: The Stakes Have Never Been Higher

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-18: Updated: 2025-08-18 07:40:52 Unauthorized overtime: Yes, you must pay for it. But yes, you can still fire someone for it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-15: Updated: 2025-08-14 20:03:08 Five lessons for employers from a high-stakes performance review dispute

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-14: Updated: 2025-08-14 19:21:51 Federal Court to EEOC: “Your Customer Harassment Playbook? Not Binding, Not Interested.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-13: Updated: 2025-08-12 21:41:46 Can Requiring an Employee to Attend Counseling Be Discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-12: Updated: 2025-08-12 08:42:14 Retaliation Under State vs. Federal Law: Why Some States Might Give Employees an Edge

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-11: Updated: 2025-08-11 07:05:32 The DIY Lawyer on Your Payroll – Helping a Coworker and Shielded from Retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-08: Updated: 2025-08-08 07:27:29 This Retaliation Lawsuit Got Deleted. Literally.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-07: Updated: 2025-08-07 07:41:01 The Bar for ADA Coverage Is Low, But Not THAT Low

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-06: Updated: 2025-08-06 07:37:56 When Employer and Employee Religions Collide: Who Wins Under Title VII?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-05: Updated: 2025-08-05 07:40:53 When a Decade-Old Harassment Case Comes Back to Haunt You

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-04: Updated: 2025-08-03 16:12:42 A Bad Comparator and Ugly Timing Can Wreck a Good Layoff

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-08-01: Updated: 2025-07-31 22:13:21 New DOJ Memo Clarifies Legal Risks of DEI Programs—Employers Should Take Note

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-31: Updated: 2025-08-13 11:52:44 When Is Extended Leave No Longer a Reasonable Accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-30: Updated: 2025-07-29 23:47:53 She Said Don’t Call Me “Sweetheart.” That Still Wasn’t Enough to Sue.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-29: Updated: 2025-07-28 21:50:04 When Your Spouse Is Ill, What Does the ADA Really Protect?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-28: Updated: 2025-07-27 22:22:41 Jury Finds Age Discrimination Against HR Manager, Awards Enough for a Gallon of Gas (Unleaded, Not Premium)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-25: Updated: 2025-07-24 22:01:44 DOL Revives Its “Amnesty” Program to Help Employers Dodge Wage Disputes

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-24: Updated: 2025-07-23 13:51:12 Today at Noon ET: Join us for a Live Zoom on the OBBB’s Impact on Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-23: Updated: 2025-07-21 22:12:26 Genetic Information and Employee Wellness: A Compliance Primer

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-22: Updated: 2025-07-22 07:46:40 A trucking company rejected a deaf driver and got hit with a $36 million verdict—here’s what employers can learn.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-21: Updated: 2025-07-16 18:18:44 Requesting an Accommodation Shouldn’t Be a Black Box

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-18: Updated: 2025-07-18 07:06:25 🎯 Trump’s NLRB Picks Could Change the Rules for Many Workplaces

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-17: Updated: 2025-07-15 21:38:00 When Off-Duty Speech Crosses the Line: Lessons for Private Employers from a Public Employee’s Termination

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-16: Updated: 2025-07-14 07:46:20 Questionable Absences, Point-Based Discipline, and a Hard FMLA Lesson

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-15: Updated: 2025-07-15 06:16:16 LIVE ZOOM PANEL: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Will Impact Your Workforce (July 24 at Noon ET)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-03: Updated: 2025-07-02 23:30:53 Drawing the Line on Religious Social Media Posts: EEOC Lawsuit Sends a Warning to Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-02: Updated: 2025-07-03 00:07:56 Big Win for Employers: DOL Won’t Demand Double Damages in Wage and Hour Investigations

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-07-01: Updated: 2025-06-30 11:06:44 It’s Bobby Bonilla Day. Again. And Again. And Again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-30: Updated: 2025-06-30 11:08:55 🚨 The Supreme Court Just Took Aim at Nationwide Injunctions. Could the FTC’s Noncompete Rule Rise from the Dead?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-27: Updated: 2025-06-27 09:39:35 The FMLA Trap You May Be Walking Into—Even When Fraud Seems Obvious

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-26: Updated: 2025-06-26 07:18:43 A Meme, a Minister, and a Judge Who Was Not Amused

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-25: Updated: 2025-07-03 08:19:31 What Delaware’s Latest Decision Teaches About Drafting Enforceable Noncompetes and Nonsolicits

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-24: Updated: 2025-06-24 07:14:02 The Dog Ate Our Documentation. The Court Ate Our Defense.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-23: Updated: 2025-06-21 19:09:52 SCOTUS to Retirees: You Can’t Spell ADA Without a J-O-B

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-18: Updated: 2025-06-18 07:04:32 The Most Expensive Severance Mistake You’ll Read About This Year

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-17: Updated: 2025-06-16 18:47:41 Six Months to Say Yes? Delaying an ADA Accommodation May Be Just as Bad as Denying It.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-16: Updated: 2025-06-15 17:40:39 WARNing: Your Remote Employees Might Be Entitled to Notice Too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-13: Updated: 2025-06-12 18:22:37 Disclosed Menstrual Pain. Denied the Job. Now They’re Paying $48K to the EEOC.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-12: Updated: 2025-06-11 21:16:46 A Half-Hour Absence. Seven Years of FMLA Fallout.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-11: Updated: 2025-06-10 21:09:43 The $101K Lesson: A Salary Alone Doesn’t Buy You an Exemption

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-10: Updated: 2025-06-09 21:00:36 🎧 I Went on a Podcast to Talk About the Supreme Court’s Ames Decision. Here’s Why Employers Should Listen.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-09: Updated: 2025-06-08 09:23:28 Bias by Vibe: Why Stereotyping the Employer Backfires—Even in California

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-06: Updated: 2025-06-06 06:12:36 Bias Doesn’t Care If You’re Straight. Now the Supreme Court Doesn’t Either.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-05: Updated: 2025-06-05 08:01:49 Office, Email, Keys, Badge… No Lawsuit? Why the Court Said “Not an Employee” in a Discrimination Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-04: Updated: 2025-06-03 20:32:55 The DOL Just Relaunched Opinion Letters—Here’s Why That Matters for Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-03: Updated: 2025-06-02 23:08:50 Fired Up Over Faith: Court Says Employers Must Rethink Religious Denials

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-06-02: Updated: 2025-06-02 23:13:55 Get Ready: New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Law Is Now in Effect

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-30: Updated: 2025-05-29 21:51:00 The ADA Has Boundaries. Here’s What They Look Like in Court.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-29: Updated: 2025-05-28 22:34:12 Hostile? Maybe. Discriminatory? Not So Fast.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-28: Updated: 2025-05-27 21:44:01 Rounding Time at Work? Here are 594,143 Reasons to Make Sure You’re Doing It Legally.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-27: Updated: 2025-05-26 20:01:41 Court Nixes Elective Abortion Accommodation Mandate—but Discriminate At Your Own Risk

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-23: Updated: 2025-05-22 20:28:40 No Cause? No Problem. Supreme Court Foreshadows Political Purge

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-22: Updated: 2025-05-21 19:58:17 When Your Emails Make the Case… for the Other Side

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-21: Updated: 2025-05-20 23:04:03 So You’ve Gotta File an EEO-1 Report. Now What?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-20: Updated: 2025-05-19 21:29:18 Toxic From the Top Down: Shocking New EEOC Lawsuit Alleges Owner-Led Culture of Harassment and Retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-19: Updated: 2025-05-18 23:12:12 Federal Judge Halts EEOC’s Attempt to Mandate Gender Identity Protections

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-16: Updated: 2025-05-16 06:16:57 Two employees. One marriage. Half the leave? A new bill would change that.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-15: Updated: 2025-05-15 06:41:20 A federal judge just remanded a wage-and-hour case, and used two Simpsons references to do it. That’s enough to embiggen my blogging motivation.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-14: Updated: 2025-05-14 09:54:18 Fired Over $15. Or Was It the HR Complaints?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-13: Updated: 2025-05-13 07:37:13 Equal Pay, FLSA, and a $3.27M Verdict: Jury Sides with Fired Chief People Officer in Her Retaliation Case Against A Law Firm

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-12: Updated: 2025-05-11 23:32:35 Can a Judge Make Lawyers Attend “Religious Liberty Training”? This Court Said Nope.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-09: Updated: 2025-05-08 17:13:55 🎤 “Star Treatment, Solid Contracts” – Happening Today at Noon!

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-08: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:35 Trump’s EEOC nomination could break the deadlock—and reshape enforcement

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-07: Updated: 2025-05-06 19:38:45 When an ex sets an employee on fire at work, is the employer liable for not stopping it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-06: Updated: 2025-05-04 19:53:40 Hostile Work Environment Claims Don’t Need to Be Personal to Be Actionable

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-05: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:21 Congress Revives LGBTQ+ Rights Bill: What Employers Should Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-02: Updated: 2025-05-02 06:26:42 New DOL Guidance Hits Pause and Rewind on Independent Contractor Crackdown

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-05-01: Updated: 2025-04-30 18:57:01 There’s a new BIPARTISAN Paid Leave Proposal in Congress. Here’s What Employers Need to Know About It.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-30: Updated: 2025-04-29 23:14:10 This ADA Case Is a Checklist of What Not to Do

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-29: Updated: 2025-04-28 22:26:21 DEI Meets Discrimination? Why Clorox Couldn’t Wipe Away a Gender Bias Lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-28: Updated: 2025-04-27 20:24:11 🎤 Upcoming Event: Star Treatment, Solid Contracts: Navigating the VIP Employment Landscape

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-28: Updated: 2025-04-28 06:30:29 ADA Claims Aren’t About Perfect Decisions — They’re About Proving Discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-25: Updated: 2025-04-25 01:06:34 The Employer Handbook: Week in Review Podcast (April 21–25, 2025)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-24: Updated: 2025-04-23 23:11:41 Did President Trump just cancel disparate impact discrimination claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-23: Updated: 2025-04-23 12:12:10 The Beer Was Flowing, But the ADA Compliance Seemed Flat

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-22: Updated: 2025-04-22 07:57:48 Shoe Me the Reasonable Accommodation!

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-21: Updated: 2025-04-19 23:20:07 It wasn’t the cancer. It wasn’t the age. It was the failed business model.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-18: Updated: 2025-04-17 21:53:48 Retaliation Risks After Accommodation Requests: Lessons from an ADA Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-17: Updated: 2025-04-16 22:02:53 ‘Refresh, Don’t Retreat’: Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum’s DEI Advice to Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-16: Updated: 2025-04-15 17:35:21 It’s Today! Join Me, Amy Epstein Gluck, and Chai Feldblum at Noon ET to Talk DEI and the Law

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-15: Updated: 2025-04-15 06:29:59 Rubber-Stamped and Still Liable: The Hidden Danger of Delegated Discipline

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-14: Updated: 2025-04-13 20:21:03 Burned by the Tape: When Secretly Recording Work Meetings Gets You Fired

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-11: Updated: 2025-04-11 10:11:15 Burned by the ADA: When Legal Weed Gets You Fired

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-10: Updated: 2025-04-10 06:41:38 Samuels Sues Over EEOC Ouster as Supreme Court Benches NLRB’s Wilcox

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-09: Updated: 2025-04-09 06:22:59 Deviation, Documentation, and the Door: When Honest Belief Meets FMLA Misuse

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-08: Updated: 2025-04-07 23:17:40 WILCOX IS BACK: A Legal Drama with More Twists Than Daytime TV

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-07: Updated: 2025-04-06 21:17:42 💻 Join Me on Zoom for a Conversation with Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum about DEI and the Law

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-04: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:47:56 DEI at Work: Former EEOC Officials Say Don’t Let Fear Freeze Progress

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-03: Updated: 2025-04-03 00:12:05 Are Your Company’s Arbitration Agreements Actually Enforceable? A Federal Appellate Court Just Raised the Bar.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-02: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:47:56 Free Speech Concerns Lead to Injunction Against Federal DEI Restrictions

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-04-01: Updated: 2025-03-30 15:57:29 This Is Goodbye.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-31: Updated: 2025-03-31 06:46:33 Three Judges, Two Agree, One Big Question: Can the President Fire an NLRB Member?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-28: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:47:57 DEI, Quotas, and Termination? A Court Says the Lawsuit Can Proceed

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-27: Updated: 2025-03-27 08:21:31 From Drug Test to Lawsuit: A Medical Marijuana Case Every Employer Should Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-26: Updated: 2025-03-26 06:34:41 Why Your Employee’s ADA Claim Might Succeed—Even If They Don’t Require Help

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-25: Updated: 2025-03-24 22:50:07 The Case of the Conveniently Religious Employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-24: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:47:58 Promoting DEI Legally: 11 Tips Straight from the EEOC Acting Chair

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-21: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:47:59 The EEOC says that DEI training may lead to a hostile work environment claim.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-20: Updated: 2025-04-10 18:06:37 The EEOC Defines “Illegal DEI” – What Employers Need to Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-19: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:01 Employer Alert: A New EEOC DEI Investigation Sparks Debate Among Past and Present Leaders

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-18: Updated: 2025-03-18 06:54:53 Trump Rescinds Biden’s Labor Orders: What It Means for Federal Contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-17: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:01 Two Judges Defend DEI—But Still Rule in Favor of Trump’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-14: Updated: 2025-03-13 20:58:32 One Misstep Cost This Employee His Accommodation—and His Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-13: Updated: 2025-03-12 21:40:35 No Women Allowed? That’ll Cost You $1.6 Million

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-12: Updated: 2025-03-12 06:38:58 FTC’s Non-Compete Ban: Have We Reached A U-Turn or Just a Detour?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-11: Updated: 2025-03-11 09:29:34 Retaliation, Racial Slurs, and HR Failures: An Employer’s Roadmap to a Jury Trial

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-10: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:11 This University Was Sued Over Antiracism Training—Here’s Why the Court Dismissed It

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-07: Updated: 2025-03-06 20:02:27 NLRB Back in Action: Understanding the Wilcox Decision and What It Means for Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-06: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:02 Was This an Example of “Illegal DEI”? We’ll Never Know For Sure.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-05: Updated: 2025-03-04 21:09:14 Believe It Or Not: Atheists Can Have Religious Discrimination Claims Too

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-04: Updated: 2025-03-03 20:41:40 No, Your Religion Doesn’t Justify Workplace Bigotry—And, No, the Supreme Court Won’t Save You

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-03-03: Updated: 2025-03-03 06:47:10 Not Digging Deep Enough? The Dangers of Mediocre Workplace Investigations

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-28: Updated: 2025-02-27 21:50:39 Pro Tip: If You See a Gun at Work, Don’t Wait Three Days to Tell Someone

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-27: Updated: 2025-02-26 17:42:46 AI Predicts Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling on Workplace Discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-26: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:37 No Sanctuary from Title VII: Judge Rejects Religious Defenses in Transgender Firing Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-25: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:03 15 States Offer Tips On How DEI/DEIA Initiatives Can REDUCE Legal Risk for Your Business

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-24: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:04 Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions of Executive Orders Targeting Workplace DEI Programs

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-21: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:05 Join us on March 12 at 2 ET for “DEI Now: Where to Stop, Proceed With Caution, and Move Ahead”

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-20: Updated: 2025-02-19 23:17:48 “Anti-American” Bias in Hiring? The EEOC Says It’s Watching

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-19: Updated: 2025-02-18 20:58:28 Are You Paying Employees Correctly? The Travel Time Rule You Can’t Ignore!

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-18: Updated: 2025-02-17 21:57:36 Did I ever tell you about that grocery worker fired for buying beer 🍺 for her underage grandson who then claimed age discrimination?😱

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-17: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:06 From Protection to Rejection: How The EEOC’s New Stance on Trans Rights and Gender Identity Impacts Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-14: Updated: 2025-02-13 21:32:45 Subject: Out of Office – Fly Eagles Fly!

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-13: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:06 Trouble Brewing? Missouri Serves Up DEI Discrimination Lawsuit Against Starbucks

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-12: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:07 Discomfort Isn’t Discrimination: Court Sides with DEI Training

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-11: Updated: 2025-02-10 21:58:53 From Termination To Trial: Why Employers Need a Consistent Story

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-10: Updated: 2025-02-09 16:18:55 When Actions Speak Louder: Age Discrimination Without Words

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-07: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:08 DOJ To Employers With DEI Policies: We May Pursue You Civilly And CRIMINALLY.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-06: Updated: 2025-02-06 07:42:27 You’re Fired! (Or Are You?): The NLRB Drama Heads to Court

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-05: Updated: 2025-02-04 11:08:35 FMLA: When ‘Leave’ Means ‘Stop Calling Me!’

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-04: Updated: 2025-02-02 14:21:10 No Laughing Matter: How a Comedian’s Racist and Sexist Jokes Led to a CFO’s Retaliation Claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-02-03: Updated: 2025-02-01 22:01:08 She Admitted to Falsifying Company Records—And Might Still Win Her Lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-31: Updated: 2025-01-29 19:58:35 Skipping the Interactive Process? Meet the Courtroom.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-30: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:33 Why is the EEOC suddenly deleting gender identity discrimination resources from its website?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-29: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:12 While You Were Sleeping… President Trump Reshaped the EEOC and NLRB

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-28: Updated: 2025-01-27 08:35:45 How could racial slurs and offensive graffiti not be a hostile work environment? I’ll try to explain.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-27: Updated: 2025-01-27 07:42:52 Beyond the Doctor’s Note: Tools for Validating FMLA Requests

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-24: Updated: 2025-01-22 21:54:18 Religious Exemptions 101: WWJD? (What Would Judges Do)

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-23: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:09 DEI Shake-Up: What President Trump’s Executive Order Means for Your Business

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-22: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:37 New EEOC Chair, New Focus: What Businesses Should Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-21: Updated: 2025-01-20 07:33:35 Splish Splash, That’s Not Your Cash! New DOL Guidance Keeps Managers out of the Tip Pool.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-20: Updated: 2025-01-18 13:58:20 FLSA Exemptions For Employers: Now 40% Less Daunting, 100% Still Your Problem

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-17: Updated: 2025-01-16 22:38:47 Paid Leave Jigsaw: New DOL Guidance for Employers to Fit FMLA and State Rules Together.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-16: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:49:01 Cheeseheads, Consequences, and Crossing the Line: HR Lessons from the Stands

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-15: Updated: 2025-01-14 19:56:02 When the Cat’s Paw Scratches: How a University Got Schooled on Employment Law

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-14: Updated: 2025-01-14 06:30:39 Avoid this employer’s mistake. Here’s why your business should focus more on accommodations than the underlying disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-13: Updated: 2025-01-12 16:32:08 Reorg Roulette: When Office Shuffles Lead to Legal Kerfuffles

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-10: Updated: 2025-01-10 06:30:35 Retaliation Station: When Harassment and Termination Claims Take Different Tracks

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-09: Updated: 2025-01-08 19:58:14 Hiring Hiccups in Discrimination Cases: When Gut Feelings Aren’t Just Gas

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-08: Updated: 2025-01-06 21:47:55 When Accommodation Requests Go AWOL: A Cautionary Tale For Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-07: Updated: 2025-01-05 16:05:17 This is how I’d explain a hostile work environment to a ten-year-old.

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-06: Updated: 2025-01-04 19:31:09 Our employee on a modified work schedule misses too much work. What do we do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-03: Updated: 2025-01-03 06:20:40 When Discrimination Claims Go Under the Knife: A Surgeon’s Legal Misadventure

by Eric B. Meyer

2025-01-02: Updated: 2025-01-01 16:00:59 Must companies pay employees for time they spend lollygagging on the job?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-31: Updated: 2024-12-30 19:06:38 When the Employment Lawyer Becomes the Plaintiff: Lessons from an ADEA Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-30: Updated: 2024-12-29 16:33:41 Underwear Where?!? A Cautionary Tale of Retaliation, Timing, and Documentation

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-27: Updated: 2024-12-26 20:46:45 EEOC to employer: You didn’t accommodate painful menstrual cramps. See you in court!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-24: Updated: 2024-12-23 21:27:45 A Legal Tale Before Christmas: How a $2,575,000 jury award for retaliation got reduced to one measly buck.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-23: Updated: 2024-12-22 18:40:40 Feds to Supreme Court: Level the playing field for plaintiffs claiming reverse discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-20: Updated: 2024-12-19 20:37:09 Wearables at Work: An EEOC “Fit” for HR Compliance and Productivity

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-19: Updated: 2024-12-18 20:29:52 What HR should know about the EEOC’s New Guidance on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) for Health Care Providers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-17: Updated: 2024-12-16 16:38:25 Did this employer fall for the FMLA (in loco) parent(is) trap?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-16: Updated: 2024-12-16 06:27:42 Let’s revisit Friday’s post about what state’s laws apply to a remote NJ worker’s employment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-13: Updated: 2024-12-13 15:46:53 Can out-of-state remote workers handpick the most favorable state employment laws for a lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-12: Updated: 2024-12-12 08:04:41 Unions see red (and businesses may see red soon too) as the Senate rejects Biden’s NLRB chair renomination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-11: Updated: 2024-12-11 06:44:05 Blunt Reality: NJ cannabis users cannot sue over rescinded job offers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-10: Updated: 2024-12-10 06:21:51 How can an individual without an actual disability still have an ADA claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-09: Updated: 2024-12-08 21:40:02 Can an employee sue for discrimination because of a denied PTO request? (Spoiler alert: yes.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-06: Updated: 2024-12-05 22:47:09 Join me and my friends on Wednesday, December 11 for HR Festivus. (And it’s free)

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-05: Updated: 2024-12-05 06:32:32 Think the FTC is done taking on restrictive covenants? Think again!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-04: Updated: 2024-12-03 22:56:44 Three lessons for employers from Lizzo’s employment litigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-03: Updated: 2024-12-02 22:55:21 Can companies exit bias lawsuits by arguing that the same person hired and fired the plaintiff?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-12-02: Updated: 2024-12-01 22:18:13 The ADA does not require do-overs or relaxing important job requirements to accommodate individuals with disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-27: Updated: 2024-11-26 22:53:40 In a break from tradit—- ok, ok, we won’t break tradition. Let’s rank Thanksgiving foods again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-26: Updated: 2024-11-26 18:46:35 Can employers pay inflated expenses to employees and avoid counting them towards overtime?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-25: Updated: 2024-11-25 00:19:32 What should employers know about Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick to run the DOL?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-22: Updated: 2024-11-21 23:03:00 Read this before firing an employee for having an Only Fans account

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-21: Updated: 2024-11-21 06:40:35 FMLA covers serious health conditions. But what about clinical trials for serious health conditions?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-20: Updated: 2024-11-20 06:34:09 New Jersey joins the club of states with pay transparency laws.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-19: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:49:02 Join us today at Noon ET on Zoom to learn how November’s election results may impact employment laws in 2025

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-18: Updated: 2024-11-18 06:28:12 Déjà vu all over again: a Texas federal judge erased the new OT rules nationwide

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-14: Updated: 2024-11-14 06:44:09 Is a union trying to organize your workplace? Here are two common things companies can no longer do to stop it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-13: Updated: 2024-11-12 22:55:06 A coworker’s racist, sexist, and homophobic comments weren’t enough to create a hostile work environment. Here’s why.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-12: Updated: 2024-11-11 22:41:57 A “Situations and Solutions Finder” to make ADA job accommodations easier to provide? Yes, please.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-08: Updated: 2024-11-08 06:46:13 Looking for Dallas-area BBQ recommendations for this weekend.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-07: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:49:03 Join us on November 19 at Noon ET on Zoom for a look at how November’s election results may impact employment laws in 2025

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-06: Updated: 2024-11-06 07:48:16 When employees publicize their own confidential health information it’s no longer confidential.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-05: Updated: 2024-11-04 23:30:35 Court to white plaintiff: diversity does not equal discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-11-04: Updated: 2024-11-04 06:44:01 Don’t let these three manager mistakes undermine your company’s business judgment on ADA essential job functions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-31: Updated: 2024-10-31 08:03:08 Is it ok if our managers discourage employee use of FMLA leave, without actually denying it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-30: Updated: 2024-10-29 23:01:22 This simple job description tweak could save your company from disability bias claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-29: Updated: 2024-10-29 06:46:01 What should employers do if they doubt the sincerity of an employee’s religious beliefs? NOT THIS!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-25: Updated: 2024-10-24 22:52:50 Paid sick leave for employees to care for pets? One major city may soon require it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-24: Updated: 2024-10-23 22:48:21 Wait until you see how EASY it is to plead a claim of discrimination in federal court

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-23: Updated: 2024-10-22 23:09:48 The DOL released a best practices guide for employers on “Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-22: Updated: 2024-10-21 22:35:05 How can your business avoid retaliation claims? Just do what this company did.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-21: Updated: 2024-10-20 23:11:09 The FTC is all-in on its proposed noncompete ban, appealing the nationwide injunction against it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-18: Updated: 2024-10-18 08:07:18 Did this employee get caught trying to pull a fast one? Or did the company interfere with his FMLA rights?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-17: Updated: 2024-10-17 08:40:29 Force your employees to sign THIS, and the EEOC may nail you for ADA interference

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-16: Updated: 2024-10-16 06:44:29 100,000 reasons to accommodate an employee after she experiences a stillbirth (and not fire her four days later)

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-15: Updated: 2024-10-14 23:06:55 Rest in Peace: Lilly Ledbetter, an equal-pay activist and icon

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-14: Updated: 2024-10-13 22:49:44 An employee facing termination of employment requested FMLA leave. It didn’t save him from getting fired. Here’s why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-11: Updated: 2024-10-10 22:47:54 Join us today on Zoom at Noon ET to learn the playbook of an employee-rights attorney (who used to represent employers).

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-10: Updated: 2024-10-09 23:15:35 Your HR Guide to Hurricane Milton

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-09: Updated: 2024-10-08 22:33:02 I’m pretty sure I found Exhibit “A” in a new EEOC pregnancy bias lawsuit. It will blow your mind 🤯

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-08: Updated: 2024-10-07 23:11:46 Should it be harder for straight workers to prove bias than gay workers? How about a heightened standard for white workers to prove discrimination? The Supreme Court will decide.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-07: Updated: 2024-10-07 06:39:34 Join us on Zoom on Friday, October 11 for “To the Dark Side (or perhaps seeing the light).”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-04: Updated: 2024-10-04 06:30:57 Will you help a friend impacted by Hurricane Helene?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-03: Updated: 2024-10-03 06:44:10 With so many religious holidays coming up, make sure your managers don’t do THIS.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-02: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:33 The EEOC just sued some employers for preventing transgender employees from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-10-01: Updated: 2024-10-01 00:50:04 If your pregnant employee experiences a stillbirth or miscarriage, whatever you do, don’t do this

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-27: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:38 THIS must be part of your 2025 anti-harassment training if it’s not already,

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-26: Updated: 2024-09-26 06:44:46 Do we have to hire the best candidate for the job … if they have a visible Swastika tattoo?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-25: Updated: 2024-09-24 23:14:22 The FTC is appealing one of its non-compete losses. Should employers be nervous?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-24: Updated: 2024-09-23 22:57:13 A 100%-healed policy may 100% violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-20: Updated: 2024-09-20 06:40:33 Why would an employee sue his employer for offering him 100% telework as a disability accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-19: Updated: 2024-09-18 23:00:39 What happens when a company terminates someone for FMLA fraud when they weren’t actually misusing it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-18: Updated: 2024-09-18 07:51:35 Lying lawyer loses lawsuit. Let’s look.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-17: Updated: 2024-09-16 23:57:31 Rip this FMLA policy out of your employee handbook. And burn it with fire.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-16: Updated: 2024-09-15 14:35:13 Court to feds: You can keep using salary to measure which workers should receive overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-12: Updated: 2024-09-11 23:25:38 FTC: It may be more than a year before a court greenlights our non-compete rule — if at all

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-11: Updated: 2024-09-10 22:46:44 EEOC sues company for supposedly imposing a one pregnant-employee limit for its workforce

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-10: Updated: 2024-09-09 23:21:34 This employer went to the hospital and fired its employee while in psychiatric treatment. Then it defeated his FMLA claim.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-09: Updated: 2024-09-08 22:51:11 An employer’s offer of remote work from the office may be an ADA reasonable accommodation alternative to work from home

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-06: Updated: 2024-09-06 08:28:49 Did you know that even temporary impairments like a back injury can qualify as disabilities?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-05: Updated: 2024-09-04 23:56:46 It turns out that an employee planning her “exit strategy” with her attorney wasn’t constructively discharged from her job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-04: Updated: 2024-09-03 22:38:16 Share this post with someone who (mis)uses the term “salary exempt.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-09-03: Updated: 2024-09-02 21:56:04 A self-proclaimed “dirty old man” did not create hostile work environment. Not even in California.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-30: Updated: 2024-08-30 08:04:56 Can we refuse to hire someone who previously filed an EEOC charge against us?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-29: Updated: 2024-08-28 22:54:42 Can an employer force an employee to arbitrate ***checks notes*** a charge of discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-28: Updated: 2024-08-27 23:30:37 Here’s something you may not know about hostile work environment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-27: Updated: 2024-08-26 23:31:58 Why, oh WHY, did a court determine that ASTHMA IS NOT A DISABILITY?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-26: Updated: 2024-08-26 07:23:43 A federal appellate court struck the DOL’s “arbitrary and capricious” tip credit rule for tipped employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-14: Updated: 2024-08-13 22:38:34 875,000 reasons why the customer isn’t always right

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-13: Updated: 2024-08-13 07:03:56 Three reasons why a Texas federal court may block the FTC’s noncompete rule nationwide

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-12: Updated: 2024-08-11 22:06:55 HR told me I was fired for not losing my religion

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-09: Updated: 2024-08-09 07:32:46 “This case arises from a workplace romance.” It began as “an affair” when “they were not yet colleagues, only lovers.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-08: Updated: 2024-08-08 07:06:07 Mark your calendars for two FREE employment law webinars this month.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-07: Updated: 2024-08-07 07:37:08 An employer that supposedly instructed employees to pray away COVID-19 now must face religious discrimination claims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-06: Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36:56 This, if true, is what we call direct evidence of race discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-05: Updated: 2024-08-05 07:26:44 Two white men suing for discrimination got called out for a “serious misunderstanding of the law or its purposeful misapplication.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-02: Updated: 2024-08-02 07:11:33 Proving a disability in court isn’t that hard. (Even judges mistake how easy it is.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-08-01: Updated: 2024-08-01 07:38:44 Gadzooks! This is one of the largest wage and hour judgments ever!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-31: Updated: 2024-07-30 22:21:04 Social media posts from outside the office can foster a hostile work environment at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-30: Updated: 2024-07-30 07:12:20 Oh, you think you know retaliation, do you? Wait until you see this.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-29: Updated: 2024-07-28 20:07:02 Join us on 8/13/24 at Noon ET for “Everything Employers Need to Know Now About the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-26: Updated: 2024-07-26 07:32:12 Beware of the bones in your boneless chicken wings. Wait, what?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-25: Updated: 2024-07-25 07:12:57 Firing fast in certain situations can help defeat retaliation claims. Yes, firing FAST!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-24: Updated: 2024-07-23 20:57:55 🚨A Pennsylvania federal judge DENIED an employer’s request to block the FTC’s non-compete rule.🚨

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-23: Updated: 2024-07-22 22:03:27 Heads up, Pennsylvania healthcare providers! The Commonwealth passed a new noncompete law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-22: Updated: 2024-07-21 22:31:08 Must an employer grant a RETROACTIVE workplace accommodation if a disabled employee requests one??

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-19: Updated: 2024-07-19 07:58:07 How to investigate claims of harassment — when the accused is part of HR

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-18: Updated: 2024-07-18 07:30:00 50,000 reasons to reconsider scolding an HR Manager for investigating sexual harassment claims (i.e., doing their job).

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-17: Updated: 2024-07-17 07:18:04 There’s a right way and a wrong way to investigate FMLA fraud, as one employer found out.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-16: Updated: 2024-07-16 07:17:47 Previously overlooked, a black man changed the name on his resume to sound less ethnic. Then, he got an interview. Now, he’s suing.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-15: Updated: 2024-07-15 07:36:10 How to address employees that refuse unconscious bias training

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-11: Updated: 2024-07-11 07:18:38 A second bite at the apple? Plaintiffs ask to reconsider a nationwide injunction on the FTC noncompete rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-10: Updated: 2024-07-09 22:50:21 Here are a few pages to add to your ADA accommodation playbook from a recent federal appellate court decision

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-09: Updated: 2024-07-08 22:51:52 Heads up, employers. It’s a lot easier for employees to claim discrimination — even without getting fired.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-08: Updated: 2024-07-08 07:33:26 A good-faith belief that an employee violated work rules may not be enough to defeat a discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-04: Updated: 2024-07-04 07:54:03 Yesterday, a court did block the FTC’s noncompete rule. But, here’s the thing…

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-03: Updated: 2024-07-03 07:03:12 A Texas federal judge should decide the fate of the FTC noncompete rule today. So, let’s make this interesting….

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-02: Updated: 2024-07-02 08:06:45 No Chevron? No new overtime rules allowed, rules Texas judge.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-07-01: Updated: 2024-07-01 07:55:57 “Chevron” for non-lawyers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-28: Updated: 2024-06-28 07:03:03 Employers: It’s time again to have an employment lawyer review your severance agreements.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-27: Updated: 2024-06-27 07:28:49 The difference between what an employees feels is a hostile work environment and a genuinely unlawful one.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-26: Updated: 2024-06-26 07:14:11 Here’s what not to do when an employee discloses her disability on her first day of work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-25: Updated: 2024-06-25 07:15:02 Supreme Court to decide if former employees can invoke the ADA for post-employment benefits

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-24: Updated: 2024-06-24 07:08:05 Your non-competes and non-solicits may violate ANOTHER federal law: the National Labor Relations Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-21: Updated: 2024-06-21 07:35:14 Poor Yelp reviews — and not retaliation — are why this rude restaurant hostess got fired

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-20: Updated: 2024-06-19 21:22:25 The Supreme Court will review how employers can establish overtime exemptions

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-18: Updated: 2024-06-17 23:23:22 Meanwhile, another court has blocked “elective abortion” accommodations under the PWFA regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-17: Updated: 2024-06-17 07:45:39 Court denies 17 states’ challenge to abortion leave under the EEOC’s pregnancy regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-14: Updated: 2024-06-14 07:32:34 Trouble brewin’ for the feds’ efforts to block unfair labor practices after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-13: Updated: 2024-06-13 06:40:31 A new “Epic” measure in Congress aims to end arbitration of employment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-12: Updated: 2024-06-11 22:29:01 A company reportedly shut down its business rather than go union. Wait, can it do that?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-11: Updated: 2024-06-11 06:25:30 Even some judges mistake how easy it is for an employee to claim age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-10: Updated: 2024-06-09 22:58:16 How did this employer terminate an employee while on FMLA without violating the law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-07: Updated: 2024-06-07 06:29:51 Don’t use THIS FONT in your legal briefs (or anywhere else probably).

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-06: Updated: 2024-06-06 06:18:45 Is it worse to smoke a cigarette in a tanker truck carrying highly flammable substances or drive it recklessly?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-05: Updated: 2024-06-04 23:10:27 There’s no bright-line rule or magic words needed for employees to request workplace accommodations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-04: Updated: 2024-06-03 22:38:28 An employer that refuses to accommodate an employee’s disability can still win an ADA lawsuit. Here’s how.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-06-03: Updated: 2024-06-02 22:59:04 Here’s why the FTC thinks its non-compete rule will survive a legal challenge

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-30: Updated: 2024-05-29 22:36:17 Got an age discrimination claim? It’s not that hard to plead one in court.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-29: Updated: 2024-05-29 07:44:20 The world’s largest HR organization does NOT support the FTC’s non-compete rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-28: Updated: 2024-05-27 22:37:54 Today’s letter of the day is “P,” as in “Pretext”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-24: Updated: 2024-05-24 07:17:58 Did this company retaliate or simply exercise its First Amendment right (to BLAST its employee on Facebook)?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-23: Updated: 2024-05-23 06:22:46 Various employer associations have sued to block the DOL’s new overtime rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-22: Updated: 2024-05-22 06:29:38 If your company handles military leave for employees this way, you may be doing it all WRONG

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-21: Updated: 2024-05-21 06:23:29 Supervisors playing doctor — unless they’re doctors — is a bad idea

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-20: Updated: 2024-05-20 06:25:39 Can a single incident that the plaintiff doesn’t witness create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-17: Updated: 2024-05-17 06:35:17 Let’s update you on some recent NJ employment law developments

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-16: Updated: 2024-05-15 22:30:56 Here’s why the Chamber of Commerce believes the FTC’s non-compete rule is unlawful

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-15: Updated: 2024-05-15 06:23:38 Retaliation can come in all shapes and sizes

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-14: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:22 Court: Denying coverage for gender-affirming care to transgender employees is sex discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-13: Updated: 2024-05-12 22:39:24 Hey, HR! Avoid the same mistake that this HR Department allegedly made when responding to an employee’s complaint.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-10: Updated: 2024-05-10 06:13:19 Congress takes a step closer to ending forced arbitration of age bias claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-09: Updated: 2024-05-08 22:43:27 A new bill in Congress would uncap damages in federal discrimination lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-08: Updated: 2024-05-08 06:08:07 This guy didn’t need an accommodation to perform his job. He wanted one to avoid discipline.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-07: Updated: 2024-05-06 23:44:09 Man tests positive for marijuana, blames it on his lip balm, and doubles down with an ADA lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-06: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:49:04 With the DEA reportedly ready to ease restrictions on marijuana, the ADA landscape changes for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-02: Updated: 2024-05-02 06:24:06 Must an employer accommodate an employee who won’t use transgender names and pronouns?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-05-01: Updated: 2024-04-30 22:54:30 DOL to Employers: Using artificial intelligence does not excuse compliance with the FLSA and FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-30: Updated: 2024-04-29 22:05:25 The EEOC has finalized its new workplace harassment guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-29: Updated: 2024-04-28 21:47:56 See you on Zoom today at Noon ET to address the FTC’s noncompete ban and the DOL’s OT changes

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-26: Updated: 2024-04-26 06:36:02 17 states sue to block the EEOC from greenlighting abortion leave under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-25: Updated: 2024-04-25 08:03:11 Let’s have another Zoom on Monday, 4/29/24, at Noon ET to address the FTC’s noncompete ban and the DOL’s OT changes

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-24: Updated: 2024-04-24 08:02:50 It’s official. The feds plan to ban most employee noncompetes. But is this fire or smoke?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-23: Updated: 2024-04-23 06:32:17 How did a white man convince a jury to award him over $10M for race and gender discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-22: Updated: 2024-04-21 22:16:12 Can harassment of OTHERS help prove that a plaintiff endured a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-19: Updated: 2024-04-19 06:42:50 Join us today at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour to discuss the EEOC’s Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Final Rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-18: Updated: 2024-04-18 06:21:39 Yesterday, the Supreme Court cleared up when a job transfer may be discriminatory. But not really. Actually, not at all.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-17: Updated: 2024-04-16 21:45:53 Next week, the feds will vote on whether to ban most noncompetes

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-16: Updated: 2024-04-15 21:53:46 The EEOC has issued its final rules on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. So, let’s Zoom on Friday, April 19, 2024 at Noon ET.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-15: Updated: 2024-04-15 06:40:20 Man wins $1.5M discrimination verdict. Then the appellate court completely erased it. Here’s why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-12: Updated: 2024-04-11 22:52:31 Have you ever heard of an “intersectional” discrimination claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-11: Updated: 2024-04-10 23:11:53 When is an employer AUTOMATICALLY liable for a supervisor’s sexual harassment of a subordinate?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-10: Updated: 2024-04-09 23:24:33 Hair discrimination isn’t unlawful. But, firing a black employee because of her natural hair texture is.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-09: Updated: 2024-04-08 23:12:47 Can employers legally favor transgender employees over cisgender employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-08: Updated: 2024-04-08 06:35:16 Must employers excuse workers with strong religious beliefs from respect-in-the-workplace training covering LGBT topics

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-03: Updated: 2024-04-02 22:05:18 Court to Labor Board: Your “misguided attempt to find a labor-law violation” is “nonsense”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-02: Updated: 2024-04-01 22:35:59 Some complaints of sexual harassment aren’t protected at all

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-04-01: Updated: 2024-04-01 07:58:22 Court to employers: Don’t wait too long to arbitrate employments claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-29: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:03 Folks, misgendering an employee can be severe and pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-28: Updated: 2024-03-28 07:46:53 “This case illustrates why the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) exists.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-26: Updated: 2024-03-26 08:28:20 Generally, an employer’s duty to accommodate takes more than an employee merely disclosing a disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-25: Updated: 2024-03-25 10:47:22 Let’s get back to basics: FMLA notice requirements

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-22: Updated: 2024-03-21 22:51:45 “March Madness” is ***checks notes*** not a serious health condition.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-21: Updated: 2024-03-20 22:38:20 A new bill in congress would guarantee all workers get two weeks of paid time off

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-20: Updated: 2024-03-19 22:31:11 An employer settled claims it refused to accommodate a pregnant worker who then miscarried

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-19: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:48:10 In rejecting an employee’s claim that DEI training fostered a hostile work environment, a federal appellate offered a stern warning to employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-18: Updated: 2024-03-17 23:07:23 Here’s how bad documentation can cost a company big bucks when a former employee sues

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-15: Updated: 2024-03-15 06:39:43 The Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, introduced this week in Congress, is exactly what you think it is

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-14: Updated: 2024-03-13 22:46:31 Employers must adjust employee performance standards to avoid penalizing employees on FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-13: Updated: 2024-03-13 06:37:16 Is complaining about a hostile work environment enough to support a retaliation claim? Maybe. Maybe not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-12: Updated: 2024-03-11 22:36:51 When an employee sues, what law applies when they’ve worked in two states?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-11: Updated: 2024-03-10 22:12:55 A federal judge has nixed the NLRB’s proposed new joint-employer rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-08: Updated: 2024-03-07 22:17:59 Here’s what happens when a judge catches a plaintiff fabricating evidence of sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-07: Updated: 2024-03-06 22:45:14 Is it racist to falsely accuse someone of being a racist?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-06: Updated: 2024-03-05 22:34:37 Can states legally ban “woke” training in the workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-05: Updated: 2024-03-05 06:23:52 An employer that fired an employee for a positive marijuana test may have discriminated against him too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-04: Updated: 2024-03-03 20:53:22 The Employer Handbook Friday Zoom Happy Hour Returns on Friday, March 8 at Noon ET

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-03-01: Updated: 2024-03-01 06:28:19 Instead of hiring a lawyer, a business owner ordered to pay wages used AI to prepare his appeal. It was a giant clusterf**k!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-29: Updated: 2024-02-29 06:32:33 Should Mrs. Doubtfire have been paid overtime?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-28: Updated: 2024-02-28 07:43:06 Are we seeing a trend? More judges aren’t falling for spurious COVID-19 religious accommodation claims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-27: Updated: 2024-02-26 22:30:04 How do we help an employee who blurts obscenities and racial slurs to our customers uncontrollably?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-26: Updated: 2024-02-25 22:33:40 Can employers ban workers from wearing Black Lives Matter insignia to protest discrimination at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-23: Updated: 2024-02-23 06:26:30 An employee who wanted religious exception for the COVID-19 vaccine got called on it. Guess what happened next?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-22: Updated: 2024-02-22 06:34:11 145,000 reasons not to tell an employee they have “old-timers disease.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-21: Updated: 2024-02-21 06:37:30 There’s one state where bringing a sexual harassment claim is much easier than the rest

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-20: Updated: 2024-02-19 22:23:47 It’s 2024 and federal law still does not protect medical marijuana users from getting fired for testing positive.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-16: Updated: 2024-02-16 07:21:33 This Employee Relations Department redeemed itself (sort of).

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-15: Updated: 2024-02-15 06:33:18 In January, a 78-year-old receptionist was named “Employee of the Year.” In February, she was fired.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-14: Updated: 2024-02-14 06:30:32 Here are four ways to BOTCH a sexual harassment investigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-13: Updated: 2024-02-13 06:46:01 How do we help our employee who tells us she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-12: Updated: 2024-02-12 06:34:21 Not all retaliation laws are alike. There’s one that doesn’t even require any intent to retaliate.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-09: Updated: 2024-02-09 07:28:09 A federal jury awarded $1,675,000 to a deaf applicant passed over for two warehouse positions

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-08: Updated: 2024-02-08 06:34:04 Here are 105,000 reasons not to force an older worker to retire

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-07: Updated: 2024-02-07 06:47:45 A court correctly dismissed claims of age discrimination, IMO. But, this employment lawyer still has a bone to pick.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-06: Updated: 2024-02-06 06:46:44 Do as I say, not as I do? (You won’t believe how much the feds paid to settle allegations of “egregious and continual sexual harassment.”)

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-05: Updated: 2024-02-05 06:21:02 Will training white employees on “white fragility” and other concepts linked to racism create a hostile work environment? Probably not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-02-01: Updated: 2024-01-31 20:43:47 Training about racism can foster a hostile work environment. Wait, WHAT?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-31: Updated: 2025-04-06 20:49:05 An EEOC Commissioner takes issue with a billionaire’s position on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-30: Updated: 2024-01-29 23:00:24 EEOC launches new outreach effort to help underserved communities and vulnerable workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-29: Updated: 2024-01-28 22:08:32 Next time, just give her the damn stool.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-26: Updated: 2024-01-26 06:37:27 Help Wanted: Bartender. Must be biologically male

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-25: Updated: 2024-01-24 22:13:48 Reasonable accommodations for disabled employees need to be reasonable, not perfect

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-24: Updated: 2024-01-24 06:28:52 Here are forty thousand reasons why “equal pay for equal work” applies to male victims too

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-23: Updated: 2024-01-23 06:59:39 An employer’s response to a complaint of harassment doesn’t need to be perfect. Just ok may do.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-22: Updated: 2024-01-22 06:38:52 Next time, maybe she’ll just get that tattoo.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-19: Updated: 2024-01-19 07:50:49 Did this guy’s performance really nose-dive? Or did his age motivate his abrupt termination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-18: Updated: 2024-01-18 06:40:05 Employee claims bias when employer failed to hire an inferior candidate.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-17: Updated: 2024-01-17 07:49:41 Folks, we have our first lawsuit to try to KO the DOL’s new independent contractor rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-16: Updated: 2024-01-16 07:56:56 Let’s revisit how to handle FMLA and FLSA for a snow day office closure.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-15: Updated: 2024-01-15 06:26:33 Join me on Wednesday, January 17, at 1 PM for a webinar on the new DOL Independent Contractor Rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-12: Updated: 2024-01-12 06:42:11 Today’s free “wage and hour 101” post is the silver lining to an employer’s $1.6M screw-up

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-11: Updated: 2024-01-11 06:44:16 A company supposedly awarded a black employee a trophy for “Least Likely to Be Seen in the Dark.” WTH?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-10: Updated: 2024-01-10 06:40:55 Here are five things for employers to know about the DOL’s new independent contractor rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-09: Updated: 2024-01-09 06:41:43 The EEOC’s new General Counsel is targeting Antisemitism, Islamophobia. So should you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-08: Updated: 2024-01-08 06:31:18 A company must rehire a moonlighting comic it fired for his ‘inflammatory’ standup routine.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-06: Updated: 2024-01-05 20:10:47 Eric, you forgot to tell us if ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-05: Updated: 2024-01-05 06:17:02 Even with DIRECT EVIDENCE of discrimination, the employee’s race bias lawsuit was DOA

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-04: Updated: 2024-01-04 06:40:17 Here’s your annual reminder not to misjudge and stereotype when employees with disabilities may be a “direct threat” to others.

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-03: Updated: 2024-01-03 06:35:52 New employment laws may not just expose employers to liability; they may double it!

by Eric B. Meyer

2024-01-02: Updated: 2024-01-02 06:38:38 What’s next? I’m a founding partner of one of the largest law firm launches in American legal history.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-29: Updated: 2023-12-29 07:31:25 A love letter to FisherBroyles

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-28: Updated: 2023-12-27 21:29:10 These were the most read posts of 2023. Plus, a MAJOR announcement coming on Friday…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-27: Updated: 2023-12-26 22:03:41 Employers, here are 110,759 reasons why you’re not the religion police.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-22: Updated: 2023-12-22 06:41:10 Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-21: Updated: 2023-12-21 06:38:44 What do you think? Is this a hostile work environment? (Spoiler alert: no.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-20: Updated: 2023-12-20 06:45:03 No, my guy, your employer did not unlawfully stereotype your masculinity by firing you for sexual harassment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-19: Updated: 2023-12-19 06:25:46 “Vague and conclusory” allegations are not enough to pursue claims of discrimination in court.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-18: Updated: 2023-12-18 06:33:52 85,286 reasons not to treat an employee differently because their family member is disabled

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-15: Updated: 2023-12-15 06:05:41 It may be okay to terminate someone after they complain about discrimination if…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-14: Updated: 2023-12-14 06:34:37 What’s the worst that could happen to a former employee who hacks your network and lies to the feds about it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-12: Updated: 2023-12-12 06:44:18 Did you know that companies can sue for race discrimination too? (And potentially win.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-11: Updated: 2023-12-11 06:36:34 Employers do not need to recreate accommodations that do not exist to help employees with disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-08: Updated: 2023-12-08 07:26:01 A bipartisan group in Congress wants to make it easier for employees to prove age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-07: Updated: 2023-12-07 08:21:23 An employee couldn’t show that ending her temporary position was discriminatory. I wonder why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-06: Updated: 2023-12-06 06:34:06 As one person found out on Monday, it’s not so easy to prove sexual orientation bias when you’re straight.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-05: Updated: 2024-01-10 15:19:41 Noncompetition Agreements and Restrictive Covenants in New York

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-04: Updated: 2023-12-04 06:23:34 This is what a settlement with the EEOC looks like after they sue for discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-12-01: Updated: 2023-12-01 07:45:08 How can you tell if in-office work is truly an essential function of an employee’s job?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-30: Updated: 2023-11-30 06:29:48 How can you tell if full-time work is truly an essential function of an employee’s job?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-29: Updated: 2023-11-29 06:37:51 One court finally answers the question: when does extended medical leave become unreasonable?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-28: Updated: 2023-11-28 06:32:08 Could a shoddy investigation into a complaint of discrimination lead to a viable lawsuit by . . . the accused?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-27: Updated: 2023-11-27 06:45:48 Here’s another reason to have a lawyer review your company’s separation and settlement agreements

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-24: Updated: 2023-11-24 08:36:42 ….and STILL the reigning, defending champion of Thanksgiving foods is STUFFING!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-22: Updated: 2023-11-22 07:36:38 Ok, NOW let’s rank the top Thanksgiving foods for 2023!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-21: Updated: 2023-11-21 06:43:24 An employer cannot rely on a contract to discriminate

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-20: Updated: 2023-11-20 08:01:28 POLL RESULTS (sort of): Only about half of employers still have COVID-19 policies

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-17: Updated: 2023-11-17 06:17:39 POLL: Does your business have a COVID-19 policy?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-15: Updated: 2023-11-15 06:27:44 They don’t call it FMLA interference for nothing

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-14: Updated: 2023-11-13 22:56:20 281,870 reasons not to attempt a kickback scheme to avoid paying overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-13: Updated: 2023-11-13 06:35:03 A Tennessee man who claims he was fired from his job over tweets made in California can sue that person in Tennessee

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-10: Updated: 2023-11-10 06:31:52 Today, at Noon ET, join us for “Antisemitism and the Workplace” on Zoom. It’s free to attend.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-09: Updated: 2023-11-09 06:40:27 The “E” in injunction stands for “evidence.” (Who’s gonna tell him there’s no…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-08: Updated: 2023-11-07 22:52:32 This recent federal court decision makes me further question the utility of drug testing for most positions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-07: Updated: 2023-11-07 06:27:58 A woman was reprimanded after complaining about sexual harassment. That’s usually not retaliation. Here’s why.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-06: Updated: 2023-11-06 06:34:15 Join us on 11/10/23 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: Antisemitism and the Workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-03: Updated: 2023-11-03 06:41:24 An employer got sued for age bias. It admitted wanting to advance younger employees. It prevailed. HOW?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-02: Updated: 2023-11-02 07:01:05 “Oh, they paid you less than market value? Yes, we love your novel equal pay legal theory. Tell us more!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-11-01: Updated: 2023-11-01 07:36:43 REMINDER: Employers can start filing their 2022 EEO-1 Reports

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-31: Updated: 2023-10-31 06:38:03 Can an employer exclude older job applicants for marketing purposes?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-30: Updated: 2023-10-30 06:36:19 What are there legal risks of making a worker participate in an Employee Assistance Program?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-27: Updated: 2023-10-27 06:41:24 There’s a new joint-employer rule. Wait, another one?!? Yes, this one involves employers and labor unions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-26: Updated: 2023-10-26 06:40:55 Complaints of discrimination can come in all shapes and sizes

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-25: Updated: 2023-10-25 06:40:35 Why was talk of confederate flags and cursing the President not “extreme” enough to be a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-24: Updated: 2023-10-24 06:37:35 In some places, federal antidiscrimination laws are much broader than you may realize

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-23: Updated: 2023-10-23 06:36:54 I’ll give you a million reasons not to ask employees and applicants about family medical history

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-20: Updated: 2023-10-20 06:37:42 On Instagram, an ER doctor said Israelis got “a taste of their own medicine.” CORRECTION: Former ER doctor.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-19: Updated: 2023-10-19 06:31:29 It’s not often an employee has direct evidence of discrimination. But I found one that did.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-18: Updated: 2023-10-18 07:20:28 What rights do former employees have under the ADA? Well, it depends.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-17: Updated: 2023-10-16 22:38:35 Did you know that a bird — a macaw, specifically — can create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-16: Updated: 2023-10-16 07:31:44 Should this employer have been able to predict future sexual harassment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-13: Updated: 2023-10-13 06:26:56 The person who promoted me later demoted me. That’s sexist, the plaintiff claimed.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-11: Updated: 2023-10-11 06:24:20 Law student BLAMES ISRAEL for Hamas terrorism. Law firm promptly RESCINDS student’s JOB OFFER.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-10: Updated: 2023-10-10 06:40:12 Will your business be ready for how recent events in Israel will undoubtedly impact your workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-09: Updated: 2023-10-09 06:33:32 Talent acquisition specialist fired after video surfaces of her xenophobic rant on a train

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-06: Updated: 2023-10-06 06:21:22 How does a convicted drug-dealing felon get a trial on his failure-to-hire discrimination claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-05: Updated: 2023-10-05 06:37:42 Thinking about a mutual non-disparagement provision in a separation agreement? Read this!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-04: Updated: 2023-10-04 06:33:02 Might you need to modify work schedules for disabled employees to make their commute safer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-03: Updated: 2023-10-03 06:30:13 EEOC sues “Bark If You’re Dirty” pet store for sexual harassment and sex discrimination. Because of course.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-10-02: Updated: 2023-10-02 06:41:36 At long last, the EEOC has proposed new workplace harassment guidance.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-29: Updated: 2023-09-29 06:47:27 After the Supreme Court raised the bar for religious accommodations, an appellate court smacked a defendant with it

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-28: Updated: 2023-09-28 06:33:58 Could denying vacation requests be grounds for a . . . discrimination claim?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-27: Updated: 2023-09-26 22:28:27 Here are five signs that your employee’s retaliation lawsuit ain’t all it’s cracked up to be

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-26: Updated: 2023-09-26 06:44:54 An accused sexual harasser thought he had smoking-gun evidence of race discrimination. As it turns out, however…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-25: Updated: 2023-09-25 06:35:54 EEOC: Hey, employer! You refused to accommodate an injured desk clerk with a stool. A simple stool.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-22: Updated: 2023-09-21 19:46:10 The EEOC has released its updated enforcement playbook. And I have a copy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-20: Updated: 2023-09-20 06:22:12 Can we fire an employee who complains about discrimination and is dead wrong?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-19: Updated: 2023-09-19 06:36:49 Some drug rehabilitation center patients sued for, get this, unpaid overtime. And they may win!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-18: Updated: 2023-09-18 06:30:07 The EEOC and DOL are teaming up to enforce federal employment law

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-14: Updated: 2023-09-14 06:41:13 Class-action lawyers could be salivating at this new “wage theft” bill in Congress.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-13: Updated: 2023-09-12 20:59:56 WARNING: This could be one of my nerdiest FMLA posts yet.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-12: Updated: 2023-09-12 06:28:27 Five plant managers learned the hard way that betting on which workers will get COVID-19 doesn’t pay

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-11: Updated: 2023-09-11 06:23:59 No, getting fired after telling a supervisor you are pregnant is not retaliation. Or is it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-08: Updated: 2023-09-08 06:25:33 The employee who claimed she was drugged, raped, and blackmailed by a supervisor LOST her discrimination lawsuit. HOW?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-07: Updated: 2023-09-07 06:32:48 Let’s revisit whether morbid obesity is a disability (and why, sometimes, it may not matter).

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-06: Updated: 2023-09-06 06:31:57 Court re-orders 8 hours of religious-liberty training for an employer’s lawyers; says they need it “direly.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-05: Updated: 2023-09-04 19:44:53 I know when you can start filing EEO-1 Component 1 Data. Here’s a hint: 🎃🍬🍫

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-09-01: Updated: 2023-09-01 07:53:58 Another employer learns the hard way that it’s better to hire slow and fire fast

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-31: Updated: 2023-08-31 07:19:18 This is not a drill. A new, federal overtime proposal will cost employers $1.2 billion.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-30: Updated: 2023-08-30 07:52:03 What is (and is not) considered retaliation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-28: Updated: 2023-08-27 17:58:20 The feds are trying to make unionizing your workplace easier than draining a two-foot putt.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-24: Updated: 2023-08-24 07:20:07 I may have located the blueprint showing when regular, in-person attendance is an ADA essential job function

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-23: Updated: 2023-08-23 07:31:58 An employer asked an employee for a doctor’s note with every intermittent FMLA absence. Here’s how it turned out…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-22: Updated: 2023-08-22 07:16:02 There’s a deadline to file discrimination charges with the EEOC. An employee learned that courts rarely excuse late filings.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-21: Updated: 2023-08-21 07:34:28 Does Title VII only cover ultimate employment decisions? Another federal appellate court doesn’t think so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-18: Updated: 2023-08-18 07:27:56 If your company rounds employee start and stop times, you may want to read this. (Also, if you like Ratt.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-17: Updated: 2023-09-07 12:53:23 Why might the Phillie Phanatic get paid for the time it takes to get into costume at the ballpark?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-16: Updated: 2023-08-16 10:33:10 Can a company require OT — even if a disability prevents an employee from working long hours?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-15: Updated: 2023-08-15 07:38:11 EEOC claims four HR employees facilitated two acts of disability bias against the same person

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-14: Updated: 2023-08-14 08:14:55 Here’s why so many employers make a mess of the overtime rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-11: Updated: 2023-08-11 07:41:53 The ADA may require accommodations for alcoholics. But it can get tricky when police are involved.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-10: Updated: 2023-08-09 18:35:07 OMG! A judge ordered a company’s lawyers to complete eight hours of religious-liberty training.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-09: Updated: 2023-08-08 22:37:42 Take me out to the ballgame.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-08: Updated: 2023-08-08 07:20:58 Here’s something you might not have known about the new federal pregnancy accommodation law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-07: Updated: 2023-08-07 07:48:58 Elon Musk says X will fund legal bills for employees “unfairly treated” for posting or liking on the platform

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-04: Updated: 2023-08-04 07:56:28 50,000 reasons not to mandate prayer at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-03: Updated: 2023-08-03 07:52:07 New NLRB standards will require even more employee handbook updates. (My kids’ college funds thank you.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-02: Updated: 2023-08-02 07:25:14 Sometimes, the only reasonable accommodation is one where the employee doesn’t work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-08-01: Updated: 2023-07-31 19:44:18 Is do-it-yourself dialysis at work an ADA reasonable accommodation? The EEOC thinks so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-31: Updated: 2023-07-31 07:32:08 A new bill will greenlight federal employment for marijuana users

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-28: Updated: 2023-07-28 07:57:08 Yes, you must comply with the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights in New Jersey

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-27: Updated: 2023-07-27 07:27:15 Thank you, EEOC, for this new ADA visual disabilities in the workplace guidance document

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-26: Updated: 2023-07-26 07:44:00 What state’s employment laws apply when a non-resident remote worker sues your business?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-25: Updated: 2023-07-25 07:54:14 Two United States Senators are about to introduce something called the “No Robot Bosses Act”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-24: Updated: 2023-07-24 07:19:22 How do judges resolve “he-said/she-said” in discrimination cases?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-20: Updated: 2023-07-20 07:28:34 Can labor unions be sued for sexual harassment? (Spoiler alert: Yes, and they are costly!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-19: Updated: 2023-07-19 07:33:11 2.4 million reasons not to intentionally avoid hiring older workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-18: Updated: 2023-07-18 07:44:07 I found a case where an employee’s First Amendment rights were violated. Almost.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-17: Updated: 2023-07-17 07:25:38 Wrongful termination? Freedom of speech? Bless her heart.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-14: Updated: 2023-07-14 07:35:54 Here’s an FMLA interference case that Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld would appreciate

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-13: Updated: 2023-07-13 07:41:00 Oh, man! A guy accused TWICE of touching women inappropriately claimed sex discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-12: Updated: 2023-07-12 08:27:09 If you hire someone who says they are in a drug treatment program, don’t do this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-11: Updated: 2023-07-11 07:34:18 Indirect consequences of not accommodating disabilities at work can land employers in hot water

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-10: Updated: 2023-07-10 07:39:06 No religious accommodation. No discipline. No problem.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-07: Updated: 2023-07-07 07:37:26 A employee in Puerto Rico needed an accommodation to avoid the humidity. Ok.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-06: Updated: 2023-07-06 07:49:32 Can employees use their religion as an excuse not to work with LGBTQ coworkers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-07-05: Updated: 2023-07-05 07:33:00 Can a lateral transfer be discriminatory? The Supreme Court is about to weigh in.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-30: Updated: 2023-06-30 07:35:42 The Supreme Court just revamped religious accommodations at work. I’ll explain in plain English.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-29: Updated: 2023-06-29 08:10:57 What was an employer thinking fired a worker two days after complaining about “retaliation” and “harassment”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-28: Updated: 2023-06-28 07:27:49 Could two little resumé errors torpedo an employee’s claims that her race got her fired?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-27: Updated: 2023-06-26 19:32:29 Starting today, most of your workers have new, federal pregnancy-related employment protections

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-26: Updated: 2023-06-26 07:57:02 Even in one of the most employee-friendly states, COVID-19 isn’t necessarily a disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-23: Updated: 2023-06-23 07:35:52 Have you ever had 65 employees seek FMLA at the same time with the same doctor’s notes?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-22: Updated: 2023-06-22 07:41:57 Holy hell! The Department of Labor apparently caught an employer using a fake priest to get employees to confess workplace sins.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-21: Updated: 2023-06-21 07:17:38 If the boss is creating a hostile work environment, no amount of fix-it may save you in the lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-20: Updated: 2023-06-20 07:23:52 A company paid an employee’s final paycheck in about 91,500 oily pennies. Now, it owes 4,473,418 more.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-16: Updated: 2023-06-16 07:05:57 New York is inching closer to banning non-competes

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-15: Updated: 2023-06-15 08:02:00 Your employees’ arbitration agreements may look a lot different soon (all crumpled up in a trash can)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-14: Updated: 2023-06-14 07:24:02 That time a federal appellate court schooled a teacher on at-will employment

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-13: Updated: 2023-06-13 07:53:22 Does telling an employee to seek anger management mean that you regard them as having an ADA disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-12: Updated: 2023-06-12 07:26:23 Does the FMLA protect ineligible employees who inquire about taking FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-09: Updated: 2023-06-09 07:58:08 NY Federal Courts 2 – “Central Park Karen” 0

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-08: Updated: 2023-06-08 07:33:44 Can blasting Eminem’s music create a hostile work environment? A federal appellate court thinks so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-07: Updated: 2023-06-07 06:38:02 Trial Court: 45-50 “N” words and a noose not race discrimination. Appellate Court: “Bruh…”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-06: Updated: 2023-06-06 07:23:47 He got fired after threatening to complain to HR. Could that be retaliation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-05: Updated: 2023-06-05 07:20:18 She said the quiet part loud and the loud part, well, not at all.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-02: Updated: 2023-06-02 06:43:58 A day late and an age discrimination claim short

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-06-01: Updated: 2023-05-31 21:25:30 How do you track FMLA when an employee takes leave during the week of Memorial Day?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-31: Updated: 2023-05-31 07:22:02 The Labor Board’s top attorney wants to void non-competes that violate labor law. Hot take: meh.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-30: Updated: 2023-05-30 07:23:55 At work, do we have to accommodate employees with religions we’ve never heard of?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-25: Updated: 2023-05-25 07:37:47 Was she requesting Family and Medical Leave Act leave or pitching a television show?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-24: Updated: 2023-05-24 07:24:14 Is it sexual harassment to IMPLY that certain job benefits will require sexual favors?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-23: Updated: 2023-05-23 07:32:50 Would you stop emailing and texting? Just pick up the damn phone for once instead!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-22: Updated: 2023-05-22 07:24:13 Here’s how the feds will enforce pump at work protections for nursing workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-19: Updated: 2023-05-19 07:22:44 A new resource from the EEOC could help employers avoid bias claims from using AI

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-18: Updated: 2023-05-18 07:32:38 What to do if you face antisemitism at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-17: Updated: 2023-05-17 06:36:41 A Californian got fired for an ALL LIVES MATTER tweet and claimed … RELIGIOUS discrimination?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-16: Updated: 2023-05-15 19:33:50 The public health emergency is over. So why is the EEOC issuing new COVID-19 guidance to employers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-15: Updated: 2023-05-15 07:38:09 What happens when everyone in the same position is over 60 and gets fired?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-12: Updated: 2023-05-12 07:26:32 Slight and annoyances at work generally aren’t tantamount to discrimination and retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-11: Updated: 2023-05-11 08:11:32 Bad EEOC position statements can come back to haunt you. Just ask this employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-10: Updated: 2023-05-10 07:28:58 EEOC: HR Manager used code words and other directives to staffing agencies to discriminate.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-09: Updated: 2023-05-09 07:22:50 There’s a new FMLA Poster

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-08: Updated: 2023-05-08 07:48:06 Don’t let subjectivity, stereotypes, or statistics create age bias issues for your next RIF

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-05: Updated: 2023-05-05 07:29:30 Rarely, futility and fear of retaliation excuse an employee from complaining about harassment. Here’s one.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-04: Updated: 2023-05-04 07:09:02 Can a Jew discriminate against other Jews at work because they are Jewish?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-03: Updated: 2023-05-03 07:22:06 New federal legislation will end mandatory arbitration of race discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-05-01: Updated: 2023-05-01 06:36:49 “I told you that I’ve never been disabled,” said the man who sued for disability discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-28: Updated: 2023-04-28 06:24:45 When an employer points out actual performance problems, it’s probably not a pretext for discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-27: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:04 Four federal agencies are prepared to throw cold water (and lawsuits) at employers who abuse artificial intelligence

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-26: Updated: 2023-04-26 07:17:46 Take it from the feds (literally!). Here are 12 EEOC-recommended ways to LEVEL-UP your company’s anti-harassment efforts.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-25: Updated: 2023-04-24 21:55:35 When employees claim that your company failed to pay their overtime, you win if your company does this.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-24: Updated: 2023-04-24 07:22:00 If the same person sexually harasses a man and a woman, does that cancel each other out?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-21: Updated: 2023-04-21 07:24:21 What do you do with employees who refuse to use a coworker’s preferred pronouns?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-20: Updated: 2023-04-19 22:33:21 A new bill in Congress would protect civil rights at work from religious freedoms

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-19: Updated: 2023-04-19 07:18:44 Wait, what? Court says ‘good fit’ isn’t necessarily code for discrimination or retaliation.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-18: Updated: 2023-04-18 06:34:06 Choose your words carefully when using noncompetition agreements

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-17: Updated: 2023-04-17 07:53:27 I’m naturally skeptical when an employee claims sexual orientation bias against straight people.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-14: Updated: 2023-04-14 07:57:38 Close counts in horseshoes and accommodating individuals with disabilities at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-13: Updated: 2023-04-13 07:54:40 400,000 reasons not to have this pregnancy policy in your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-12: Updated: 2023-04-12 08:01:23 Since when do courts get to second-guess an employer’s hiring decisions? Since last Monday.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-11: Updated: 2023-04-11 07:58:48 NJ’s new WARN Act Amendments are now in effect (as of April 10, 2023)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-07: Updated: 2023-04-07 08:15:32 Can employers require employees to make up time they miss for FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-06: Updated: 2023-04-06 08:04:43 A CBD user drug tests positive. Do we have to excuse it? Is she actually disabled?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-05: Updated: 2023-04-05 07:56:55 This guy’s discrimination claims were so bad. (How bad were they?)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-04: Updated: 2023-04-03 23:22:24 If this isn’t a ringing endorsement for updating your employee handbook, then what is?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-04-03: Updated: 2023-04-03 07:27:00 Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, the EEOC sues you for age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-31: Updated: 2023-03-31 07:25:58 A new bill in Congress aims to restore OVERTIME protections for employees to “HISTORIC LEVELS.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-30: Updated: 2023-03-30 07:34:42 Is your business struggling with return to the office and disability accommodation requests?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-28: Updated: 2023-03-28 07:45:27 He asked her to babysit and shot her in the butt with a rubber band. So she sued for hostile work environment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-27: Updated: 2023-03-27 07:45:32 Could QUOTING a SNOOP DOGG catchphrase AT WORK create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-24: Updated: 2023-03-24 08:00:39 You may have an overly-broad UNENFORCEABLE restrictive covenant NOT TO COMPETE if…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-23: Updated: 2023-03-23 07:47:56 It’s WORSE than we thought. Most of your severance agreements may be ENTIRELY WORTHLESS!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-22: Updated: 2023-03-22 07:21:34 Being denied coverage to use the bathroom (and a bunch of other stuff that isn’t discrimination)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-21: Updated: 2023-03-21 09:07:09 Who gets the job? The most-qualified candidate or a disabled employee requesting reassignment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-20: Updated: 2023-03-20 07:30:17 You can’t be retaliated against for NOT reporting sexual harassment. The more you know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-17: Updated: 2023-03-17 07:29:55 Oh, no! Tell me a supervisor didn’t write THAT on an employee’s PIP.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-16: Updated: 2023-03-16 06:39:11 Do employers risk violating the FLSA by reducing PTO? Is it part of an employee’s salary?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-15: Updated: 2023-03-15 07:51:12 THIS action fell just short of possible discrimination and retaliation. (Whew!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-14: Updated: 2023-03-14 11:12:06 Today is Equal Pay Day. And here’s why, for the 14th time, the reintroduced Paycheck Fairness Act won’t pass.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-13: Updated: 2023-03-12 21:20:10 The time an employee rejected a $100 discrimination settlement and turned it into $495,000!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-10: Updated: 2023-03-10 07:29:53 A federal appellate court using Homer Simpson to explain wage and hour law?!? Woo hoo!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-09: Updated: 2023-03-09 07:20:19 ADA accommodation requests in Hawaii work the same way as in the other 49 states.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-08: Updated: 2023-03-08 07:23:20 The FTC is slowing its roll on its proposal to ban noncompetes. And lawsuits are in the queue.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-07: Updated: 2023-03-07 06:36:48 Do we have to pay out accrued PTO to terminated employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-06: Updated: 2023-03-05 20:56:52 Did an employee just discover an “FMLA loophole” to arbitration agreements?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-03: Updated: 2023-03-03 07:25:47 “You have done nothing wrong. I am just following orders in building a new, younger team for the CEO.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-02: Updated: 2023-03-07 06:36:13 PRO-TIP: If you want to arbitrate employment claims, have an arbitration agreement.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-03-01: Updated: 2023-03-01 07:36:20 The EEOC isn’t the only federal agency safeguarding complaints about race bias at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-28: Updated: 2023-02-28 07:38:47 No job description? No problem. See why this employer had no duty to accommodate.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-27: Updated: 2023-02-27 07:45:16 Documentation and communication FTW! (Well, good enough.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-24: Updated: 2023-02-24 07:49:47 This employee apparently doesn’t understand how pregnancy discrimination works

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-23: Updated: 2023-02-23 07:48:46 How can an employee make $200K, PLUS overtime?!? The Supreme Court explains…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-22: Updated: 2023-02-22 07:56:24 I’m willing to bet that, as of yesterday, most of your severance agreements are UNLAWFUL

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-21: Updated: 2023-02-21 07:21:04 Are you in the clear waiting four weeks to fire someone who complained about sexual harassment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-17: Updated: 2023-02-17 08:00:40 New Jersey created something called a “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights.” What is it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-16: Updated: 2023-02-16 07:42:21 Did a union non-profit refuse to accommodate a woman with breast cancer and force her to resign? The EEOC thinks so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-15: Updated: 2023-02-15 07:36:14 Let’s talk about whether you are paying teleworking employees properly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-14: Updated: 2023-02-14 07:27:12 If you are tracking FMLA leave THIS WAY, you may be doing it WRONG!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-10: Updated: 2023-02-10 07:17:44 This is how you determine whether a remote employee is FMLA-eligible

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-09: Updated: 2023-02-09 07:46:51 An employee who didn’t know she had a disability sued for disability discrimination. It didn’t go well.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-08: Updated: 2023-02-08 07:59:30 This is everything HR-related from last night’s State of the Union Address

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-07: Updated: 2023-02-06 22:52:57 A Rocky IV lesson on training and discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-06: Updated: 2023-02-06 07:24:52 Rules for thee, not for me? Jury awards judge’s staff attorney a $1.1M religious discrimination verdict.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-03: Updated: 2023-02-03 07:45:07 Step aside, FTC. A bipartisan group of Senators has renewed legislation to ban most noncompetes

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-02: Updated: 2023-02-02 07:55:20 Talk to your employees about current events before they talk to (or exclude) your customers

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-02-01: Updated: 2023-02-01 07:39:19 A coworker supposedly used the N-word “all the time” at work. Case dismissed. Here’s why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-31: Updated: 2023-01-31 07:23:33 A step-by-step guide on how to go from semi-pro hockey player to unemployed in just a few tweets.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-30: Updated: 2023-01-30 10:26:09 Check out the EEOC’s livestream tomorrow on the use of AI in hiring decisions

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-27: Updated: 2023-01-27 08:42:37 Would your business ever refuse to hire applicants with obvious missing, broken, or badly discolored teeth?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-26: Updated: 2023-01-25 23:30:50 For this employer, if only the EEOC’s hearing disability guidance had come out sooner

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-25: Updated: 2023-01-24 22:50:07 The EEOC has a new resource document for assisting individuals with hearing disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-24: Updated: 2023-01-23 22:22:04 Thinking about checking your employee’s Gmail account? Stop and read this first.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-23: Updated: 2023-01-23 07:28:15 Here is what makes equal pay claims so difficult to win

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-20: Updated: 2023-01-20 06:41:41 Let’s talk about religious discrimination (and MORE!) with EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas at Noon ET today!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-19: Updated: 2023-01-19 10:53:04 I’m not done with yesterday’s post yet. You need to hear about the retaliation claim!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-18: Updated: 2023-01-18 06:39:24 Is it sex discrimination to assign a woman different tasks than a man in the same job?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-17: Updated: 2023-01-17 07:14:08 How might the Supreme Court’s decision to reexamine religious accommodations impact employers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-13: Updated: 2023-01-13 07:33:56 Join me and EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas on Friday, 1/20/23, at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-12: Updated: 2023-01-12 07:56:24 New Jersey’s Mini-WARN Act hecka-employee-friendly amendments start on April 10, 2023

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-11: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:40 Oh, I forgot to mention that the man’s son worked for the same employer. He sued too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-10: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:41 Man alleges antidiscrimination law prohibits mandatory antidiscrimination training. Man is wrong.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-09: Updated: 2023-01-09 06:29:19 Join us at 1 PM ET today (1/9/23) on Zoom to discuss the FTC’s new proposed noncompete ban

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-06: Updated: 2023-01-06 07:40:59 The feds are coming for your company’s noncompete agreements, old and new. You need to read THIS!

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-05: Updated: 2023-01-05 07:33:33 The FMLA does not protect employees from termination for unrelated reasons (like performance)

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-04: Updated: 2023-01-04 07:51:03 How does an employee go from “promotable” to “expandable” to plaintiff claiming gender bias?

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-03: Updated: 2023-01-02 22:41:38 This company was so close to escaping an ADA lawsuit. Here’s what it did wrong.

by Eric B. Meyer

2023-01-02: Updated: 2023-01-01 22:39:30 Tighten up those non-competes!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-29: Updated: 2022-12-28 17:12:27 Protections for pregnant workers and new moms are coming as part of new federal government funding

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-23: Updated: 2022-12-23 07:41:53 New Jersey’s Mini-WARN Act may get that employee-friendly overhaul sooner than you think.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-22: Updated: 2022-12-22 07:38:41 DOL’s new resources for workers impacted by cancer will help employers avoid FMLA missteps too

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-21: Updated: 2022-12-21 07:58:57 Now, THIS is a retaliation lawsuit worthy of becoming a bar exam question.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-20: Updated: 2022-12-19 23:37:59 Don’t sleep on state wage and hour laws in 2023, especially if you are a multi-state employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-19: Updated: 2022-12-18 23:19:05 Fired an employee for violating a social media policy, did you? You may have to pay their credit card debt and mortgage payments.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-16: Updated: 2022-12-16 06:26:21 Join us TODAY at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “The ESSENTIAL Employment Law Updates for 2023″

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-15: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:42 Pennsylvania’s employment laws appear to be inching closer to New Jersey’s (aka the California of the East)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-14: Updated: 2022-12-14 07:42:12 Keeping open lines of communications, and other ways to demonstrate good faith under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-13: Updated: 2022-12-13 07:34:27 Can you rescind a job offer because you learn a candidate sued a prior employer for discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-12: Updated: 2022-12-12 07:21:43 Join us on Friday, 12/16/22 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “The ESSENTIAL Employment Law Updates for 2023″

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-09: Updated: 2022-12-08 23:11:58 Join us today at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “In-House Counsel’s Workplace Dreams and Nightmares”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-08: Updated: 2022-12-08 07:48:29 Law restricting arbitration of sexual harassment claims doesn’t apply retroactively, says court that can read the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-07: Updated: 2022-12-06 23:21:09 Hey Handbook! How much time should we give employees to sign a severance agreement?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-06: Updated: 2022-12-06 07:40:49 Is it ok to terminate an employee, but then let them complete their FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-05: Updated: 2022-12-05 07:38:04 Don’t have an FMLA call-in procedure so complex that not even HR can figure it out.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-02: Updated: 2022-12-02 09:50:58 Now, here’s how you REALLY compare two employees in a discrimination lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-12-01: Updated: 2022-11-30 23:07:25 Take Note: Here’s how strong DOCUMENTATION torpedoes discrimination claims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-30: Updated: 2022-11-30 08:05:54 Fired hours (minutes?) after he complained about discrimination, an employee sued and LOST his retaliation lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-29: Updated: 2022-11-29 08:25:16 Five fantastic resources to help your business address antisemitism in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-28: Updated: 2022-11-28 07:11:46 Join us on 12/9/22 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “In-House Counsel’s Workplace Dreams and Nightmares”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-23: Updated: 2022-11-23 07:14:15 Let’s rank the top Thanksgiving foods for 2022

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-22: Updated: 2022-11-21 21:15:34 82% of you wannabe judges disagreed with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-21: Updated: 2022-11-21 07:31:01 Are these two employees comparable? Today, you be the judge to help decide this discrimination case.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-18: Updated: 2022-11-18 06:42:03 Not one, but two Friday freebies (including FMLA/ADA tips and tricks on Zoom today at Noon ET!!!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-17: Updated: 2022-11-17 08:01:59 President Biden is ready to sign a bipartisan bill ending certain sexual harassment NDAs

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-16: Updated: 2022-11-16 06:42:45 Here’s how an employer violated the FMLA and still won the interference claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-15: Updated: 2022-11-15 10:13:09 Rarely-performed duties can still be essential ones under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-14: Updated: 2022-11-14 07:46:46 Does the ADA force employers to allow employees with medical restrictions to overrule their doctors?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-11: Updated: 2022-11-11 07:17:23 Here’s why the National Labor Relations Board get may interested in non-union Twitter’s layoffs

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-10: Updated: 2022-11-10 07:25:37 Did Twitter’s recent layoffs violate federal employment AND labor law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-09: Updated: 2022-11-08 22:43:23 Should an employer have provided a disabled employee with a “spitting” accommodation? A jury thought so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-08: Updated: 2022-11-08 07:35:40 A six-year-old can create a hostile work environment. Wait, what?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-07: Updated: 2022-11-07 07:24:48 Join me on Friday, 11/18/22 at Noon ET for our next Zoom Happy Hour: Leave Management Cheat Codes and Hacks

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-04: Updated: 2022-11-04 07:21:02 Here we go! It’s Cybersecurity 101 for HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers at Noon ET today on Zoom

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-03: Updated: 2022-11-03 07:21:48 Is leave with just an “expected” return to work date still considered an ADA reasonable accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-02: Updated: 2022-11-01 21:09:37 You might have to pay employees to turn on and watch their computers boot up.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-11-01: Updated: 2022-11-01 07:31:21 Speaking of technology, pay attention to the National Labor Relations Board’s latest attempt to regulate employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-31: Updated: 2022-10-31 00:14:46 Join me on Friday, 11/4/22 at Noon ET for our next Zoom Happy Hour: Cybersecurity 101 for HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-28: Updated: 2022-10-28 07:19:18 Last chance to snag a free seat to today’s Zoom at Noon ET on leave rights and accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-27: Updated: 2022-10-26 22:06:42 When do employers risk FLSA violations by raising and lowering hourly wage rates?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-26: Updated: 2022-10-26 07:26:58 A defendant asked a plaintiff alleging sexual harassment to undergo a — oh, Dear God, no!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-25: Updated: 2022-10-25 07:19:19 Bless their hearts for thinking that their employer discriminated against them for hosting a Christmas party

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-24: Updated: 2022-10-24 10:35:41 Join me on Zoom on October 28 at noon ET for leave rights and accommodations in hybrid and remote workplaces. It’s FREE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-21: Updated: 2022-10-21 08:29:06 EEOC Poster mystery SOLVED! (Plus, don’t forget about today’s free Zoom at Noon ET.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-20: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:42 The EEOC released a new mandatory workplace poster. Or did it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-19: Updated: 2022-10-19 07:27:37 Give this manager a gold star!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-18: Updated: 2022-10-18 07:27:58 I told you so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-17: Updated: 2022-10-17 07:16:49 Join me on Zoom on October 21 at noon ET as we discuss your employees’ mental health and wellness. It’s FREE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-14: Updated: 2022-10-14 07:11:35 We’re talking labor unions on Zoom at Noon ET today with Jon Hyman. Join us. It’s FREE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-13: Updated: 2022-10-13 07:24:15 There’s retaliation, and then there’s beating up the complainant and sending him to the emergency room

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-12: Updated: 2022-10-12 07:46:46 The DOL is changing its independent contractor rules. Is it a big deal? Or just, meh?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-11: Updated: 2022-10-11 07:20:44 Not all discrimination lawsuits against airlines are worth $5M.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-10: Updated: 2022-10-09 12:15:33 In at least one court, employees don’t need doctors to establish ADA disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-07: Updated: 2022-10-07 07:34:05 They wanted to hire “Ken and Barbie.” What they got was a discrimination lawsuit instead.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-06: Updated: 2022-10-06 07:46:34 Just because a manager is a crude jerk doesn’t mean he broke the law too

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-05: Updated: 2022-10-04 22:21:01 Can a company fire someone whom it believes will join a pending wage and hour class action against it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-04: Updated: 2022-10-04 07:38:02 Unions: Fad or Trend? Join Jon Hyman and me on Zoom on October 14, 2022 at Noon ET. It’s FREE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-10-03: Updated: 2022-10-02 22:44:29 Can an alleged harasser sue a workplace investigator for defamation if the report says not-so-nice stuff?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-30: Updated: 2022-09-30 10:25:31 We’re back! Today, at Noon ET, it’s The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “Offboarding the C-Suite.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-29: Updated: 2022-09-29 07:18:54 The lawyers, man, sometimes they screw everything up.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-28: Updated: 2022-09-28 07:51:53 Do attorneys who use cannabis legally nonetheless risk violating the Rules of Professional Ethics?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-27: Updated: 2022-09-27 07:26:36 Need a way to neutralize a supervisor’s potentially biased employment decision? I’ll give you two.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-26: Updated: 2022-09-26 07:35:25 The guy who may have solicited prostitutes at work could win his retaliation lawsuit too

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-23: Updated: 2022-09-23 07:27:23 Here’s how your company can basically GUARANTEE getting sued and going to trial

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-22: Updated: 2022-09-22 07:31:49 ‘Central Park Karen’ believes its racist to call someone racist. A federal judge disagreed and dismissed her lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-21: Updated: 2022-09-21 07:16:39 The Department of Labor is not messing around with employers messing with employee tips!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-20: Updated: 2022-09-20 07:25:50 The Employer Handbook Friday Zoom Happy Hour Returns on September 30, 2022 at Noon ET

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-19: Updated: 2022-09-19 07:52:56 Is a request to transfer away from a supervisor antagonist a reasonable accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-16: Updated: 2022-09-16 07:23:58 Could an anonymous complaint about COVID-19 spawn a sex-based retaliation claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-15: Updated: 2022-09-15 07:23:57 If a cyber-attack at work creates imminent risk of identity theft or fraud, your employees can sue you!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-14: Updated: 2022-09-14 07:30:05 How did a plaintiff with no lawyer convince a federal appellate court that he had a viable FMLA claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-13: Updated: 2022-09-12 23:03:24 New Jersey finally offers clear guidance on cannabis testing to local employers. And by “clear,” I mean “hazy.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-12: Updated: 2022-09-12 07:12:21 If you’re new to HR, check out this new EEOC pregnancy and pregnancy-related disability discrimination resource

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-09: Updated: 2022-09-08 07:21:15 The customer isn’t always right — especially when they are OUTRIGHT RACIST!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-07: Updated: 2022-09-06 19:12:55 The joint-employer rules are changing again at the National Labor Relations Board

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-06: Updated: 2022-09-06 07:29:13 If hiring managers say they are looking for “new blood,” are they guilty of age discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-02: Updated: 2022-09-02 07:35:26 Warning: This post will be like nerd porn for statutory construction geeks. The rest of you may glaze over.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-09-01: Updated: 2022-09-01 07:50:01 Four wage-and-hour mistakes cost a company well over $100K. Here’s how you can avoid them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-31: Updated: 2022-08-31 07:28:15 Here’s what happens when your managers don’t follow your written call-out policies

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-30: Updated: 2022-08-30 07:52:41 Crikey! Can an employee bring an emotional support alligator to work? 🐊

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-29: Updated: 2022-08-29 08:01:13 This may become the biggest employment law decision of 2023

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-18: Updated: 2022-08-18 07:38:49 The plaintiff won her FMLA case. The court awarded her no money. The lawyers, however…

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-17: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:43 The first federal appellate court has recognized gender dysphoria as an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-16: Updated: 2022-08-16 07:33:17 Are remote workers eligible to take FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-15: Updated: 2022-08-17 12:30:58 How long do your employees have to sue you for discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-12: Updated: 2022-08-12 07:30:38 The CDC’s latest COVID-19 guidance treats unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals the same

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-11: Updated: 2022-08-11 07:26:22 Hey, they never said we couldn’t post TikToks transporting the dead bodies

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-10: Updated: 2022-08-10 07:34:02 In 2015, she sued for LGBT discrimination. One landmark SCOTUS decision later, she still lost.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-09: Updated: 2022-08-09 07:43:09 New Jersey poster lamination companies are now cursing under their breath

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-08: Updated: 2022-08-18 11:22:39 Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-05: Updated: 2022-08-05 07:53:13 I’ve got free educational resources for new mothers in the workplace (and their employers)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-04: Updated: 2022-08-04 07:35:18 Hostile work environment claims are often like trees falling in the forest

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-03: Updated: 2022-08-03 09:23:04 This HR service provider “walked the walk” and defeated claims of age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-02: Updated: 2022-08-02 07:54:34 Did disability bias motivate HR to fire an employee for sleepwalking into a colleague’s hotel bed?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-08-01: Updated: 2022-08-01 08:15:48 CORRECTION: A healthcare employer agreed to pay over $10M to settle claims about a COVID shot mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-29: Updated: 2022-07-29 07:34:09 How to fire an employee right after his FMLA expires . . . and win the retaliation lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-28: Updated: 2022-07-28 08:05:41 After the feds caught this employer red-handed not paying OT, the employer did the UNTHINKABLE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-27: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:08 How would terms limits on the Supreme Court justices impact employment law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-26: Updated: 2022-07-26 07:35:16 The anatomy of an FMLA interference claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-25: Updated: 2022-07-24 21:51:52 By the time she made it to court, her discrimination and retaliation claims were D.O.A.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-21: Updated: 2022-07-20 22:52:55 A “relentless and ruthless” campaign of 1,000 age-based insults might force an older employee to resign

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-20: Updated: 2022-07-20 07:36:32 Remember this recent decision when one employee sues you for unpaid overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-19: Updated: 2022-07-19 07:37:32 My source told me that a federal court has blocked the EEOC’s recent LGBT guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-18: Updated: 2022-07-18 07:31:31 A worker claimed religious bias over abortion rights. On Thursday, a jury awarded her over $5M!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-15: Updated: 2022-07-14 22:32:01 EEOC: Slow your roll before administering COVID-19 tests at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-14: Updated: 2022-07-14 07:29:26 Does Title VII allow a current employer to retaliate against HR for testifying against a former employer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-13: Updated: 2022-07-13 07:19:57 Hold up! Is there an “HR manager” exception that allows employers to retaliate against HR?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-12: Updated: 2022-07-11 23:05:08 One use of the n-word can create a hostile work environment. The OTHER n-word.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-11: Updated: 2022-07-10 23:06:14 An end to certain sexual harassment NDAs? Check out this new bipartisan federal bill.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-08: Updated: 2022-07-08 07:50:39 COVID-19 variants are rising but, whatever you do, don’t collect THIS INFO from employees.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-07: Updated: 2022-07-06 22:07:21 Hostility at work is not necessarily a “hostile work environment.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-06: Updated: 2022-07-05 23:09:28 Hey, management-side employment lawyers! Bookmark this post now and thank me later.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-05: Updated: 2022-07-05 07:25:17 The ADA cheat sheet for accommodating disabilities of seasonal employees and interns

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-07-01: Updated: 2022-07-01 07:55:17 You know what today is, right? It’s Bobby Bonilla Day! ⚾💰⚾💰

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-30: Updated: 2022-06-30 08:25:46 Following this week’s Supreme Court ruling, can private companies mandate prayer sessions at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-29: Updated: 2022-06-29 07:15:46 Is it legal to fire someone for getting an abortion?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-28: Updated: 2022-06-28 06:59:35 Does FMLA cover leave for abortion? What about in states where it’s illegal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-27: Updated: 2022-06-27 07:33:46 What should we say to our employees about Roe v. Wade?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-24: Updated: 2022-06-24 07:56:41 Here’s another reason why enforcing a non-compete can be so darn expensive

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-23: Updated: 2022-06-23 07:57:56 Here’s what you can’t do if you suspect that a former employee has misappropriated trade secrets

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-22: Updated: 2022-06-22 07:20:26 Could your business require medical exams for all workers returning from extended leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-21: Updated: 2022-06-21 07:57:06 Sexual harassment? No, I was just asking for a co-worker’s opinion about my butt lesions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-17: Updated: 2022-06-17 07:50:58 Gas attendant loses his job over a decimal point error; tries to repay the station.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-16: Updated: 2022-06-16 08:17:34 A federal appellate court made it difficult to blame ’20-’21 large layoffs on COVID-19

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-15: Updated: 2022-06-15 07:13:49 What would make an HR expert allegedly compare this company’s workplace culture to a “sewer”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-14: Updated: 2022-06-14 08:19:00 Yes, it’s still ok in NJ to have a non-disparagement provision when settling discrimination claims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-13: Updated: 2022-06-13 15:01:59 Is sexual harassment of a victim behind her back against the law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-10: Updated: 2022-06-10 08:00:42 Judge, my employer is so biased. They keep promoting me. 😲

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-09: Updated: 2022-06-09 07:35:46 Taxation without representation (and a new workplace marijuana law possibly coming soon).

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-08: Updated: 2022-06-07 21:02:18 The law doesn’t require a perfect response to harassment complaints. It just needs to be good enough.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-07: Updated: 2022-06-06 21:41:35 The place where male and female employees “routinely called each other by names describing a person with a large posterior.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-06: Updated: 2022-06-06 07:41:10 Here’s when you may have to accommodate an employee’s use of CBD

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-03: Updated: 2022-06-03 07:44:59 Short of denying leave, an employer can still violate the FMLA just by discouraging someone from taking it

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-02: Updated: 2022-06-02 07:35:01 Employers are singing the praises for the EEOC’s online mediation program

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-06-01: Updated: 2022-06-01 07:28:17 The FMLA does not require clairvoyance

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-31: Updated: 2022-05-31 07:53:11 Is lower co-worker morale reason enough to deny a religious accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-27: Updated: 2022-05-27 07:29:51 The DOL not only provides guidance on the FMLA, but it also enforces the law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-26: Updated: 2022-05-26 07:37:41 Five ways that employers botch FMLA for mental health conditions (and how to get it right instead)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-25: Updated: 2022-05-24 22:43:35 Lawyers and HR professionals weigh in on Josh Donaldson’s ‘Jackie’ comment. So does Major League Baseball.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-24: Updated: 2022-05-24 07:25:45 Supreme Court makes it harder for employers who litigate arbitrable claims to change their minds

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-23: Updated: 2022-05-23 07:45:55 What should Major League Baseball do about a white baseball player calling a black player ‘Jackie’ [Robinson]?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-20: Updated: 2022-05-20 07:25:33 California Employers, Are You Prepared For Upcoming Data Privacy Changes?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-19: Updated: 2022-05-19 07:43:58 New Jersey is back doing New Jersey things, like trying to kill restrictive covenants

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-18: Updated: 2022-05-18 07:48:27 New legislation in the House and Senate will make wage and hour violations WAY MORE expensive for employers (and criminal too)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-17: Updated: 2022-05-16 21:32:39 Is calling a man “bald” considered harassment based on sex?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-16: Updated: 2022-05-16 07:24:25 If your hiring software does this, the EEOC says its age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-13: Updated: 2022-05-12 22:51:47 These free resources can help you avoid disability discrimination claims when hiring using artificial intelligence

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-12: Updated: 2022-05-12 07:48:00 Man missed deadline to file disability discrimination lawsuit by about 40 years. FORTY!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-11: Updated: 2022-05-11 07:35:15 Jury awards $2,036,860,045 for misappropriation of trade secrets. Yes, over $2 billion!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-10: Updated: 2022-05-10 07:46:14 PODCAST: On this episode of Working Class, how to deal with employee whistleblowers

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-09: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:23 Did a middle school break the law because it allegedly fired a teacher for discussing her pansexuality in class?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-06: Updated: 2022-05-06 07:37:54 How in vogue has forming a union become? A group of LA strippers is trying to do it too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-05: Updated: 2022-05-05 07:28:37 I’ve got your VIP passes to hear the Department of Labor discuss possible OT changes tonight

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-04: Updated: 2023-11-12 20:37:45 Healthcare CEO gets fired after viral TikTok video altercation with a boy in a red dress, sues Kathy Griffin.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-03: Updated: 2022-05-03 10:13:15 Supreme Court to decide if a supervisor making $200K+ per year should get overtime too

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-05-02: Updated: 2022-05-02 07:28:06 Two gifts for employers from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-29: Updated: 2022-04-29 07:37:14 Company pays EEOC $79,000 rather than provide a pair of gloves to an employee with a skin rash

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-28: Updated: 2022-04-28 07:46:38 Can an employee legally be fired for using over-the-counter CBD products?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-27: Updated: 2022-04-27 07:39:19 The case of the $250,000 thumb drive porno and hacking (allegedly)

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-26: Updated: 2022-04-26 07:36:57 When do N-words and sex jokes NOT create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-25: Updated: 2022-04-25 07:44:29 Two different termination letters lead to one discrimination lawsuit and zero luck for the plaintiff

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-22: Updated: 2022-04-22 12:55:56 New Zamboni turns in Old Zamboni driver for peeing in a drain. Old Zamboni driver gets fired and sues for discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-21: Updated: 2022-04-20 18:09:41 Jerk customers can create hostile work environments for your workers too

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-19: Updated: 2022-04-18 22:43:16 Five days after the CDC reaffirmed its mask order for air travel, a federal judge nixed it nationwide

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-18: Updated: 2022-04-18 07:30:44 176,193 reasons to be careful when trying to limit employee overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-15: Updated: 2022-04-15 07:00:32 Yes, a man can have an (un)equal pay claim too. So how can a company defend itself?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-14: Updated: 2022-04-14 07:52:25 Why did this company seemingly offer FMLA leave to an employee it planned to fire?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-13: Updated: 2022-04-12 23:03:46 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-12: Updated: 2022-04-12 07:29:22 It’s the return of the mack, err, masks.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-11: Updated: 2022-04-11 07:29:49 No, this sign that your boss posted in the breakroom is NOT legal.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-08: Updated: 2022-04-08 07:43:33 Attempts to form labor unions are skyrocketing, and the Labor Board’s top lawyer wants to facilitate

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-07: Updated: 2022-04-07 07:35:03 Even LAW FIRMS commit SIX-FIGURE wage and hour violations, apparently.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-06: Updated: 2022-04-06 07:40:04 How can unionized companies accommodate employees with religious beliefs without violating a CBA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-05: Updated: 2022-04-05 08:01:29 Join me for a new limited-run podcast called “Working Class”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-04: Updated: 2022-04-04 07:41:04 This manager’s April Fool’s Day prank backfired MONUMENTALLY!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-04-01: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:59 While the EEOC facilitates bias claims for non-binary employees, here are seven ways to support them at work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-31: Updated: 2022-03-30 22:42:53 195,000 reasons to remember that state family leave laws don’t always track the FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-30: Updated: 2022-03-30 07:49:57 Save yourself a call to your employment lawyer with this easy COVID-19 tool

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-29: Updated: 2022-03-28 21:27:32 Five reasons why EEOC mediation may be right for your business

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-28: Updated: 2022-03-28 08:03:02 The Employee Rights of Act of 2022 has a nice ring to it. The problem is…

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-25: Updated: 2022-03-25 08:00:56 This new bill would allow an employee to skip work “because the employee feels unsafe.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-24: Updated: 2022-03-24 07:25:00 That bartender who claims she was fired for COVID-19 weight gain while quarantining may have a solid FLSA claim!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-23: Updated: 2022-03-23 07:56:03 A worker who claims she was fired for COVID-19 weight gain while quarantining is suing for . . . sex discrimination?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-22: Updated: 2022-03-22 07:45:20 Unlawful retaliation can take many forms. But, have you ever seen these?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-21: Updated: 2022-03-21 07:56:52 A bill to end hair discrimination takes another step towards becoming federal law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-18: Updated: 2022-03-18 07:53:51 A federal judge reinstated a more employer-friendly independent contractor rule. But will it last?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-17: Updated: 2022-03-17 06:45:29 Sorry, no, employers cannot unilaterally reduce FMLA leave entitlements below 12 weeks

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-16: Updated: 2022-03-16 07:39:44 First, they banned forced #MeToo arbitration. Is arbitration of ALL employment claims doomed too?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-15: Updated: 2022-03-15 14:20:59 The EEOC has new caregiver discrimination guidance. I’ll sum it up for you in two words.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-14: Updated: 2022-03-14 07:55:45 How do employees get paid for work performed on the Sunday of Daylight Savings?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-11: Updated: 2022-03-11 07:45:12 Don’t ruin your arbitration agreements by doing this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-10: Updated: 2022-03-10 06:41:43 Here’s a bonus FLSA tip: don’t threaten the families of employees that complain about their wages

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-09: Updated: 2022-03-09 07:41:25 Avoiding these wage and hour blunders could save your company over a hundred thousand dollars

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-08: Updated: 2022-03-08 08:00:03 POLL RESULTS: Should you fire an employee for supporting Vladimir Putin?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-07: Updated: 2022-03-07 07:34:49 Can you fire someone for supporting Vladimir Putin?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-04: Updated: 2022-03-04 07:35:34 Biden signs #MeToo arbitration bill, Philly drops masks, and EEOC updates its COVID-19 guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-03: Updated: 2022-03-03 07:41:00 Was COVID-19 a disability for this plaintiff? How about you be the judge today?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-02: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:27 Everything “employment law” mentioned in last night’s State of the Union Address

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-03-01: Updated: 2022-03-01 07:48:56 You can stand with Ukraine. Just remember to stand up for your Russian employees too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-28: Updated: 2022-02-28 07:35:13 Trick or treat? CDC’s updated guidance means that fewer people need face masks

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-25: Updated: 2022-02-25 07:27:16 Be careful. Your employee tracking software and equipment may be illegal in some states.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-24: Updated: 2022-02-24 07:29:40 How much medical information can we get from employees who may have disabilities?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-23: Updated: 2022-02-23 07:35:02 The Women’s National Team settled its equal pay claims with U.S. Soccer for $24M.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-22: Updated: 2022-02-22 07:46:23 Without this key element, you can kiss that retaliation claim goodbye

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-21: Updated: 2022-02-21 08:09:37 The lengths to which some will go to get FMLA leave — like faking pregnancy. . . three times

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-18: Updated: 2022-02-17 22:32:13 Why did a federal judge call an appellate decision on private COVID-19 mandates an “orgy of jurisprudential violence?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-17: Updated: 2022-02-17 07:47:12 That time the EEOC recovered $250K for a C-Suite employee who claimed disability discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-16: Updated: 2022-02-16 07:39:19 This one goes out to all you New Jersey arbitration nerds.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-15: Updated: 2022-02-15 08:01:35 What do you get when you cross a forklift operator using opioids with HR playing doctor?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-14: Updated: 2022-02-14 07:24:13 From the archives: 🔎Your post-Super Bowl guide to spotting employee FMLA or other sick leave abuse🔍

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-11: Updated: 2022-02-11 07:54:39 You can start playing Taps for your company’s agreements to arbitrate sexual harassment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-10: Updated: 2022-02-10 07:43:10 Read this before you go ham on employees who badmouth your company online.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-09: Updated: 2022-02-09 07:46:08 What the heck is ‘bleisure’ and how could your company get sued over it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-08: Updated: 2022-02-08 07:29:42 Your company’s arbitration agreements for sexual harassment claims may not survive February intact.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-07: Updated: 2022-04-06 12:36:38 The DOL is hiring 100 more investigators to audit company pay practices. Lucky you!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-04: Updated: 2022-02-04 07:55:23 NY Giants release statement to rebut Brian Flores’s “disturbing and simply false” allegations of race discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-03: Updated: 2022-02-03 11:36:46 VIDEO: Can Brian Flores’s lawsuit against the NFL and three teams survive? Two employment lawyers weigh in.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-02: Updated: 2022-02-02 07:46:30 Suppose you catch two employees operating a $1.5M fake COVID-19 vaccine card operation. Do you have to call the police?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-02-01: Updated: 2022-02-01 07:41:03 Is this the worst batch of retaliatory emails I’ve ever read? Maybe.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-31: Updated: 2022-01-31 07:28:33 Here are 150,000 reasons not to play doctor when your employee tells you that she may have cancer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-28: Updated: 2022-01-28 07:54:10 RUMOR: The feds are discussing more COVID-19 paid leave for private employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-27: Updated: 2022-01-27 07:46:39 “Liberal” Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. Here are three times he joined “conservative” justices when deciding employment law cases.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-26: Updated: 2022-01-25 19:20:05 OSHA: The ETS is dead as a temporary standard. Long live the ETS as a proposed rule!

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-25: Updated: 2022-01-25 07:55:11 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet No. 84

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-24: Updated: 2022-01-24 07:38:26 A federal judge entered a nationwide injunction on yet another federal vaccine mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-21: Updated: 2022-01-21 07:23:06 Thinking about reversing your new COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements? Could be a trend.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-20: Updated: 2022-01-20 07:31:20 UK is lifting many COVID-19 restrictions. Should we be doing the same?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-19: Updated: 2022-01-19 07:18:57 The rise in antisemitism should have your attention because it is squarely on the EEOC’s radar.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-18: Updated: 2022-01-18 07:18:32 Why did SCOTUS greenlight government-mandated COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers but not private-sector workers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-17: Updated: 2022-01-17 07:27:25 Zoom Happy Hour returns on Friday, 1/21/22, at 12 ET for a COVID-19 checkup and mailbag

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-14: Updated: 2022-01-13 19:55:22 As you’ve probably heard by now, the Supreme Court torpedoed OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-13: Updated: 2022-01-13 07:19:12 Today has to be the day, right? Right?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-12: Updated: 2022-01-12 07:32:07 Could your state still enforce OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate — even if the Supreme Court scuttles it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-11: Updated: 2022-01-11 07:36:06 Insurance carriers will soon have to pay for COVID-19 at-home tests — up to 8 per person per month.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-10: Updated: 2022-01-10 06:31:48 The feds are suing a company and its owner that paid a former employee’s final paycheck in pennies — about 91,500 of them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-07: Updated: 2022-01-07 13:09:32 Here’s an update on the OSHA vax-or-test mandate following today’s Supreme Court oral argument

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-07: Updated: 2022-01-06 19:35:07 It’s 2022. Time for an employee handbook update. Start by adding the word “TikTok.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-06: Updated: 2022-01-06 07:49:29 The CDC updated its COVID-19 isolation guidance (again!) to include testing. Sort of.

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-05: Updated: 2022-01-05 07:18:16 Here’s how the feds will try to convince the Supreme Court not to stay OSHA’s COVID-19 vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-04: Updated: 2022-01-04 07:51:12 Dr. Fauci hints at more changes coming to the CDC’s quarantine/isolation rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2022-01-03: Updated: 2022-01-03 08:14:02 Antonio Brown’s sad and disturbing exit from the Tampa Bay Bucs

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-30: Updated: 2021-12-30 07:58:05 These were the most popular employment law blog posts of 2021

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-29: Updated: 2021-12-28 22:54:46 This employer provided a flu shot accommodation that DID NOT work. And it still WON the lawsuit. HOW?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-28: Updated: 2021-12-28 07:57:19 Heads up, employers! The CDC shortened its recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-27: Updated: 2021-12-27 07:54:35 OSHA updated its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Frequently Asked Questions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-23: Updated: 2021-12-23 08:00:13 The Supreme Court will not rule on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate until after it takes effect on Jan. 4

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-22: Updated: 2021-12-22 07:26:56 Let’s play a game. How well do you know your state’s stance on OSHA’s COVID-19 vax-or-test mandate?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-21: Updated: 2021-12-20 21:24:27 Meanwhile, another federal appellate court refused to lift the nationwide stay of the federal contractor vaccine mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-20: Updated: 2021-12-19 14:17:21 Why might OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate be legal after all? And what should employers be doing about it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-17: Updated: 2021-12-17 21:31:47 Why is the employment lawyer blogging late on a Friday night? (Hint: ⚖️💉🤯)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-17: Updated: 2021-12-17 07:36:37 And just like that, the CMS vaccine mandate is back on in 26 states. Ok, 25 states. Maybe.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-16: Updated: 2021-12-15 22:45:34 One of the Sixth Circuit judges couldn’t resist sharing his two cents on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-15: Updated: 2021-12-15 08:04:19 On a scale of 😴 to 🤯, let’s score the EEOC’s latest guidance on whether COVID-19 is a disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-14: Updated: 2021-12-13 22:37:56 Waitress receives $4400 in tips but gets FIRED after she resisted sharing them. Is that legal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-13: Updated: 2021-12-12 22:46:19 PSA: Hire a lawyer to draft your employment agreements. Otherwise, you may end up like this.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-10: Updated: 2021-12-10 07:29:28 Don’t discriminate. (But, if you do, don’t make it THIS EASY for the EEOC to nail you for it.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-09: Updated: 2021-12-09 07:24:43 Is it legal to fire over 900 employees at once over Zoom?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-08: Updated: 2021-12-20 19:50:05 And now ALL of the federal COVID-19 mandates for private sector employers are STAYED

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-07: Updated: 2021-12-07 07:49:39 The 11th Circuit denied Florida’s appeal to block the same CMS vaccine mandate that another court already halted in 10 states and another judge blocked nationwide.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-06: Updated: 2021-12-06 07:34:46 Here’s what doctors think of the government’s efforts to mandate employee COVID-19 vaccinations

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-03: Updated: 2021-12-03 07:38:34 It turns out that women filming gifts of sex toys to male colleagues is not ok in Australia

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-02: Updated: 2021-12-02 07:35:56 In plain English, here’s why the government can’t force healthcare workers to get COVID-19 shots

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-12-01: Updated: 2021-11-30 22:21:37 A federal court has blocked the government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-30: Updated: 2021-11-30 07:33:01 Meanwhile, the CMS healthcare COVID-19 vaccine mandate isn’t faring much better

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-29: Updated: 2021-11-29 07:44:53 When will the court decide whether OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate is legal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-24: Updated: 2021-11-24 07:33:01 Let’s rank the top Thanksgiving foods for 2021. (Can anything take down stuffing?!?)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-23: Updated: 2021-11-23 07:37:30 Eric, we’re just gonna wait and see what happens with the OSHA vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-22: Updated: 2021-11-22 06:46:20 Does your private business have more than 99 employees? Take this quick vax-or-test poll.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-19: Updated: 2021-11-19 07:34:52 See you in court, err, arbitration! SCOTUS to decide whether litigating an employment dispute first precludes arbitrating it later

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-18: Updated: 2021-11-18 07:26:11 The EEOC updated its COVID-19 guidance again with new information on retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-17: Updated: 2021-11-16 22:56:26 The Sixth Circuit “won the lottery” and will decide the fate of the OSHA vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-16: Updated: 2021-11-16 11:52:41 Employer wigs out over an African American employee’s hair; EEOC claims race discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-15: Updated: 2021-11-15 07:38:21 The Fifth Circuit just dunked hard on OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-12: Updated: 2021-11-11 21:30:09 Drop that COVID-19 religious accommodation exemption form says one EEOC Commissioner

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-11: Updated: 2021-11-11 07:28:24 Three federal agencies want to end retaliation by hosting a “virtual dialogue” with employers next week.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-10: Updated: 2021-11-10 07:37:04 Is indefinite unpaid leave irreparably harmful to employees that don’t get vaccinated?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-09: Updated: 2021-11-09 10:25:51 Lawsuits opposing OSHA’s vax-or-test mandate will be decided by lottery, apparently.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-08: Updated: 2021-11-08 00:29:00 And just like that, a federal appellate court has stayed the Biden vax-or-test mandate for now

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-05: Updated: 2021-11-05 16:23:50 7 priority items to get your workplace ready for OSHA’s new vaccine-or-test mandate. (And a Zoom on Fri 11/12 at noon ET).

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-04: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:17 A federal court says certain religious employers may discriminate against LGBT employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:18 Can you refuse to a hire a transgender applicant because he won’t mix well with the customers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-02: Updated: 2021-11-02 07:47:55 Does the Biden federal contractor vaccine mandate go too far? Nineteen states think so. And they’re SUING!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-11-01: Updated: 2021-11-01 07:58:31 Word is, employees will have to pay for COVID-testing under the new Biden vaccine mandate.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-29: Updated: 2021-10-29 08:08:38 The EEOC emailed me its INTERNAL Religious Accommodation Request Form. Want to see it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-28: Updated: 2021-10-27 23:32:22 Are you in HR for a multistate employer? You can be sued individually for FMLA violations … in another state!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-27: Updated: 2021-10-26 23:33:46 Business groups ask President Biden to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandates for a few months

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-26: Updated: 2021-10-26 06:32:21 How to call applesauce on COVID-19 religious objections and other new advice from the EEOC

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-22: Updated: 2021-10-21 13:46:52 A federal judge made it really dang hard to prove medical marijuana discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-21: Updated: 2021-10-20 13:45:57 Where in the world is Eric Meyer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-20: Updated: 2021-10-18 22:28:33 I’ll give you nine examples of what the law does NOT consider retaliation.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-19: Updated: 2021-10-19 07:35:11 What a 🥴 private school in Florida can teach us about COVID-19 medical accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-18: Updated: 2021-10-17 10:58:40 The EEOC updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-15: Updated: 2021-10-15 07:36:51 These employees actually convinced a court to block a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But how???

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-14: Updated: 2021-10-14 06:41:59 We’re this close now to getting that Biden employer vaccine mandate. THIS CLOSE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-13: Updated: 2021-10-13 06:32:55 Another state just forbid employers from requiring employee COVID-19 vaccinations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-12: Updated: 2021-10-12 07:47:14 Telework as a reasonable accommodation seems to be a trend. Except when it’s not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-11: Updated: 2021-10-11 07:56:52 For the love of Zihuatanejo, please let your employees use the restroom when they need it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-08: Updated: 2021-10-08 07:38:48 Joking around about COVID-19 can get you fired … and 15 months in federal prison too 😨

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-07: Updated: 2021-10-07 07:41:06 NJ is doing more NJ things by beefing up its age discrimination rules for hiring and promotions

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-06: Updated: 2021-10-06 07:31:01 Did I just catch a sneak peek at the forthcoming OSHA vaccine/testing mandate?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-05: Updated: 2021-10-05 07:41:58 EEOC alleges that what this company did was dumb and dumber (and also age discrimination)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-04: Updated: 2021-10-04 09:34:32 Your business may not be in the clear yet from those early-pandemic discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-10-01: Updated: 2021-10-01 07:40:46 Will Senate bills like the ‘Biden Can’t Force Me Act’ and ‘Don’t Jab Me Act’ stop vaccine mandates?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-30: Updated: 2021-09-30 07:45:15 Now, the CDC strongly recommends urgent action to vaccinate pregnant women. But, what about accommodations?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-29: Updated: 2021-09-29 07:54:00 What REALLY happens when an employee doesn’t return completed FMLA paperwork?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-28: Updated: 2021-09-27 23:28:14 Nine reasons why it’s unlikely that any court will overturn your employer’s mandatory vaccine policy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-27: Updated: 2021-09-27 07:42:34 NEW: Details on the White House COVID-⁠19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-24: Updated: 2021-09-24 07:54:47 Lesbian coach is reinstated after outpouring of support from students, parents, and alums

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-23: Updated: 2021-09-23 07:46:41 Someone came to work in blackface as Rosa Parks to protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-22: Updated: 2021-09-21 22:39:15 What happens when leaders flout the COVID-19 rules that they purport to impose on everyone?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-21: Updated: 2021-09-21 07:39:34 A judge wasn’t buying a plaintiff’s religious reasons to avoid a vaccine mandate. And, sometimes, neither should you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-20: Updated: 2021-09-19 21:39:41 See you in court! Arizona files the first lawsuit to stop President Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-17: Updated: 2021-09-17 07:25:31 “Mandatory Vaccinations At Work Just Got Real!” today at Noon EDT on Zoom. This is what we’re covering and how you can still sign up.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-15: Updated: 2021-09-15 07:53:26 Eric, please elaborate on the EEOC’s new take on long COVID as a disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-14: Updated: 2021-09-14 07:27:59 While OSHA develops a vaccine mandate, the EEOC is now filing COVID-related lawsuits against employers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-13: Updated: 2021-09-12 21:10:26 More on Biden’s Vaccine Mandate: Lawsuits, the five best things I read, and a Friday Zoom at Noon EDT

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-10: Updated: 2021-09-10 07:48:37 Biden to companies with 100+ employees: Mandate vaccines, or test weekly, or else!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-09: Updated: 2021-09-08 22:55:46 How does one major airline plan to accommodate religious vaccine exemptions? With unpaid leave.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-08: Updated: 2021-09-08 07:50:58 First, some anti-maskers sued a store over its mandate. Now, they are losing discovery disputes and getting sanctioned.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-07: Updated: 2021-09-06 22:11:28 Have you seen the survey about employees getting fired for Zoom mistakes? Here’s my hot take.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:02 Sex addiction. That isn’t a disability under the ADA is it? Or IS IT?!?!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-02: Updated: 2021-09-02 07:54:35 You’ll want to consider updating your employee handbooks ASAP — especially in PA, NJ, and DE — to avoid this potential lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-09-01: Updated: 2021-08-31 21:03:33 Could you spot your employee’s phony COVID-19 vaccination card? Ok, then what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-31: Updated: 2021-08-31 07:55:17 A Florida doctor can no longer see patients allegedly after selling $50 mask waivers on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-30: Updated: 2021-08-30 07:56:28 A bunch of attorneys — an ENTIRE BAR ASSOCIATION! — says that ALL EMPLOYERS should REQUIRE vaccinations for COVID-19

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-27: Updated: 2021-08-27 07:27:38 Wait! You mean we can raise insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-26: Updated: 2021-08-26 07:17:58 Imagine testing positive for cocaine at work … and getting to keep your job?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-25: Updated: 2021-08-25 07:33:50 I’ve got poll results on mandatory vaccinations. Plus, hold September 1 at Noon ET for the next Zoom!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-24: Updated: 2021-08-24 07:41:35 FDA approves the first COVID-19 vaccine. Is your business ready to mandate vaccinations? (POLL)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-23: Updated: 2021-08-23 07:26:40 Could changing someone’s shift schedule really create a discrimination claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-20: Updated: 2021-08-20 07:47:16 Another EEO-1 Limerick

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-19: Updated: 2021-08-19 07:32:40 Eric, I heard something about COVID-19 booster shots. Do we need provide employees PTO for that?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-18: Updated: 2021-08-18 07:27:31 Can an employee fired for refusing a mandatory workplace vaccination collect unemployment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-17: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:16 A court just EVISCERATED two baseless arguments from the transphobic “bathroom police” at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-16: Updated: 2021-08-16 07:00:29 Philadelphia and OSHA issued new mask instructions last week. One has 💪 while the other is just kinda 😐

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-13: Updated: 2021-08-13 08:12:02 In today’s edition of “HR and Hip Hop”: Sir Mix-A-Lot, LL Cool J, and The Fugees. Plus the B-52s and Seinfeld!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-12: Updated: 2021-08-12 19:33:12 Don’t fall for this anti-vaxxer workplace hack.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-11: Updated: 2021-08-11 07:46:30 Could Shock G a/k/a Humpty Hump have used FMLA leave to get a nose job?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-10: Updated: 2021-08-10 07:17:58 Is Skee Lo’s height a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? #IWishIWasALittleBitTaller

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-09: Updated: 2021-08-09 07:08:22 Do COVID-19 business immunity state laws protect employers from ADA lawsuits too?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-06: Updated: 2021-08-06 07:33:03 Should religious objectors be excepted from mandatory vaccine requirements at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-05: Updated: 2021-08-05 07:27:50 500,000 dollars, err, reasons not to stereotype women in traditionally male-dominated industries

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-04: Updated: 2021-08-04 07:54:05 Who pays for COVID-19 tests when an employer requires regular testing?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-03: Updated: 2021-08-03 07:09:01 Here’s hoping employers in states like PA paid nonexempt employees for COVID-19 temperature checks at work. Otherwise…

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-08-02: Updated: 2021-08-02 09:41:03 Does federal law forbid discrimination based on interracial relationships? Two courts disagree.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-30: Updated: 2021-07-30 06:58:26 POLL RESULTS: Are businesses ready to mandate vaccinations? Not so fast…

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-29: Updated: 2021-07-29 07:14:51 All federal workers will need to vaccinate or undergo regular COVID-19 testing

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-28: Updated: 2021-07-28 07:54:38 The CDC now wants everyone to wear masks in certain public indoor places. But where? Why? And for how long?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-27: Updated: 2021-07-27 19:40:58 Trending? The Department of Veteran Affairs, California, and NYC are mandating COVID-19 vaccinations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-26: Updated: 2021-07-26 08:03:57 When it comes to COVID-19 this season, the National Football League means business — literally. And you should too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-23: Updated: 2021-07-23 07:30:43 44 million more reasons to properly define essential job functions and explore reasonable accommodations. And it’s the SAME EMPLOYER!!! 😲😨🤯

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-22: Updated: 2021-07-21 23:23:01 Organized labor’s favorite 12-foot inflatable protest balloon prevails — red eyes, fangs, claws and all.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-21: Updated: 2021-07-21 07:14:50 250,000 reasons to consider a reasonable accommodation — even if the employee can perform his job duties anyway

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-20: Updated: 2021-07-20 07:29:12 Can you legally fire a “victim” whom you honestly believe has fabricated a discrimination complaint at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-19: Updated: 2021-07-19 08:58:18 Some of your employment arbitration agreements may not be worth much soon. Here’s why.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-16: Updated: 2021-07-15 20:10:32 Help Wanted: Director of Taco Relations 🌮🌮🌮 $25K/month for up to 20 hours per week.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-15: Updated: 2021-07-15 07:08:34 Because you asked, I’ve got so many great trans-inclusive resources for you and your workplace today

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-14: Updated: 2021-07-14 22:43:12 One of your employees objects to using transgender co-workers’ personal pronouns. Now what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-13: Updated: 2021-07-13 07:07:42 New Jersey is not f**king around with employee misclassification

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-12: Updated: 2021-07-11 22:21:34 Yep, President Biden ordered the FTC to curtail private companies from using of non-competes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-09: Updated: 2021-07-09 07:10:40 Wait, WHAT?!? Is President Biden planning to ban private employers from using non-competes?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-08: Updated: 2021-07-07 22:07:23 Like ordering a cheesesteak with Swiss, employee-friendly OT rules just aren’t meant to be in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-07: Updated: 2021-07-06 22:04:07 Here’s a list of things that don’t count as retaliation, starting with making faces.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-06: Updated: 2021-07-06 08:13:12 An employment lawyer’s take on track star Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for using marijuana

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-02: Updated: 2021-07-02 07:07:27 60 years after the NY Yankees rejected her, a woman finally got that bat girl job

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-07-01: Updated: 2021-06-30 12:57:25 It’s July 1. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! (This year, in haiku!) 🧾⚾💰

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-30: Updated: 2021-06-30 06:33:56 An EEO-1 Limerick #WednesdayEEO1LimerickDay

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-29: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:04 The Supreme Court’s silence on transgender bathroom use may speak volumes for your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-28: Updated: 2021-06-28 08:00:56 The EEOC is suing a work placement agency for individuals with disabilities for, yep, disability discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-25: Updated: 2021-06-25 07:35:34 The House wants to make it easier to bring age bias claims. But will the Senate co-sign?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-24: Updated: 2021-06-24 07:47:08 Is COVID-19 an actual disability under the ADA? Not always, says one court.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-23: Updated: 2021-06-23 07:34:02 Oh, hell no! Did an employer discriminate by not excusing a Christian employee from fingerprinting?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-22: Updated: 2021-06-22 07:32:57 As if restaurants haven’t endured enough already, the DOL just announced an 80/20 rule on steroids.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-21: Updated: 2021-06-21 06:29:47 Let’s answer some of your COVID-19 return to work questions. The Zoom Office Hour returns this Friday, 6/25 at Noon ET

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-18: Updated: 2021-06-18 07:52:02 The anatomy of a sex discrimination claim. (Trust me. It’s not as stimulating as it sounds).

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-17: Updated: 2021-06-17 07:36:19 How much social media discovery can you get from an employee who sues you for discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-16: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:07 Happy Belated 1st Birthday to an LGBT rights landmark decision. I brought cake and presents! 🎂🎁

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-15: Updated: 2021-06-15 07:33:06 Secretary of Labor to Congress: The salary level cutoff for overtime is too low. We’re changing it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-14: Updated: 2021-06-14 07:53:33 A federal judge has issued the first ruling on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at work. And His Honor is spittin’ 🔥🔥🔥

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-11: Updated: 2021-06-11 07:49:21 Yep, yet again the Paycheck Fairness Act is dead again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-10: Updated: 2021-06-10 08:00:58 Creating a new “job sharing” position is not a reasonable accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-09: Updated: 2021-06-09 07:34:50 WARNING: This pregnancy discrimination lawsuit might make your brain explode 🤯

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-08: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:13 It’s time to reassess dress codes … before the ACLU darkens your door too

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-07: Updated: 2021-06-07 07:27:32 A pepperoni pizza lesson about religious accommodations for employee COVID vaccinations

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-04: Updated: 2021-06-04 07:20:49 Look into your COVID-19 crystal ball. Tell me what you see.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-03: Updated: 2021-06-03 07:36:48 What in the heck could this company have possibly been thinking?!?!? (Allegedly.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-02: Updated: 2021-06-02 07:30:58 Psst…OSHA updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance too!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-06-01: Updated: 2021-06-01 07:19:47 VIDEO: Amy and Eric explain what’s 🔥hot🔥 with the EEOC’s new COVID-19 💉guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-28: Updated: 2021-05-28 06:55:34 “Privileged white female ‘Karen’ caught on video verbally abusing an African American male” is now suing her former employer for discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-27: Updated: 2021-05-27 07:49:19 POLL RESULTS: Don’t discipline employees that spread COVID-19 misinformation

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-26: Updated: 2021-05-26 07:47:12 POLL: How should companies handle employees that spread COVID-19 misinformation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-25: Updated: 2021-05-25 07:21:13 On Friday, New Jersey will lift most COVID-19 mask restrictions. But, most businesses may be like, “WTH!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-24: Updated: 2021-05-24 07:37:25 These are the red-light / green-light rules to filing a federal age discrimination lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-21: Updated: 2021-05-21 07:22:14 Does federal law require employers to provide leave from work to a woman recovering from a c-section?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-20: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:06 Why did a transgender employee who needed leave from work lose claims for both sex and disability discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-19: Updated: 2021-05-19 07:28:22 IRS to CDC: Hold our drink. Check out the new 41-page COBRA subsidy resource for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-18: Updated: 2021-05-18 07:42:34 OSHA to CDC: We hear you, dawg. We’ll update our face mask guidance too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-17: Updated: 2021-05-17 07:48:31 New CDC face mask guidance for the fully-vaxxed and a Special Mid-Week Edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-14: Updated: 2021-05-14 07:47:19 Before I get into that new CDC mask guidance, I owe you two more tips to avoid FMLA abuse

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-13: Updated: 2021-05-13 07:54:39 A federal appellate court just hooked you up with three tips to erase FMLA abuse

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-12: Updated: 2021-05-12 07:33:10 What do adult toys and X-rays have to do with protecting trade secrets?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-11: Updated: 2021-05-11 07:29:03 How long does an employee have in which to file an FMLA lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-10: Updated: 2021-05-10 07:44:57 Read this post before accommodating a disabled employee with a job reassignment. (It could save you a lawsuit.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-07: Updated: 2021-05-07 07:49:01 DON’T DO THIS: Misclassify your employees as independent contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-06: Updated: 2021-05-06 07:37:14 DON’T DO THIS: Party with vodka and strippers at work during a pandemic

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-05: Updated: 2021-05-06 07:36:48 DON’T DO THIS: Threaten to fire employees that get a COVID-19 vaccination

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-04: Updated: 2021-05-04 07:54:45 DON’T DO THIS: Enslave an employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-05-03: Updated: 2021-05-03 07:43:20 Maybe if I blog about it enough, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will actually become law

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-30: Updated: 2021-04-30 07:32:25 Yet another court reaffirms that the ADA does not require accommodating marijuana use

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-29: Updated: 2021-04-29 07:30:05 President Biden unveiled his paid family leave plan –12 weeks and up to $4K per month. But, will it happen?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-28: Updated: 2021-04-28 07:38:34 Here’s everything you need to know about yesterday’s updated CDC guidance for fully-vaccinated people

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-27: Updated: 2021-04-26 22:45:09 President Biden announces a task force to help your employees unionize. Yikes!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-26: Updated: 2021-04-26 07:38:11 TRENDING: Cities and states banning pre-hire marijuana testing. Next up: Philadelphia

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-23: Updated: 2021-04-23 07:45:33 Why you might not want to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations at work. Plus, Oreo cake, a beverage (or two), and some COBRA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-22: Updated: 2021-04-21 22:36:32 President Biden wants all employers to provide paid time off for COVID-19 vaccinations

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-21: Updated: 2021-04-20 23:03:05 Here’s why it’s important for employees returning from FMLA leave to certify that they are fit for duty

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-20: Updated: 2021-04-20 07:31:07 EEOC confirms that new COVID-19 vaccination incentive guidance is coming soon

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-19: Updated: 2021-04-19 07:25:33 The House approved the Paycheck Fairness Act. Now, it will probably die in the Senate. 💀💀💀

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-16: Updated: 2021-04-16 07:22:10 PRO-TIP: Men who smack women at work probably shouldn’t then sue for discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-15: Updated: 2021-04-15 07:42:30 Scoop! EEOC won’t cone-done ice cream company’s alleged pro-Hispanic hiring practices

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-14: Updated: 2021-04-14 11:12:41 This is, by far, the most important ADA decision so far in 2021.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-13: Updated: 2021-04-13 07:54:07 An employer is learning the hard way that workers’ compensation is not a shield against the FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-12: Updated: 2021-04-12 06:56:20 As a reasonable accommodation, must an employer transport an employee with a disability to/from work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-09: Updated: 2021-04-09 07:38:04 This week, we’ve covered the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So, how about Alaska?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-08: Updated: 2021-04-08 07:43:27 It’s your one-stop-shop for all things COBRA premium subsidy. (Thank you, DOL!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-07: Updated: 2021-04-07 08:12:14 Justices Alito, Gorusch, and (Thurgood) Marshall share the same views on … religious accommodations?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-06: Updated: 2021-04-06 18:04:14 Gas up the Bugatti for the commute! Pennsylvania has relaxed its private sector restrictions on teleworking.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-05: Updated: 2021-04-05 08:00:26 COVID-19 paid leave was soooooo 2020 — unless you operate in Philadelphia.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-02: Updated: 2021-04-01 23:27:38 A woman with back issues and trouble sitting for long stretches flew around the world to Thailand. FMLA abuse, much?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-04-01: Updated: 2021-04-01 07:42:22 Court rules its ok for a winery worker to wear “Cellar Lives Matter” apparel.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-31: Updated: 2021-03-31 07:29:41 A Florida man allegedly lost his job because of his fake COVID-19 vaccination card side hustle

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-30: Updated: 2021-03-30 07:38:20 Members of Congress want “bold action” from the new Labor Secretary. (Like overtime for anyone making under $1,591/week!!!))

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-29: Updated: 2021-03-29 07:31:39 Employers that operate in THIS state can require workers to get vaccinated

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-26: Updated: 2021-03-26 07:27:51 This pre-COVID case underscores how telework will often be a post-COVID reasonable accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-25: Updated: 2021-03-25 08:11:04 Will (reverse) vaccination discrimination be the next big thing?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-24: Updated: 2021-03-24 07:42:39 Here’s a tip. Expect significant changes to the DOL’s previously-proposed employee tipping rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-23: Updated: 2021-03-23 07:33:23 A Texas diner threatening a $50 no-mask surcharge is your reminder not to relax face mask rules at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-22: Updated: 2021-03-22 13:43:36 Join us on 3/26 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hours. That’s right, HOURS! A DOUBLE FEATURE!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-19: Updated: 2021-03-19 07:52:27 Here’s what we’re covering today on The Employer Handbook Zoom Officer Hour at Noon ET

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-18: Updated: 2021-03-17 22:45:43 So, you’re thinking about a workplace vaccination program 🤔

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-17: Updated: 2021-03-17 07:57:51 Did you know that many former employees can get up to six free months of COBRA come April 1?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-16: Updated: 2021-03-14 18:59:24 OSHA’s getting serious — enforcement serious — about coronavirus and the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-15: Updated: 2021-03-15 07:59:27 I’m no racist! My diabetes and spiking blood sugar made me say the n-word.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-12: Updated: 2021-03-12 07:58:34 In a move that no one saw coming, the Biden DOL plans to 86 the joint employer and proposed independent contractor rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-11: Updated: 2021-03-11 07:58:57 How will the American Rescue Plan’s FFCRA (paid leave) changes impact employers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-10: Updated: 2021-03-10 07:40:26 You can’t force me to get vaccinated! I’m suing!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-09: Updated: 2021-03-08 20:39:32 CDC greenlights maskless face-to-face meetings with no social distancing.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-08: Updated: 2021-03-08 13:30:09 President Biden has fired the EEOC’s General Counsel. Will this move impact your company?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-05: Updated: 2021-03-04 20:38:13 If you’re not providing paid military leave, you may need a good employment lawyer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-04: Updated: 2021-02-28 17:57:28 Are you an FMLA nerd? Well, check this out, Poindexter!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-03: Updated: 2022-10-14 14:49:06 The federal government seems much less uptight now about employees that have used marijuana

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-02: Updated: 2021-03-02 07:22:58 EEOC records the fewest charges of discrimination in over 20 years!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-03-01: Updated: 2021-03-01 07:30:16 Rather than pay about $2,000 to install automatic doors, an employer loses a $650K disability discrimination verdict instead

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-26: Updated: 2021-02-26 07:34:17 Can employees use FFCRA leave to get vaccinated? We’ll answer this and more today at Noon ET on Zoom!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-25: Updated: 2021-02-25 07:32:01 Did an employer take a job offer back from a pregnant woman while getting induced?!? The EEOC thinks so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-24: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:07 Oh, check it out! The Equality Act is back. But, will it get to the President this time? 🏳️‍🌈

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-23: Updated: 2021-04-20 16:02:42 Now that recreational marijuana is legal in NJ, can local employers still drug test? Refuse to hire pot smokers??

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-22: Updated: 2021-02-20 18:47:36 🚨HR ALERT🚨 If your employee handbook is missing a “Pregnancy Accommodations” policy, fix that ASAP!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-19: Updated: 2021-02-19 09:07:35 How could a 12-year-old statement breathe life into a claim for unequal pay? I’ll explain…

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-18: Updated: 2021-02-18 07:30:32 Ok, so what employment-related claims can a man with a pregnant wife file?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-17: Updated: 2021-02-17 07:47:17 Can a man bring a pregnancy discrimination claim? (Yeah, you read that right.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-16: Updated: 2021-02-16 07:24:04 A federal court just made it hecka-hard to prove age discrimination at work. But, did it go too far?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-16: Updated: 2021-02-15 22:41:04 Two for Tuesday? Or just a heads up that The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour returns this Friday at Noon ET

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-15: Updated: 2021-02-15 07:58:24 My vaccinated employee had close contact with someone who has COVID-19. Should s/he quarantine?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-12: Updated: 2021-02-12 07:25:47 What do you do when you suspect that an employee’s doctor note is 🐄💩???

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-11: Updated: 2021-02-11 08:02:50 Will the National Labor Relations Board save Scabby the Rat from extermination? 🐭

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-10: Updated: 2021-02-10 07:35:44 Yesterday, the Internet remained undefeated! 🙀

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-09: Updated: 2021-02-09 07:32:52 What an NBA coach can teach us about mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-08: Updated: 2021-02-08 07:36:12 With a Democrat advantage in Congress, maybe keep on eye on these two pieces of employment legislation

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-05: Updated: 2021-02-05 07:47:45 The Supreme Court may decide whether one “N”-word can create a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-04: Updated: 2021-02-04 07:19:31 Come on, EEOC!!! Can employers incentivize COVID-19 shots? We need to know! (ASAP!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-03: Updated: 2021-02-03 07:40:04 It’s official! Second chances and clean slates for wage-and-hour violators are over at the DOL.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-02: Updated: 2021-02-02 08:10:01 A large law firm is reportedly requiring vaccinations before working in the office again 💉💪

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-02-01: Updated: 2021-02-01 07:34:30 One minute VIDEO: Five things employers should know about OSHA’s brand new COVID-19 guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-29: Updated: 2021-01-29 07:20:26 Join me and special guest Dan Schwartz (!!!) at Noon ET today on Zoom for The Employer Handbook Office Hour

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-28: Updated: 2021-01-28 07:59:13 Court: Shareholders and equity partners cannot sue for discrimination under Title VII.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-27: Updated: 2021-01-27 07:55:43 A woman fired after attending the Capitol protest is suing her former employer for $10,000,000.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-26: Updated: 2021-01-26 07:48:43 Pot for Shots: Folks, there’s a new trend to incentivize COVID-19 vaccinations. It’s marijuana?!? 🌿

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-25: Updated: 2021-01-25 14:13:31 The CDC has a new vaccine communication COVID-19 toolkit. Plus, President Biden proposes even MORE employment law changes. 😱

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-22: Updated: 2021-01-28 10:16:55 Real leadership is admitting when you’re wrong (like firing a Jewish employee who calls out Nazis).

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-21: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:25 Eight ways that President Biden changed employment law on Day One. That was fast!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-20: Updated: 2021-01-20 07:41:33 In his first month on the job, the new Mets GM completed two blockbuster trades. And yesterday, it seems he got fired for sexting.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-19: Updated: 2021-01-19 07:36:38 FACT OR FICTION: Complying with ADEA disclosure requirements for a layoff means listing foreign non-U.S. workers too

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-18: Updated: 2021-01-18 07:32:01 President-Elect Biden published his first HR compliance wish list. (And you won’t believe No. 3!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-15: Updated: 2021-01-15 07:34:43 An employee curses out a customer on Twitter. Was she fired? Heck no! The company had her back!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-14: Updated: 2021-01-14 07:32:37 A federal court just greenlit the failure-to-accommodate claim of a medical marijuana user. But why?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-13: Updated: 2021-01-12 20:20:44 The EEOC has some big news for fans of EEO-1 filings!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-12: Updated: 2021-01-12 07:30:05 Can you fire an employee for complaining that the company violated state/local COVID-19 orders?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-11: Updated: 2021-01-11 07:30:12 Before your business rewards employees for getting the COVID-19 vaccine, read this. (It may save you a lawsuit.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-08: Updated: 2021-01-08 07:40:55 A one-time Associate General Counsel and HR Director who was at the Capitol riots appears to be unemployed now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-07: Updated: 2021-01-07 07:42:04 What’s the big difference between an independent contractor and an employee anyway?

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-06: Updated: 2021-01-06 07:50:58 Court: Warning! Employer may have violated WARN with mass layoff with little-to-no notice during pandemic

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-05: Updated: 2021-01-05 13:45:06 Here’s how to compensate employees that split their day between the office and telework

by Eric B. Meyer

2021-01-04: Updated: 2021-01-04 07:34:25 The DOL spent NYE updating its FFCRA guidance and issuing new wage and hour letters

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-31: Updated: 2020-12-31 07:41:20 The most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-30: Updated: 2020-12-29 23:08:48 Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-29: Updated: 2020-12-29 07:40:54 The nerds, err, readers have spoken! I’ll see you on Zoom on Wednesday (12/30) at Noon Eastern.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-28: Updated: 2020-12-28 07:26:19 Last night, President Trump signed the COVID-19 stimulus package into law after all.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-24: Updated: 2020-12-23 22:21:20 Heads up! The DOL wants new rules for tipped employees, including tip pools with the back of the house.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-23: Updated: 2020-12-23 07:14:01 Actually, the FFCRA may sunset for ALL employees on December 31, 2020 after all😳😲😱

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-22: Updated: 2020-12-22 07:58:43 Congress won’t make employers provide FFCRA leave in 2021. But, you can if you want (and get tax credits).

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-21: Updated: 2020-12-20 21:30:33 Man pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charges after lying to his employer about having COVID-19

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-18: Updated: 2020-12-18 07:57:02 Pink slips for seven plant managers who ran bets on how many employees would get COVID-19

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-17: Updated: 2020-12-17 06:55:05 “Let’s upstage The Employer Handbook by releasing our vaccine guidance” — EEOC, possibly

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-16: Updated: 2020-12-16 07:33:59 Preparing for Exceptions To Your Business’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-15: Updated: 2020-12-15 07:38:59 Who was the worst employer of 2020? Place your vote!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-14: Updated: 2020-12-14 07:31:51 The ADA does not require accommodating medical marijuana use. But, what about synthetic THC?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-11: Updated: 2020-12-11 07:45:54 A nurse, a TikTok video, and ignoring COVID-19 safety protocols. (This doesn’t end well…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-10: Updated: 2020-12-10 07:31:11 Can your state require you to get the COVID-19 vaccine? At least one has a pending bill…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-09: Updated: 2020-12-09 07:37:15 Heads up! Check to see if your state and local quarantine rules have changed recently.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-08: Updated: 2020-12-08 08:29:48 Can your business dodge an EEOC discrimination claim by closing and opening under a new name?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-07: Updated: 2020-12-06 20:40:37 It took until December, but I just read about the most ‘2020’ social media firing of the year.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-04: Updated: 2020-12-03 22:37:34 For how much did one of the most important employment cases of 2020 just settle?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-03: Updated: 2020-12-03 07:29:58 Just when you thought you had it all figured out, the CDC updated its ‘close contact’ guidance (again!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-02: Updated: 2020-12-01 23:23:24 Let’s explore piece rates, the FLSA, and the best music videos of the 80s.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-12-01: Updated: 2020-12-01 07:56:15 Want three ways to improve employment of U.S. veterans with disabilities? The EEOC has got your back.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-30: Updated: 2020-11-30 07:31:23 HELP! My employee with a disability wants a reassignment to an open position. (But, we have a better internal candidate.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-25: Updated: 2020-11-24 23:32:34 Which of these 32 items on your Thanksgiving Dinner Table reigns supreme?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-24: Updated: 2020-11-23 23:12:42 Vlog and Blog COMBO! COVID-19 and Thanksgiving. Plus, a new telecommuting mandate in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-23: Updated: 2020-11-23 07:26:57 That time when all the employment lawyers got paid and the litigants got zilch!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-20: Updated: 2020-11-20 08:01:08 Lawsuit: Company managers wagered on how many employees will get coronavirus

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-19: Updated: 2020-11-19 12:05:17 Heads up, PA employers! The Commonwealth just strengthened its COVID-19 mask and testing rules 😷👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-18: Updated: 2020-11-17 19:39:01 The EEOC has a new 114-page religious discrimination playbook. But, 2 of those pages got me like 🤔🤔🤔

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-17: Updated: 2020-11-17 07:27:21 The COVID-19 Conundrum: Can you suspend employees for attending big Thanksgiving dinners?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-16: Updated: 2020-11-15 22:23:51 How might the Biden Administration impact immigration policy?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-13: Updated: 2020-11-13 07:58:35 CDC: Face masks protect others and YOU TOO!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-12: Updated: 2020-11-12 07:31:01 He used the “N”-word twice . . . and may just win his race discrimination claim too?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-11: Updated: 2020-11-11 07:36:08 Using marijuana in NJ has nothing to do with politics. But, are local employers ready for legal weed?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-10: Updated: 2020-11-10 07:59:28 POLL: Could politics ever motivate you NOT to hire someone?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-09: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:02 Five ways that a Biden presidency may reshape employment law and HR-compliance

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-06: Updated: 2020-11-06 07:12:50 She settled her disability discrimination claim for cash and a lateral transfer. Then she sued for . . . retaliation?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-05: Updated: 2020-11-05 07:59:19 The Holocaust denier I wrote about last year got re-hired — and then fired AGAIN!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-04: Updated: 2020-11-04 07:30:19 Besides adorable bunny rabbits, what’s the least political thing that we can talk about today?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-03: Updated: 2020-11-03 07:30:26 Can you get paid sick leave if your child’s school makes your child quarantine at home for two weeks?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-11-02: Updated: 2020-11-02 07:19:03 Paid sick leave for COVID-19 is flattening the curve…with fewer employment lawsuits too?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-30: Updated: 2020-10-29 15:52:53 Serendipity! NJ just ordered new workplace safety measures for employees and visitors.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-29: Updated: 2020-10-29 06:47:55 Yes, your business can make all customers wear face coverings. Even folks that claim that they can’t.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-28: Updated: 2020-10-27 22:47:21 Survey says readers like Justice Barrett for employment law. Beyond that, however…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-27: Updated: 2020-10-27 06:39:32 Amy Coney Barrett is the next Supreme Court Justice. What do you think? (POLL)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-26: Updated: 2020-10-26 06:43:33 The “Halloween in the Workplace” HR-compliance post for 2020 feels a little different this year

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-23: Updated: 2020-10-23 07:51:23 Can an employee take FMLA leave and go on a hunting trip with friends at the same time? One court says yes!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-22: Updated: 2020-10-21 22:55:40 Rapping about an unemployment benefits scam does not enrapture the U.S. Department of Justice.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-21: Updated: 2020-10-21 08:09:19 One HR lesson from two exotic dancers on misclassifying employees as independent contractors.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-20: Updated: 2020-10-20 06:38:14 “Salt Bae” employees complaining about tips are cooking up some new federal claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-19: Updated: 2020-10-19 06:38:55 Take a good hard look straight in the “I’s.” Do you like what you see?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-16: Updated: 2020-10-16 06:47:48 Business groups give 👎 on new limits to diversity training. SHRM too — maybe.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-15: Updated: 2020-10-15 08:46:51 “Well, you’re kind of getting up there in years, you’re at retirement age, you go one way and the company’s going the other.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-14: Updated: 2020-10-14 07:36:40 Trust me. It’s not a good look when the EEOC thinks that you haven’t hired a woman in over 30 years!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-13: Updated: 2020-10-13 07:33:44 Why countersuing an employee can be a recipe for disaster!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-12: Updated: 2020-10-11 20:01:55 What actually happens if the EEOC thinks we discriminated against an employee? 😮

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-09: Updated: 2020-10-09 07:53:44 OFCCP elaborates on what kind of diversity training government contractors can (and can’t) do.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-08: Updated: 2020-10-08 07:27:08 Free COVID-19 claims and lawsuits webinar? And a slide deck on EEO considerations too? I got you, fam!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-07: Updated: 2020-10-07 06:37:19 Is a Fortune 50 company’s diversity program discriminatory? The DOL wants to know!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-06: Updated: 2020-10-06 07:34:07 Yes, the Americans with Disabilities Act still applies during an employee’s initial “probationary period.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-05: Updated: 2020-10-05 07:13:45 My employer fired me because I use medical marijuana. Can I sue?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-02: Updated: 2020-10-09 16:09:18 A Friday fistful of Amy Coney Barrett on employment law

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-10-01: Updated: 2020-10-01 07:43:05 Has Judge Amy Coney Barrett ever handled an appeal involving the EEOC? You bet she has!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-30: Updated: 2020-09-30 07:16:09 How might Judge Amy Coney Barrett adjudicate your arbitration agreements?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-29: Updated: 2020-09-29 07:44:39 That time when Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett upheld a plaintiff’s $300K discrimination win

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-28: Updated: 2020-09-28 06:36:50 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on the ADA. Plus, Bill Murray’s attorney responds to that cease and desist 👀

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-25: Updated: 2020-09-25 08:58:42 Check out this demand letter that The Doobie Brothers’ lawyer sent to actor Bill Murray!!! 👀 Oh, and a free webinar.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-24: Updated: 2020-09-24 07:54:19 The White House will limit how government contractors train on diversity and inclusion too

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-23: Updated: 2020-09-22 23:06:24 How can you tell an employee from an independent contractor? I’ll explain in about two minutes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-22: Updated: 2020-09-22 07:49:50 In Philadelphia, just about everyone is eligible now for COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-21: Updated: 2020-09-21 06:40:00 The legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lives on as lawmakers seek fairness for pregnant workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-18: Updated: 2020-09-18 06:44:07 No, the Americans with Disabilities Act does not require accommodating CBD use

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-17: Updated: 2020-09-17 07:40:47 If you could design the perfect “Return to Work from COVID-19” HR-compliance presentation…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-16: Updated: 2020-09-16 07:29:18 I’m ***checks notes*** supporting a member of the Dallas Cowboys??? Yep.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-15: Updated: 2020-09-15 07:43:29 Those COVID-19 stay-at-home and business-closure orders in your state may be unlawful after all

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-14: Updated: 2020-09-14 07:24:52 VIDEO: 2 lawyers explain 4 big changes to the Department of Labor FFCRA regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-11: Updated: 2020-09-11 08:19:28 Here are the results of the diversity, equity, and inclusion survey. You may be surprised…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-10: Updated: 2020-09-10 07:58:54 It may not be legal now to fire an at-will employee who misses work with a fever.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-09: Updated: 2020-09-08 22:38:34 VLOG time! The EEOC dropped some new-ish COVID-19 guidance for employers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-08: Updated: 2020-09-07 22:15:29 The government plans to change how it trains employees on issues of race

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-04: Updated: 2020-09-04 07:48:23 Lawsuit: Former college baseball coach hijacked team Twitter account, created spoof account, bashed school.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-03: Updated: 2020-09-03 07:42:50 Which states have offered workers the most protections during this COVID-19 pandemic?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-02: Updated: 2020-09-01 23:56:53 Can a non-employee sue under Title VII as the target of the retaliation against his child?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-09-01: Updated: 2020-09-01 07:35:34 How can employers police employee requests for FFCRA leave for remote schooling?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-31: Updated: 2020-08-31 10:16:28 Here is a page from the COVID-19 ADA accommodation playbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-28: Updated: 2020-08-28 08:33:46 Jacob Blake, racism, and what it means to be on the right side of history

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-27: Updated: 2020-08-27 00:06:20 PUMPED! NJ gyms get the green light to re-open on September 1 💪💪🏋️🏋️‍♀️

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-26: Updated: 2020-08-26 07:47:33 U.S. Department of Labor slims down and gets more user friendly. Too creepy?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-25: Updated: 2020-08-25 07:34:24 Four ways to avoid wage and hour worries when employees work remotely

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-24: Updated: 2020-08-24 07:29:18 1,250,000 reasons to take all complaints of race discrimination seriously

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-21: Updated: 2020-08-21 07:34:12 Can a business legally require face masks in the workplace? Would sarcasm change the answer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-20: Updated: 2020-08-20 07:19:33 Court: Free speech may protect city employee’s Facebook post about wanting to kill Tamir Rice

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-19: Updated: 2020-08-18 23:25:25 An indefinite leave of absence may be an ADA reasonable accommodation. Wait, WHAT?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-18: Updated: 2020-08-18 07:30:56 The National Labor Relations Board ain’t got nothin’ on NJ when it comes to COVID-19 whistleblowers

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-17: Updated: 2020-08-16 18:27:39 COVID-19 doesn’t prevent claims of sexual harassment. Just ask a certain hockey mascot. 🏒🦁

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-14: Updated: 2020-08-14 07:24:36 It’s a mini COVID-19 Q and A! (Before I see y’all on Zoom today at Noon EDT.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-13: Updated: 2020-08-12 22:55:22 An internal DOL audit reveals the three ways in which COVID-19 has hampered the agency

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-12: Updated: 2020-08-12 07:35:33 Businesses insisting on negative COVID-19 tests is, like, so three weeks ago.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-11: Updated: 2020-08-11 07:34:35 Must you consider transferring a problem employee before lumping him in a COVID-19 reduction in force?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-10: Updated: 2020-08-09 23:43:00 Oh, by the way, the CDC has new guidance on wearing masks

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-07: Updated: 2020-08-06 13:00:00 I have new guidance for employees struggling with substance abuse issues during this pandemic

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-06: Updated: 2020-08-05 19:58:55 Is it ok to use PPP money to buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex? Perhaps not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-05: Updated: 2020-08-04 17:59:51 Thinking about having employees sign a COVID-19 waiver 📝? Stop it! ✋🛑

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-04: Updated: 2020-08-04 07:39:49 A federal court removed FOUR nuts and bolts of FFCRA paid sick leave. But why?!? (And what you need to know!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-08-03: Updated: 2020-08-03 07:51:49 Can you fire an HR Manager for encouraging co-workers to sue the company for discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-31: Updated: 2020-07-31 07:25:41 If your employee gets coronavirus ON PURPOSE, can he still get FFCRA leave, FMLA … BOTH?!? 🤔😤🤬

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-30: Updated: 2020-07-30 07:29:48 Is PPP new and improved in the new Senate stimulus package? Let’s find out…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-29: Updated: 2020-07-28 22:59:56 What the heck is a COVID-19 business liability shield? I’ll explain…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-28: Updated: 2020-07-27 21:26:26 Let’s you and I talk about this Miami Marlins / MLB COVID-19 debacle

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-27: Updated: 2020-07-27 07:39:24 Happy 30th Birthday to the Americans with Disabilities Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-24: Updated: 2020-07-23 19:55:27 After tweeting support for Nick Cannon, a remorseful NBA player’s words and actions earn him a well-deserved second chance

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-23: Updated: 2020-07-23 09:07:52 🚨DORK ALERT!🚨 The DOL answers some nerdy COVID-19 FMLA and FLSA questions.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-22: Updated: 2020-07-21 19:26:22 Did I ever tell you about the employee that called the owner a “f***ing crook”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-21: Updated: 2020-07-21 07:32:30 Bah Gawd! There’s more FMLA news!!! And the return of the Friday Zoom lunchtime happy hour!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-20: Updated: 2020-07-20 07:53:01 Someone get me a cigarette. The DOL has new FMLA forms

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-17: Updated: 2020-07-16 22:28:31 Three important employment law lessons from ViacomCBS firing Nick Cannon for anti-Semitic remarks

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-16: Updated: 2020-07-15 23:12:02 This lawyer can admit when he was wrong. 🤦‍♂️ Just don’t tell anyone, ok? 😉

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-15: Updated: 2020-07-14 23:37:51 Why now is a great time for a wage and hour self-audit. Wait! Hear me out on this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-14: Updated: 2020-07-14 07:26:30 We see you, Pennsylvania Department of Health. We see what you did there.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-13: Updated: 2020-07-12 15:27:43 How a negative COVID-19 test turned into an FLSA collective action.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-10: Updated: 2020-07-09 23:47:31 The CDC wants you to know these 5 things about COVID-19 tests for employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-09: Updated: 2020-07-08 22:45:47 We interrupt this mediation discussion for a NEW Supreme Court employment discrimination decision!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-08: Updated: 2020-07-08 09:15:34 How does EEOC mediation work? Is it worth it? How about during COVID-19? Ask away!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-07: Updated: 2020-07-07 11:15:51 Your state just imposed new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. Now what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-06: Updated: 2020-07-06 07:44:33 Where do you draw the line on employee social media content? How about violent threats?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-02: Updated: 2020-07-02 07:49:25 FFCRA leave and holidays, how does that work anyway?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-07-01: Updated: 2021-06-30 12:55:36 It’s July 1. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! ⚾💰⚾💰

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-30: Updated: 2020-06-29 23:18:28 VLOG: Why I’m not eligible for FFCRA leave this summer, but you might be.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-29: Updated: 2020-07-06 15:45:42 Philly is the first city to have that COVID-19 anti-retaliation whistleblower jawn.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-26: Updated: 2020-06-26 07:45:52 The DOL issued five new FLSA opinion letters yesterday. But, the much bigger wage and hour news was…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-25: Updated: 2020-06-25 08:19:49 Can you fire an employee who knowingly comes to the office with COVID-19?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-24: Updated: 2020-06-24 07:46:47 10 million more reasons not to account for age when returning employees to work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-23: Updated: 2020-06-23 07:29:20 If you permit Black Lives Matter apparel at work, does that mean White Lives Matter is ok too?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-22: Updated: 2020-06-22 07:38:37 Is it legal to forbid employees from wearing Black Lives Matter face masks or insignia at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-19: Updated: 2020-06-19 07:42:54 OSHA just issued new guidance on returning to work. But is it any good?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-18: Updated: 2020-06-18 00:10:06 COVID-19 antibody testing as a condition of returning to work? Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-17: Updated: 2020-06-17 07:22:30 There’s a new COVID-19 whistleblower bill in Congress now. And it’s got real teeth! 😬

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-16: Updated: 2020-06-16 07:58:45 The five quotes that define and transcend yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court LGBT rights ruling

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-15: Updated: 2020-06-15 07:30:08 My employee doesn’t feel safe at work and wants to know if s/he can collect unemployment instead.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-12: Updated: 2020-06-12 07:45:11 It’s okay to invite employees to request disability accommodations, plus other brand new EEOC COVID-19 guidance!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-11: Updated: 2020-06-11 07:48:57 OSHA just answered six commonly-asked questions about the use of masks at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-10: Updated: 2020-06-10 07:42:44 How would you deal with an employee caught on camera mocking George Floyd’s death?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-09: Updated: 2020-06-09 07:05:42 Oh, here’s one more protest-related social media firing. And it’s a doozie!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-08: Updated: 2020-07-06 15:52:13 Can an employer and employee agree to a furlough instead of FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-05: Updated: 2020-06-05 07:53:16 13 people who were fired for ignorant COVID-19 and protest social media posts

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-04: Updated: 2020-06-04 07:35:57 The Senate unanimously passed that House PPP reform measure

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-03: Updated: 2020-06-03 07:57:05 George Floyd and six resources that employers can use now to combat racism

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-02: Updated: 2020-06-02 07:57:08 COVID-19 could spawn union organizing. But, the NLRB just drenched it with cold water.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-06-01: Updated: 2020-06-01 07:58:17 There’s no maybe about it. Here’s why, for sure, COVID-19 is an ADA disability. Probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-29: Updated: 2020-05-29 00:39:39 The House has passed legislation to help businesses with PPP loans

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-28: Updated: 2020-05-28 07:51:14 Can your business require a customer to wear a mask? What if she has trouble breathing?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-27: Updated: 2020-05-27 07:51:13 This case has nothing to do with COVID-19. But, it could prevent a return-to-work lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-26: Updated: 2020-05-25 22:16:45 Here’s that new CDC guidance for re-opening your business. Plus, we’ve get one heckuva Zoom chat coming on Friday!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-22: Updated: 2020-05-22 07:35:32 BUSTED! Feds charge a man for allegedly FAKING COVID-19 to skip work!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-21: Updated: 2020-05-21 07:48:14 Wait, what?!? We’ve got ANOTHER coronavirus-related lawsuit where THE PLAINTIFF IS A LAWYER.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-20: Updated: 2020-05-20 07:55:09 OSHA wants your company to record COVID-19 illness at work. But, it’s not as harsh as it may seem.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-19: Updated: 2020-05-19 07:40:04 TRIFECTA: New PPP legislation to help small business. New NJ re-opening guidance. Thursday HR Zoom chat!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-18: Updated: 2020-05-18 07:52:20 The CDC now has flowcharts to help businesses reopen. Want to see?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-15: Updated: 2020-05-15 07:57:13 PPP 101: Don’t use the loan proceeds on jewelry, fancy cars, and child support

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-14: Updated: 2020-05-14 07:41:40 Small businesses that took out a PPP loan can breathe a small sigh of relief.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-13: Updated: 2020-05-13 07:50:19 An employer with more than 500 employees was sued for violating the FFCRA. Now, I’m confused. 😕

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-12: Updated: 2020-05-12 07:58:30 DOL: COVID-19 is not an excuse to skip your employees’ paychecks. Plus details on Friday’s Zoom chat

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-11: Updated: 2020-05-11 07:46:52 One employee learned that, even during a COVID-19 pandemic, social media rants can have harsh consequences

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-08: Updated: 2020-05-08 07:50:21 COVID-19 news galore from the EEOC and DOL. Let’s discuss it here and on Facebook Live at 11:30 AM EDT

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-07: Updated: 2020-05-07 07:25:56 Best-laid plans? Is one state setting up employers for COVID-19 retaliation claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-06: Updated: 2020-05-06 07:47:29 Three chances to hang out with me and talk COVID-19 and other HR stuff. Plus, new COBRA Notices!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-05: Updated: 2020-05-05 07:56:05 ANSWERED! What happens to your PPP loan forgiveness amount if an employee rejects an offer to rehire?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-04: Updated: 2020-05-04 07:48:43 In HUGE non-coronavirus news, U.S. Women’s Soccer lost its Equal Pay Act claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-05-01: Updated: 2020-05-01 07:38:59 A lawyer is the plaintiff in a new COVID-19 wrongful discharge lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-30: Updated: 2020-04-30 07:57:05 The most important COVID-19 shelter-in-place HR blog post since ever.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-29: Updated: 2020-05-06 12:10:19 PROOF that the DOL is enforcing the FFCRA. Plus, who needs a PPP Plan B? And details on Friday’s Facebook Live!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-28: Updated: 2020-04-28 07:50:39 Bookmark This! PA and NJ have plans to reopen non-essential businesses. And a Friday FB live!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-27: Updated: 2020-04-27 07:35:06 What do restrictive covenants have to do with COVID-19? More than you think.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-24: Updated: 2020-04-24 07:55:57 Part Three: A much bigger FFCRA lawsuit (not exactly what employers expected).

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-23: Updated: 2020-04-23 07:30:31 The types of COVID-19 lawsuits that employers can expect. Part Two: FFCRA

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-22: Updated: 2020-04-22 07:45:48 The types of COVID-19 lawsuits that employers can expect. Part One: WARN Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-21: Updated: 2020-05-06 11:24:37 Yesterday’s DOL update on the FFCRA may be the most important one for employers. And here’s why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-20: Updated: 2020-08-28 08:18:10 Here’s an idea to promote employee mental health during COVID-19.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-17: Updated: 2020-04-17 08:26:31 The White House announces a three-phase plan to reopen America and get people back to work

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-16: Updated: 2020-04-16 11:35:06 New Jersey just amended its mini-WARN law. The same mini-WARN law it amended in January

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-15: Updated: 2020-04-15 07:43:18 New Jersey expands family leave protections during the COVID-19 outbreak

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-14: Updated: 2020-04-13 23:26:11 Here’s a sneak preview of some of the next possible federal stimulus plan, and what it could mean for your business

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-13: Updated: 2020-04-13 07:50:09 Join me on Friday (4/17) at noon EDT for the COVID-19 online Jeopardy-style quiz game for HR

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-10: Updated: 2020-04-10 07:49:34 What’s on tap today? New COVID-19 guidance from the EEOC and CDC. And it’s Facebook Live at noon EDT.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-09: Updated: 2020-04-09 07:56:50 If you’ve come looking for COVID-19 OSHA Guidance, well then, you’ve just hit the jackpot!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-08: Updated: 2020-04-08 07:39:10 SCOTUS has a thing or two to say about age discrimination, which has nothing whatsoever to do with COVID-19.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-07: Updated: 2020-04-07 07:53:50 Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-06: Updated: 2020-04-06 07:54:35 Here’s what you missed on our Facebook Live Chat. Plus, the DOL issues even MORE FFCRA guidance!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-03: Updated: 2020-04-03 07:08:58 Join me on Facebook Live today at noon for another COVID-19 chat for HR and employment attorneys

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-02: Updated: 2020-04-02 07:45:56 DOUBLE FEATURE: CARES Act (PPP) and FFCRA videos that will explain everything*

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-01: Updated: 2020-04-01 09:22:23 BONUS POST: The IRS wants you to know how to document FFCRA leave to get those tax credits

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-04-01: Updated: 2020-04-01 07:36:31 A CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program AMAZING SPECTACULAR here tomorrow! Today, it’s another NJ employment law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-31: Updated: 2020-03-31 07:38:09 The EEOC’s 42-minute COVID-19 webinar explained in about 4.2 minutes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-30: Updated: 2020-03-30 00:04:37 New FFCRA guidance from the DOL: F/T v. P/T, “health care provider,” small business exemptions and more!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-27: Updated: 2020-03-27 07:58:31 Four ways that the $2T Senate bill could impact the paid leave law that’s already stressing you out. Plus, an intermittent leave update!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-26: Updated: 2020-03-26 07:39:46 DOL issues a Families First Coronavirus Response Act notice. And employment law nerds, like me, spotlight an error.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-25: Updated: 2020-03-25 10:02:30 DOL issues new COVID-19 guidance. Plus, six can’t-miss FREE webinars for HR. And another Friday chat with me.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-24: Updated: 2020-03-24 08:06:40 You think COVID-19 discrimination claims are bad? “Hold my drink,” says the whistleblower.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-23: Updated: 2020-03-23 07:29:28 DOL guidance on the new COVID-19 paid leave law. Plus, the IRS has tax credit info. And catch the replay of our Friday chat!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-20: Updated: 2020-03-20 07:19:42 REMINDER: Facebook Live and Zoom chat today at Noon Eastern. Here’s what to expect…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-19: Updated: 2020-03-19 07:36:17 Okay, back to #CoronavirusHR. We have a new law — yes LAW — the EEOC weighs in, and we’re chatting on Friday at noon!

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-18: Updated: 2020-03-18 07:04:25 We’re gonna take a coronavirus break today to talk about marijuana

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-17: Updated: 2020-03-17 07:55:59 So, when exactly is this COVID-19 paid sick leave and FMLA relief package going to become law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-16: Updated: 2020-03-15 23:03:09 In plain English, here’s what the House just greenlit for emergency FMLA and paid sick leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-14: Updated: 2020-03-14 10:06:03 Weekend Update: Federal emergency paid sick leave is coming, with significant changes to FMLA too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-13: Updated: 2020-03-13 08:44:09 Pending federal Coronavirus legislation could create major changes to the FMLA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-12: Updated: 2020-03-12 06:54:32 Let’s update you on the status of paid sick leave for Coronavirus/COVID-19…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-11: Updated: 2020-03-10 22:16:10 🚨Another federal agency has issued Coronavirus guidance to help your workplace🚨

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-10: Updated: 2020-03-09 21:57:55 The best employment law podcast is back! Tune in to the Hostile Work Environment podcast.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-09: Updated: 2020-03-08 19:54:35 😮📢Feds introduce legislation mandating paid sick leave for Coronavirus

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-06: Updated: 2020-03-06 06:51:29 And you know what else isn’t an ADA disability? Morbid obesity, says another federal court.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-05: Updated: 2020-03-05 06:39:22 Stress headaches caused by a particular supervisor aren’t enough to establish a disability because…

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-04: Updated: 2020-03-04 06:56:45 The EEOC has just weighed in on what employers should know about the Coronavirus and the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-03: Updated: 2020-03-03 08:21:44 Do you know FMLA better than a federal judge? Take this three-question quiz and find out.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-03-02: Updated: 2020-03-01 23:02:37 A college recruiter was fired for allegedly lining up high school students by complexion and nappiest hair.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-28: Updated: 2020-02-27 22:31:23 When can you ask an employee with a disability for more medical information?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-27: Updated: 2020-02-26 22:05:15 17 states have sued to stop the joint-employer rule. No, not yesterday’s joint-employer rule; the other one.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-26: Updated: 2020-02-25 21:33:37 The NLRB’s new joint-employer rule is out today. Here are the three things employers need to know about it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-25: Updated: 2020-02-25 08:03:32 Does complying with the ADA mean offering short breaks to employees who have angry outbursts?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-24: Updated: 2020-02-23 11:27:58 I have a copy of the EEOC’s ‘top secret, classified, confidential’* priorities for 2020. Want to see it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-21: Updated: 2020-02-21 08:13:05 This, right here, is some of the most messed up retaliation (allegedly). And it all settled for a cool milli.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-20: Updated: 2020-02-19 18:30:33 How do your employees report FMLA absences?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-19: Updated: 2020-02-19 07:05:44 Governor Phil Murphy wants an “overhaul” of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-18: Updated: 2020-02-18 07:28:08 Study reveals that job recruiters are least likely to select candidates that do WHAT on social media?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-14: Updated: 2020-02-13 23:45:15 But, Eric, how can employees get FMLA if they are overseas?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-13: Updated: 2020-02-13 07:47:07 Can an employee, stranded on a quarantined cruise ship, take FMLA? #Coronavirus

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-12: Updated: 2020-02-12 08:21:29 For one company, forced worker arbitration may turn out to be its worst nightmare.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-11: Updated: 2020-02-11 07:02:38 A federal court just killed collection of EEO-1 employee pay data dead. Happy Tuesday.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-10: Updated: 2020-02-10 10:30:38 TikTok, the new(ish) social media kid on the block, claims some employee victims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-07: Updated: 2020-02-06 22:35:42 Philly employers cannot ask applicants about salary history, rules federal appellate court

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-06: Updated: 2020-02-06 08:28:12 But, the baby! 27,000 more reasons not to stop pregnant women from working.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-05: Updated: 2020-02-05 11:22:49 Bookmark This! How many employees must we have to be covered under certain employment laws?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-04: Updated: 2020-02-04 07:00:35 Oh, it’s back on in Pennsylvania as new salary-level test hikes are approved.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-02-03: Updated: 2020-02-02 22:25:05 🔎Your post-Super Bowl guide to spotting employee FMLA or other sick leave abuse🔍

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-31: Updated: 2020-02-11 16:38:04 I’m going to teach you — for free — a $100,000 lesson on workplace accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-30: Updated: 2020-01-29 22:59:25 How do you prove discrimination (when you’re accused of inappropriate relations with a student)?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-29: Updated: 2020-01-29 06:22:25 The hits keep coming in NJ. This time we have new laws targeting independent contractor misclassification.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-28: Updated: 2020-01-28 07:28:54 Pat yourselves on the back, employers. EEOC Charges dipped to a new 27-year low!!!📉

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-27: Updated: 2020-01-27 08:18:14 Man claims bank discriminated against him for, get this, refusing to deposit a race discrimination settlement check

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-24: Updated: 2020-02-11 16:31:29 Remember when Barstool Sports mocked unionization on Twitter? How do you think that ended?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-23: Updated: 2020-01-23 06:59:53 Guess which state just became the first to require severance following a mass layoff?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-22: Updated: 2020-01-22 06:38:07 Lawsuit: Does the ADA require an adult film website to accommodate a deaf individual by closed captioning the videos?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-21: Updated: 2020-01-21 06:25:51 The “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing” plaintiff lost her discrimination case. Go figure.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-20: Updated: 2020-01-19 10:28:49 A bipartisan federal bill proposes to require nursing mom protections for all female employees.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-17: Updated: 2020-01-17 07:28:12 At last. At long last, New Jersey has finalized its regulations supporting its Earned Sick Leave Law

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-16: Updated: 2020-01-15 23:08:17 A customer’s pref­erence for an employee of a certain gender usually does not justify sex discrimination — even at a strip club.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-15: Updated: 2020-01-19 17:26:16 Forget what you heard. THIS, right here, will be the biggest employment law concern for employers in 2020.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-14: Updated: 2020-01-14 07:12:44 The ACLU and U.S. Chamber of Commerce AGREE on something. And it’s a pregnancy discrimination bill?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-13: Updated: 2020-01-13 06:56:46 SCOOP: The DOL has issued final joint-employer rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-10: Updated: 2020-01-10 07:41:38 GOTCHA! You won’t believe how one company unraveled an employee’s ‘flat tire’ absence excuse

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-09: Updated: 2020-02-11 16:17:23 If DOL opinion letters turn you on, sit down, maybe grab a cigarette, and read this blog post.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-08: Updated: 2020-02-11 16:23:18 “Smokers and other nicotine users need not apply.” Is that even legal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-07: Updated: 2020-01-07 06:37:27 A worker complained on Twitter about a $6 holiday gift from his employer. It didn’t end well.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-06: Updated: 2020-01-05 21:07:19 Federal appellate court instructs NLRB to reconsider whether it’s okay for an employee to use sexist language

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-03: Updated: 2020-01-02 21:42:38 The results are in! Here’s what HR readers did to prepare their companies for the new DOL overtime rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2020-01-02: Updated: 2020-01-01 18:15:55 POLL: What did your business do to prepare for the new DOL overtime rules?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-31: Updated: 2019-12-29 15:05:42 The Best of The Employer Handbook in 2019 confirms that you readers are STONE COLD SAVAGES!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-30: Updated: 2019-12-30 07:52:28 Your New Jersey HR Compliance Checklist for January 1, 2020📝☑️

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-23: Updated: 2019-12-23 09:14:18 “How can the same s**t happen to the same guy twice?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-20: Updated: 2020-02-11 16:13:39 You’ll never guess which state has joined NY and CA by banning grooming and hairstyle discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-19: Updated: 2019-12-18 22:23:18 Finally, the EEOC has come around on arbitration agreements as a condition of employment

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-18: Updated: 2019-12-18 07:20:42 Dammit! They’re practically twisting my arm to blog about union-related stuff.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-17: Updated: 2019-12-17 06:53:44 This former employee who was fired for social media posts will get his job back. But, your employees probably won’t.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-16: Updated: 2019-12-16 06:52:24 Big changes may be coming to the way your business makes religious accommodations for employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-13: Updated: 2019-12-12 17:59:39 The DOL announces a Final Rule to help you offer perks and benefits to your employees and still pay those workers properly

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-12: Updated: 2019-12-12 07:16:59 ADA accommodations don’t require eliminating essential job functions, like coming to work punctually.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-11: Updated: 2019-12-11 06:58:33 Bipartisan bill will provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave. But, there’s a catch…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-10: Updated: 2019-12-10 07:06:50 The most valuable employment law lesson you’ll receive today

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-09: Updated: 2019-12-09 06:47:08 Imagine if your trainees ended class with a celebratory Nazi salute

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-06: Updated: 2019-12-06 07:20:20 FMLA and other protections for part-time employees. These could be coming soon…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-05: Updated: 2019-12-04 23:21:39 There’s retaliation, and then there’s locking the complainant in a walk-in freezer. (Allegedly)

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-04: Updated: 2019-12-03 22:32:26 Yes, if you get fired (or not hired) for holding a PA medical marijuana card, you can sue.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-03: Updated: 2019-12-02 22:38:22 Can a demotion be a reasonable accommodation under the ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-12-02: Updated: 2019-12-02 06:36:35 Folks, it’s never a joke when employees use the N-word at work. Make sure your managers know that.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-27: Updated: 2019-11-26 21:32:13 The best 19 traditional Thanksgiving sides (2019 edition). You won’t believe number 4!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-26: Updated: 2019-11-25 22:20:35 2,650,000 more reasons to provide a chair to an employee with a disability who needs one

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-25: Updated: 2019-11-25 08:43:22 Can you fire a supervisor accused of sexual harassment without investigating first? Yep.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-22: Updated: 2019-11-21 21:16:51 MAJOR wage and hour news in PA! Minimum wage going ☝️; Proposed salary-level test going 👇, and more!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-21: Updated: 2019-11-21 11:13:06 This great federal court decision I read offers seven keys to a proper severance agreement

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-20: Updated: 2019-11-20 06:37:40 You be the judge: Does this sound like race discrimination to you?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-19: Updated: 2019-11-19 10:05:22 Six million reasons to remember that the EEOC continues to take your company’s background checks seriously

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-18: Updated: 2019-11-19 09:29:40 Can a company require new employees not to bash it on Glassdoor? Is that legal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-15: Updated: 2019-11-15 07:02:58 A new bipartisan bill would create more FMLA leave time for spouses that work for the same employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-14: Updated: 2019-11-13 21:48:13 New legislation in NJ would make it much harder to use independent contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-13: Updated: 2019-11-13 07:51:22 Courts don’t second-guess non-discriminatory business decisions. Even the tough ones.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-12: Updated: 2019-11-12 07:59:08 How to fire a poor performer who complains about discrimination and still avoid a retaliation claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-11: Updated: 2019-11-11 06:18:09 The DOL plans to make it easier for you to pay bonuses while using the fluctuating workweek

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-08: Updated: 2019-11-11 06:22:30 As we approach the holiday season, remember to protect your seasonal workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-07: Updated: 2019-11-07 04:18:36 Was the plaintiff too Jewish to get a job in Ohio? Or was it something else? (Spoiler alert: Something else)

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-06: Updated: 2019-11-05 22:03:01 A company called the plaintiff an ‘old timer’ and later fired him. But he LOST his age bias claim. Here’s why…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-05: Updated: 2019-11-05 06:29:31 You know that employee that won’t shut up about being underpaid? Yeah, well, you may be stuck with that person.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-04: Updated: 2019-11-03 18:45:07 Holocaust denials — especially in email — generally don’t provide job security

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-11-01: Updated: 2019-11-01 07:04:41 “Surprise! There’s a Skeleton in Your Candidate’s Closet!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-31: Updated: 2019-10-30 22:42:35 You’re worried that an obese applicant may later develop diabetes. Can you refuse to hire him?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-30: Updated: 2019-10-30 07:17:15 Sexy Mister Rogers and the rest of your last-minute ‘what not to wear to work tomorrow’ checklist.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-29: Updated: 2019-10-29 07:16:59 Pennsylvania, yes Pennsylvania, announces new overtime rules that are more generous than federal law

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-28: Updated: 2019-10-28 06:48:19 Yes, you can be fired for sharing Elmo poop memes. It’s another lesson on at-will employment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-25: Updated: 2019-10-24 22:25:57 PODCAST: How to Treat Employees Like Humans – Even When You’re Firing Them

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-24: Updated: 2019-10-24 07:13:48 This leaked deposition transcript from a race discrimination case is like a bizarro embassy scene from Lethal Weapon 2.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-23: Updated: 2019-10-22 22:40:58 A first-of-its-kind nationwide ban on non-competition agreements is coming. Possibly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-22: Updated: 2019-10-22 07:52:28 Common sense prevails! School reinstates black man it fired for repeating a racial slur directed at him as he told the person to stop

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-21: Updated: 2019-10-20 11:09:28 A black man was fired for repeating a racial slur directed at him as he told the person to stop

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-18: Updated: 2019-10-18 07:04:34 ‘You better finish off your work quick, or I’ll ship you all off to the gas chambers.’

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-17: Updated: 2019-10-17 07:24:56 I’ll send Tommy back there to hit you in the head with a tack hammer if you get this HR compliance question wrong.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-16: Updated: 2019-10-16 07:45:55 What happens when an employee who is suing you dies mid-suit? Is the case over?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-15: Updated: 2019-10-14 22:25:46 No more no-rehire provisions in your settlement agreements. What do you think?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-14: Updated: 2019-10-14 06:55:19 Can your business prevent Oscar from living in a trash can without violating the ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-11: Updated: 2019-10-11 08:16:52 Looking for HR information on conducting workplace investigations? You’ve hit the MOTHERLODE!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-10: Updated: 2019-10-09 22:07:51 And here is a retaliation claim that may make it all the way to a jury to decide

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-09: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:10 SCOTUS Oral Argument Recap: Is Justice Gorsuch the swing vote on LGBT workplace rights?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-08: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:11 Today at the Supreme Court, LGBT rights at work take center stage.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-07: Updated: 2019-10-06 23:24:17 8 examples of employee retaliation claims that courts reject.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-04: Updated: 2019-10-03 22:20:10 An employer trolled a job candidate’s bikini photo on Instagram and it backfired HORRIBLY

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-03: Updated: 2019-11-04 17:37:00 NJ issues “Guidance on Race Discrimination Based on Hairstyle”

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-02: Updated: 2019-10-02 07:04:28 ICYMI: Here’s a link to yesterday’s FMLA and workers’ compensation webinar. It’s free!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-10-01: Updated: 2019-09-30 22:39:39 No, a late request for a workplace accommodation doesn’t excuse prior performance issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-30: Updated: 2019-09-29 21:43:26 Because even Al Capone had to pay his taxes on illicit income

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-27: Updated: 2022-07-06 21:12:47 When is a hostile work environment not a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-26: Updated: 2019-09-26 07:30:22 Let’s have date, you and I. Actually, how about two?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-25: Updated: 2019-09-25 10:10:38 The DOL final overtime rule is out today. Here is what employers need to know now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-24: Updated: 2019-09-23 22:25:59 Court slices FMLA retaliation claim of employee caught golfing while on leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-23: Updated: 2019-09-22 23:28:47 The House just delivered a big blow to employment arbitration agreements.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-20: Updated: 2019-09-20 08:02:17 Sometimes, it doesn’t take a law degree to know that an employer may have really screwed something up.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-19: Updated: 2019-09-18 20:28:23 If one of your employees wears this to work, tell that person to GTHO!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-18: Updated: 2019-09-17 22:05:53 Her resignation letter described a “great experience” at work. Then she sued for hostile-environment constructive discharge.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-17: Updated: 2019-09-16 22:43:20 Hooters 2.0? EEOC says that a lingerie store can’t refuse to hire male salespeople

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-16: Updated: 2019-09-15 19:22:31 Four mistakes that you and your managers make when firing employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-13: Updated: 2019-09-13 08:07:28 A final word (for now) on the EEO-1 reports that you just love to hate

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-12: Updated: 2019-09-11 22:04:51 Meanwhile, in France, a court ordered an employer to pay for a married man’s accidental death during sex on a business trip

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-11: Updated: 2019-09-11 08:19:01 Five wage and hour goodies for your business. Trust me. This won’t be weird at all.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-10: Updated: 2019-09-10 08:41:12 Get your damn story straight if you’re going to fire someone who just returned from medical leave.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-09: Updated: 2019-09-08 11:34:57 They took her complaint seriously, fired her harasser, promoted her twice, and then retaliated against her?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-06: Updated: 2019-09-05 22:34:09 NLRB: Maybe, after all, it’s not ok for employees to call their bosses nasty motherf***ers

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-05: Updated: 2019-09-04 21:06:36 PODCAST: How to create a sexual harassment policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-04: Updated: 2019-09-03 22:24:55 How many of you would risk the retaliation claim here? (I would)

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-09-03: Updated: 2019-09-01 11:51:18 Do you use the FLSA’s fluctuating workweek method? Do you pay bonuses too? You’ll want to read this.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-30: Updated: 2019-08-31 17:26:49 Could misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor violate the FLSA and federal labor law too?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-29: Updated: 2019-08-29 07:30:40 READ THIS: “Marijuana and the Workplace: It’s Complicated”

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-28: Updated: 2019-08-27 17:22:59 Ok, let’s see how you guys did on yesterday’s social media policy quiz

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-27: Updated: 2019-08-25 14:41:26 Common social media polices. Guess which ones are actually unlawful.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-26: Updated: 2019-08-26 07:17:46 The post-employment retaliation trap that your business needs to avoid

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-23: Updated: 2019-08-23 07:46:55 Vacation Thread: It’s the FMLA PowerPoint that will have your HR-compliance feet doing a happy dance

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-22: Updated: 2019-08-17 09:04:02 Vacation Thread: The Zamboni-Drivin’ Disability-Discriminatin’ Lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-21: Updated: 2019-08-17 09:03:19 Vacation Thread: It’s another FMLA warning about your dookie ‘no-fault’ attendance policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-20: Updated: 2019-08-17 07:58:12 Vacation Thread: Probably best not to threaten to fire employees who support unionization

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-19: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:12 Vacation Thread: DOJ says that transgender discrimination under Title VII is perfectly legal

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-16: Updated: 2019-08-15 22:04:25 FMLA forms may be changing soon. What will they say? How will HR cope? #breathe

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-15: Updated: 2019-08-14 21:39:42 NLRB: An employer’s “sign this arbitration agreement or you’re fired” edict is totally cool with us

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-14: Updated: 2019-08-14 08:50:40 Three strikes and the EEOC guidance on background checks is out (or close to it).

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-13: Updated: 2019-08-13 07:16:50 DOL: An employee may take FMLA leave to discuss a child’s special education needs at school.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-12: Updated: 2022-07-28 12:21:17 NJ has a new ‘wage-theft’ law. Here are 10 things that employers must know about it now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-09: Updated: 2019-09-04 16:27:02 When do (or don’t) Facebook posts create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-08: Updated: 2019-08-08 07:46:26 Blame it on the a a a a a alcohol

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-07: Updated: 2019-08-06 22:04:56 Are you an HR department of one? The EEOC has your back with this great free resource.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-06: Updated: 2019-08-06 06:38:47 How many things can you find wrong with this picture?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-05: Updated: 2019-08-03 08:18:01 It’s the wage and hour question that your business must be able to answer

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-02: Updated: 2019-08-02 06:48:15 SCOOP! PA businesses may have to allow employees to use medical marijuana outside of work

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-08-01: Updated: 2019-07-31 21:02:48 Filling out those EEO-1s stinks. But, it could be worse…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-31: Updated: 2019-07-30 19:54:44 Everything* that employers need to know about medical marijuana and the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-30: Updated: 2019-07-29 22:12:25 Does over-accommodating an employee’s disability expose your business to ADA claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-29: Updated: 2019-07-28 08:22:38 NJ says goodbye to salary-history questions for job applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-26: Updated: 2019-07-26 09:49:06 PA Supreme Court will decide whether two businesses can agree not to poach each other’s employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-25: Updated: 2019-07-24 23:48:57 Harassment training entirely via text message. Could this actually work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-24: Updated: 2019-07-24 07:10:11 Can sexual harassment investigations create an intolerable and hostile work environment for the harasser?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-23: Updated: 2019-07-23 06:56:16 The case of Al Franken and why good workplace investigations are so darn important

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-22: Updated: 2019-07-21 21:49:05 🔥🚒👨‍🚒Firefighter fired for hostile social media posts may have been discriminated against🔥🚒👨‍🚒

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-19: Updated: 2019-07-19 06:45:14 All eyez on me! Was an Iowa Bureaucrat forced to resign because he REALLY loved Tupac’s rap game?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-18: Updated: 2019-07-17 23:31:19 The top five, juiciest, greatest-ever HR compliance posts that I’ve read in the past 24 hours

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-17: Updated: 2019-07-16 22:32:43 Does randomly re-testing employees who earlier test positive for drugs or alcohol violate the ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-16: Updated: 2019-07-15 22:39:26 How long does your employee have to file an EEOC Charge of Discrimination against your business?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-15: Updated: 2019-07-14 17:33:20 Mom ordered a ‘Moana’ cake for her daughter’s birthday. She got a marijuana cake instead. Whoops!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-12: Updated: 2019-07-12 07:21:56 It is SO DARN EASY for one of your employees to pursue a discrimination claim. But, here’s the thing…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-11: Updated: 2019-07-10 22:18:32 Five things NJ employers need to know about the State’s expanded medical marijuana law

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-10: Updated: 2019-07-09 21:58:28 40,000 reasons to remember that the duty to accommodate in your workplace begins right away

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-09: Updated: 2019-07-09 06:45:52 A stray comment is probably not enough to lose a discrimination lawsuit. But, it can be enough to lose a job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-08: Updated: 2019-07-07 21:14:10 Twenty years later, a creepy “casting couch”-type scene from Toy Story 2 hasn’t aged well.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:13 $5 trillion says that LGBT discrimination at work is against federal law

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-02: Updated: 2019-07-01 20:56:33 The most fun you can have in a week with wage and hour compliance!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-07-01: Updated: 2019-07-01 06:41:26 What form of discrimination do juries hate most? (But, you’re probably doing the least to address.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-28: Updated: 2019-06-28 07:12:48 How NOT to handle an employee’s return to work from heart surgery.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-27: Updated: 2019-06-26 21:34:15 A substitute teacher was fired for allegedly filming porn in a high school classroom. Let’s have a lesson on background checks.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-26: Updated: 2019-07-04 14:33:36 I can do better than yesterday’s weak sauce “72 police officers” post

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-25: Updated: 2019-07-04 14:33:46 72 police officers in trouble over offensive Facebook posts is your wake-up call to reeducate employees about responsible social media.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-24: Updated: 2019-06-23 18:53:53 Even a sex museum must try to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-21: Updated: 2019-06-20 22:09:37 Can a marijuana dispensary be responsible for a manager’s sexual harassment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-20: Updated: 2019-06-20 07:11:16 Here’s a sneak preview of the outtakes from my ADA/FMLA MEGA session at SHRM19 in Las Vegas

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-19: Updated: 2019-06-18 22:54:32 HR, here’s what you need to know when determining whether your employee’s obesity is an ADA disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-18: Updated: 2019-06-18 07:50:02 Three employment law lessons from Harvard University’s decision to revoke the admission of a Parkland shooting survivor

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-17: Updated: 2019-06-16 22:34:33 Could a judge force you to provide anti-harassment training if you create a hostile work environment? Maybe not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-14: Updated: 2019-08-06 13:16:42 A new bill in Congress would mute the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule changes

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-13: Updated: 2019-08-06 12:46:24 And the first state to ban employers from refusing to hire applicants who test positive for marijuana is…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-12: Updated: 2019-06-12 07:02:43 I come bearing HR-compliance gifts for you today

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-11: Updated: 2019-06-11 06:57:01 When it comes to avoiding claims of age discrimination, consider the optics

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-10: Updated: 2019-06-09 22:13:57 Does your sexual harassment training include this important topic? If not, it should.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-07: Updated: 2019-06-07 07:59:20 Retaliation can come in many shapes and sizes

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-06: Updated: 2019-08-06 13:07:43 “Paid Sick Leave?!? How about paid leave for ANY reason? Now, hold my lobster martini.” — Maine, probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-05: Updated: 2019-06-05 07:11:36 It sure sounds like several state AGs are going to sue to block the DOL’s proposed overtime rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-04: Updated: 2019-06-04 06:59:31 I’m a wizard, apparently, plus four other employment law takeaways from yesterday’s SCOTUS decision.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-06-03: Updated: 2019-06-03 16:54:39 Eminem’s take on federal anti-discrimination administrative exhaustion requirements. Probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-31: Updated: 2019-05-31 07:11:35 Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about employee opioid and marijuana use in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-30: Updated: 2019-05-30 06:54:03 “An employee who has suffered a heart attack has enough to deal with without having to face unlawful discrimination and unemployment.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-29: Updated: 2019-05-29 07:07:51 Grab the tack hammer. It’s the ‘Tommy Boy’ of employment discrimination stupid.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-28: Updated: 2019-05-28 07:10:49 You can’t fire an employee while on FMLA leave. Except when you can.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-24: Updated: 2019-06-05 15:09:33 The largest HR organization in the world ❤’s the DOL’s proposed overtime rules. Mostly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-23: Updated: 2019-05-23 07:14:07 The owner’s son was fired for peeing on a child’s cancer memorial. Lessons on accountability and off-duty conduct.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-22: Updated: 2019-05-22 06:56:25 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris just floated ‘the most aggressive equal pay proposal in history.’

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-21: Updated: 2019-05-21 07:19:03 What does a $3.3M jury verdict for race discrimination by a strip club look like? I’ll show you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-20: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:14 The House passed the Equality Act to protect LGBT rights at work. Here’s why it won’t become law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-17: Updated: 2019-05-17 06:55:12 A new bill in Congress will end forced arbitration of employment claims. But, will it pass?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-16: Updated: 2019-05-15 22:47:25 Examples of pregnancy accommodations include shift changes, rest breaks and, oh yeah, open-toed shoes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-15: Updated: 2019-05-15 06:58:22 A company allegedly fired a woman because she got an abortion. But, is that illegal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-14: Updated: 2019-05-14 07:36:00 Is it ok to ask a lesbian co-worker to use her ‘gaydar’ to determine whether a new client is also gay?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-13: Updated: 2019-05-12 14:03:53 The EEOC has a new Chair and a quorum. Here’s what this means for employers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-10: Updated: 2019-05-09 23:47:47 Was that a ‘white power’ symbol at the Chicago Cubs game? Still not ok.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-09: Updated: 2019-05-09 07:04:11 When a woman makes offensive comments about being female. A lesson on implicit bias.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-08: Updated: 2019-05-07 19:42:54 Alcoholism and the ADA: Is it a disability? If so, how do you accommodate? And what are the limits?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-07: Updated: 2019-05-07 08:22:20 If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try again. Then, file an age discrimination lawsuit. Then try again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-06: Updated: 2019-05-06 06:23:12 You just approved FMLA leave for an ineligible employee. What now?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-03: Updated: 2019-05-03 07:02:56 New legislation would guarantee employees the right to collective and class action litigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-02: Updated: 2019-05-01 22:17:16 Did you miss yesterday’s #NextChat on Managing the Challenges of Leave Under the FMLA and ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-05-01: Updated: 2019-05-01 06:43:26 Seven signs the non-solicitation and non-competition agreements your employees signed may be unenforceable.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-30: Updated: 2019-04-30 08:21:34 #Nextchat: My Employees Can Miss How Much Work?! Managing the Challenges of Leave Under the FMLA and ADA #SHRM19

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-29: Updated: 2019-04-29 07:50:46 Yeah, about that rule where you don’t allow employees to text that they’ll be late or absent…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-26: Updated: 2019-04-25 22:29:01 For real this time, the EEO-1 deadline is September 30, 2019. Seriously

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-25: Updated: 2019-04-25 07:32:12 The Supreme Court just buried class-action arbitration of employment claims*

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-24: Updated: 2019-04-24 06:42:45 A heterosexual employee sued for sexual-orientation discrimination. Really?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-23: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:16:15 Why was there an employment law trending on Twitter yesterday? Oh, I think I know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-22: Updated: 2019-04-22 08:13:29 How in the world did a DEAD person get suspended for racist behavior?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-19: Updated: 2019-04-19 00:00:31 The readers have three follow-up ADA questions about job applications. Let’s answer them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-18: Updated: 2019-04-18 06:55:29 Yes, you can be fired for cursing about clients in the office bathroom

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-17: Updated: 2019-04-17 06:44:15 If your job applications look anything like this, well, damn, you’ve got some ADA problems.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-16: Updated: 2019-04-15 23:16:30 Does an employee have an ADA ‘disability’ if it substantially limits the major life activity of ‘working’?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-15: Updated: 2019-04-15 07:02:46 285,000 reasons that your company president shouldn’t ridicule an employee with a disability. Especially not in email.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-12: Updated: 2019-04-12 06:47:07 NYC is going to ban pre-employment marijuana drug screening. How do you feel about that?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-11: Updated: 2019-04-10 23:32:14 The EEOC just announced its 2018 performance numbers. Here are three things employers need to know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-10: Updated: 2019-04-10 06:52:38 Imagine being forced to re-employ the person who claims that your company discriminated against her.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-09: Updated: 2019-04-08 22:29:56 What do you think about ‘Thank You’ notes and, maybe, adding a live weekly video chat to this blog?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-08: Updated: 2019-04-07 09:22:00 Looks can be deceiving. Morbid obesity isn’t necessarily a disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-05: Updated: 2019-04-05 10:31:01 Will you have to provide employee pay data with your EEO-1? When’s the new EEO-1 deadline? I’ve got answers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-04: Updated: 2019-04-04 08:20:12 There are better ways to improve employee morale than with exorcisms and sex questionnaires, I’m told.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-03: Updated: 2019-04-02 22:53:58 The Department of Labor trifecta is now complete with new joint-employer rules coming soon

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-02: Updated: 2020-11-08 15:23:42 On Equal Pay Day, let’s take a closer look at what’s being done to address pay disparity.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-04-01: Updated: 2019-04-01 15:24:21 Another New Jersey court weighs in on MedMar accommodations…and it’s WILD!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-29: Updated: 2019-03-29 06:36:40 🚨🚨DOL plans to clarify how companies calculate overtime for employees🚨🚨

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-28: Updated: 2019-03-28 00:52:53 Fact or Fiction: Can an employee pursue a hostile work environment claim based on his disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-27: Updated: 2019-03-27 09:17:45 Discrimination 101

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-26: Updated: 2019-03-26 05:44:43 EEOC: A company that helps people with disabilities violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-25: Updated: 2019-03-24 23:10:45 How does one of your employees actually prove discrimination in court?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-22: Updated: 2019-03-22 08:13:32 The time has come to re-rank my cereal cabinet. Let’s do it ‘Rocky’ style!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-21: Updated: 2019-03-21 21:00:29 The EEOC held a ‘top secret’* meeting with business groups yesterday and I’ve got all the details.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-20: Updated: 2019-03-20 00:42:10 A critical EEO-1 update and let’s revisit my Bloggerdome cereal rankings. The struggle is real!

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-19: Updated: 2019-03-19 06:42:04 New Jersey just banned NDAs in discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment settlements

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-18: Updated: 2019-03-17 23:22:01 A pharmacist claims that his employer should have accommodated his fear of needles. And he may be right.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-15: Updated: 2019-03-15 06:39:54 U.S. Department of Labor flips the bird for FMLA-eligible employees who then try to decline FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-14: Updated: 2019-03-13 22:23:34 With more co-sponsors than ever and huge corporate support, will Congress finally vote to ban LGBT discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-13: Updated: 2019-03-12 22:47:36 NJ is now THIS CLOSE to legalizing recreational marijuana. Here’s what that means for employers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-12: Updated: 2019-03-12 06:57:47 Three HR lessons from a supervisor’s alleged knuckle-dragging savagery.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-11: Updated: 2019-05-03 15:01:10 On International Women’s Day, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team sued U.S. Soccer to demand equal pay.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-08: Updated: 2019-03-08 06:29:41 BREAKING-ish, sorta, not really. Yeah, you knew this was coming. The DOL officially announces overtime changes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-07: Updated: 2019-03-07 07:25:55 Hey Eric! Can I spy on my former employee’s Facebook messenger account?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-06: Updated: 2019-03-05 21:10:07 Your EEO-1 will now take 3.4 hours longer to complete

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-05: Updated: 2019-03-04 17:14:58 So glad you asked. I’ll tell you all about my first year at FisherBroyles, the largest cloud-based law firm in the world.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-04: Updated: 2019-03-03 18:19:47 New overtime rules are coming (yes, really this time!). Here are eight things employers need to know to prepare.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-03-01: Updated: 2019-03-01 08:28:05 Does your company use no-hire agreements? Better call a lawyer. Maybe a criminal lawyer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-28: Updated: 2019-02-27 23:04:14 This parking company may have assumed that a deaf applicant wasn’t right for a valet job. But, what happens when you assume? 🤔

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-27: Updated: 2019-02-27 07:53:04 This, right here, will restore your faith in humanity.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-26: Updated: 2019-02-25 22:30:10 Yesterday’s United States Supreme Court Equal Pay Act decision — in a limerick.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-25: Updated: 2019-02-25 08:08:49 It’s never too early to conduct anti-harassment training

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-22: Updated: 2019-02-21 22:30:29 Was this social media editor fired for being too racist?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-21: Updated: 2019-02-21 08:12:30 On the heels of its $15/hr. minimum wage hike, the hits keep coming in NJ. This time, it’s family medical leave.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-20: Updated: 2019-02-20 06:39:14 Sometimes you can favor women over men for a job; other times it’ll cost you $41,000

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-19: Updated: 2019-02-17 15:23:53 Will this time be the charm for some workplace bills recently reintroduced in Congress?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-18: Updated: 2019-02-18 07:08:29 The Henry Pratt Co. tragedy and six ways employers can avoid gun violence in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-15: Updated: 2019-02-15 06:38:35 Some belated #HRValentines💕🤣😂

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-14: Updated: 2019-02-14 08:16:14 Bookmark and share: Lessons from an employment lawyer’s comeback from crippling mental health issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-13: Updated: 2019-02-12 22:48:04 Let’s be clear about this: a hangman’s noose is RACIST

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-12: Updated: 2019-02-12 06:49:38 There’s a false rumor going around that a female employee slept her way to the top. Can she sue for sexual harassment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-11: Updated: 2019-02-11 07:00:09 Your employee uses medical marijuana. Her drug test is positive. But, how do you know if she was high at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-08: Updated: 2019-02-08 07:05:36 I’m going to blow your mind with this Fair Credit Reporting Act bombshell

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-07: Updated: 2019-02-07 06:52:34 Lower court reminds us that LGBT rights remain limited in the Third Circuit, well, except…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-06: Updated: 2019-02-07 06:20:50 EEOC: The equal-opportunity-groper defense is a bad one

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-05: Updated: 2019-02-04 18:24:02 It’s official! NJ is moving to $15/hr minimum wage.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-04: Updated: 2019-02-04 06:43:07 When do you have the file your EEO-1 this year?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-02-01: Updated: 2019-02-01 07:21:32 Does New Jersey’s new equal pay law apply retroactively?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-31: Updated: 2019-01-30 21:08:20 The Human Resources FMLA (and other questionable absences) Cheat Sheet for post-Super Bowl Monday

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-30: Updated: 2019-01-28 21:39:00 If you have non-competition agreements with non-exempt employees, now would be a good time to grab some pearls for clutching

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-29: Updated: 2019-01-29 06:34:11 Do we have to pay out accrued PTO when an employee separates?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-28: Updated: 2019-01-28 12:39:49 Appellate court rules that age discrimination against certain job applicants is okay — sort of.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-25: Updated: 2019-01-24 21:56:47 Girl Scout Cookies and Employment Law – Almost Everything That HR Needs To Know

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-24: Updated: 2019-01-24 06:12:03 Overtime: Two legal actions to reverse the outcome of the Saints-Rams NFC Championship Game

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-23: Updated: 2019-01-22 23:05:14 The NLRB may exterminate Scabby The Rat, and I have mixed feelings about that.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-22: Updated: 2019-01-22 08:25:54 Another court greenlights discrimination claims for a medical marijuana user fired for failing a drug test

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-21: Updated: 2019-01-20 22:36:25 Workplace lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-18: Updated: 2019-05-03 14:57:19 “Hold our drink, feds.” New Jersey strikes deal for $15 minimum wage

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-17: Updated: 2019-01-16 22:08:20 How can HR convince the C-Suite to purchase anti-harassment training in 2019?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-16: Updated: 2019-01-15 22:16:56 New $15 minimum wage bill will be introduced in the Senate today.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-15: Updated: 2019-01-14 19:02:45 When can you fire the employee who just complained about discrimination or took FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-14: Updated: 2019-01-13 15:19:55 Need a refresher on providing break time for nursing moms at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-11: Updated: 2019-01-11 06:45:23 She was raped by her supervisor, the company suspended her and put the harasser back to work. How mad did this make a federal jury?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-10: Updated: 2019-01-09 21:34:20 Litigating against LGBT rights may win one case, but still be bad for business overall.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-09: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:15 Justice Kavanaugh’s first SCOTUS opinion may speak volumes on how he’ll decide the next big employment case

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-08: Updated: 2019-01-07 19:28:16 Now, about those federal courts running out of money this Friday…

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-07: Updated: 2019-01-06 15:49:40 How will a government shutdown and no quorum at the EEOC impact employers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-04: Updated: 2019-01-04 06:57:29 Farewell, EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum.

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-03: Updated: 2018-12-31 13:55:45 Do you have to pay hourly employees for travel time?

by Eric B. Meyer

2019-01-02: Updated: 2019-01-02 11:19:01 Let’s start the year off with a big joint-employer decision

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-28: Updated: 2018-12-27 22:55:28 Thank you to the readers for a fantastic 2018

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-21: Updated: 2018-12-20 23:25:42 26 of the best last-minute stocking-stuffer ideas🎄🎁🎅

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-20: Updated: 2018-12-20 13:22:03 When does federal law require you to pay a job applicant to interview? Wait, what?!? (UPDATED)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-19: Updated: 2018-12-18 21:21:09 A federal judge declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. In plain English, here’s what this means for your business.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-18: Updated: 2018-12-17 19:31:49 CBS just denied Les Moonves’ $120M severance. Can it do that? I have his employment and severance agreements.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-17: Updated: 2018-12-17 09:30:43 If you could only listen to one HR-compliance podcast episode…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-14: Updated: 2018-12-13 23:22:10 Imagine your employee signing a release and then suing you. That would stink, wouldn’t it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-13: Updated: 2018-12-13 07:08:29 Lawsuit: Open-mouth kisses, spanking, and nudity. No, this is most definitely not your typical pharmacy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-12: Updated: 2018-12-12 06:55:15 EEOC hauls in over $5M from two employers accused of pregnancy discrimination. Here are some ways to keep your money.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-11: Updated: 2018-12-10 21:58:26 Survey says that artificial intelligence may actually promote bias, rather than help to eliminate it

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-10: Updated: 2018-12-09 11:03:12 In plain English: How will Philadelphia’s Fair Workweek law impact your local business?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-07: Updated: 2018-12-08 10:25:54 Not every offhand comment, slight, and insult is a federal lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-06: Updated: 2018-12-05 22:18:14 A case for progressive discipline

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-05: Updated: 2019-01-11 13:01:15 Court denies man’s pay-disparity claim because, yep, he was paid more than the women. 🤦

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-04: Updated: 2018-12-03 23:05:30 Discrimination. It ain’t rocket science. Well, except when it is.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-12-03: Updated: 2018-12-02 21:39:03 Wait, what? What did that store’s general manager just say about the applicant with a hurt arm?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-30: Updated: 2018-11-30 07:01:13 The woman who worked for a sex-toy store has … wait for it … a sex-plus claim.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-29: Updated: 2018-11-28 23:14:49 This GM’s Facebook posts weren’t enough to sink his employer, but you may not be so lucky.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-28: Updated: 2018-11-28 06:53:27 340,000 reasons to take harassment complaints about customers seriously

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-27: Updated: 2018-11-26 22:47:45 Do you have to pay overtime to a drug dealer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-26: Updated: 2018-11-25 10:31:06 Are you confident — “defending-a-class-action-lawsuit” confident — that you’re protecting electronic employee data?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-20: Updated: 2018-11-20 00:09:39 Ranking turkey and the 19 best side dishes that you can serve on Thanksgiving – 2018 Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-19: Updated: 2018-11-18 18:40:29 FMLA and attendance awards, how does that work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-16: Updated: 2018-11-15 22:57:57 Employer sees something wrong with a little bump n’ grind, defeats sexual harassment lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-15: Updated: 2018-11-14 15:47:17 From wonky to wonkier, why your arbitration agreement may not be worth the paper on which it is printed?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-14: Updated: 2018-11-13 21:48:56 Fair Labor Standards Act Obituaries: The 80/20 Rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-13: Updated: 2018-11-12 21:15:13 Your 11-month employee just requested FMLA leave. Can you fire her before leave begins in the 12th month?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-12: Updated: 2018-11-12 06:52:05 Google ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims. Should you? Then what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-09: Updated: 2018-11-08 23:42:45 A reporter sought an interview with a Senate candidate, but said a little bit more — TMI — after she thought she had hung up the phone.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-08: Updated: 2018-11-08 09:28:45 What if the general release in your severance agreement isn’t as “general” as you think it is? What then?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-07: Updated: 2018-12-10 08:44:04 It’s unanimous! Supreme Court rules that any public-sector employee 40 years or older may file an age-bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-06: Updated: 2018-11-05 22:43:38 Severance Agreements: Make them easy to understand and don’t pressure an employee to sign

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-05: Updated: 2018-11-05 06:19:55 At least two employees didn’t read my ‘blackface’ post, and you’ll never believe what some Idaho teachers wore for Halloween

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-02: Updated: 2018-11-02 09:47:41 It’s time to VOTE for the “Worst Employer of 2018.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-11-01: Updated: 2018-10-31 23:03:20 Five great ideas on how your business can revamp workplace culture to prevent harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-31: Updated: 2018-10-30 23:04:13 The procrastinator’s guide to figuring out New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave law

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-30: Updated: 2018-10-30 07:26:22 If at first you don’t succeed, sue, sue, and sue again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-29: Updated: 2018-10-29 06:48:26 The Boston Red Sox are 2018 World Series Champions! (You weren’t expecting a blog post today, were you?)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-26: Updated: 2018-10-26 00:09:05 There’s a chatbot for HR to log discrimination complaints. But, would you use it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-25: Updated: 2018-10-25 06:51:44 The DOJ says that Title VII does not protect transgender employees, and this should not surprise you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-24: Updated: 2018-10-24 07:01:32 Blackface is a bad idea for Halloween at work, and other ways that you can avoid calling me on November 1.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-23: Updated: 2018-10-23 07:04:19 Three wins for readers of The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-22: Updated: 2018-10-22 11:19:16 This company fired an employee on the same day that she returned from pregnancy leave … and won the lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-19: Updated: 2018-10-19 06:30:15 Before you decide to go aquatic in your office, watch this video. 🤣🤣🤣

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-18: Updated: 2018-10-17 19:15:38 This employee fired for a “caught on camera” racist tirade won’t be collecting $100,000. Probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-17: Updated: 2018-10-18 08:23:33 Believe it or not, there’s a good reason why one employer must pay $100K to a worker it fired for racist Facebook posts

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-16: Updated: 2018-10-16 07:08:28 The results of SHRM’s study on workplace harassment confirm that I’ll be staying busy for the foreseeable future.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-15: Updated: 2018-10-15 09:03:36 #MeToo went viral. But, how big has it really been on social media?!? I’ve got the numbers…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-12: Updated: 2018-10-11 17:38:58 I’m gonna go ahead and file this post about age discrimination under “Duh!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-11: Updated: 2018-10-11 12:13:16 When must you provide light duty to a pregnant employee? It depends…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-11: Updated: 2018-10-11 00:32:24 Does the ADA protect someone recovering from drug addiction? Yep.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-09: Updated: 2018-10-08 21:58:53 When the same person does the hiring and firing, can there really be any discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-08: Updated: 2018-10-07 23:48:57 If an attorney investigates workplace harassment, must the company share the report if it is later sued?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-05: Updated: 2018-10-05 07:07:33 #MeToo began in late 2017. But, was there really a new surge of sexual harassment claims since? Let’s find out…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-04: Updated: 2018-10-03 21:34:42 Deaf lifeguards, deaf truck drivers, and the dangers of stereotyping an individual with a disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-03: Updated: 2018-10-02 23:38:43 What have I done? For the love of Fair Credit Reporting Act!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-02: Updated: 2018-10-02 06:57:11 Is it retaliation to fire an HR employee for encouraging a co-worker to file an EEOC charge? Well…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-10-01: Updated: 2018-10-01 08:50:32 Thank you for your comments on whether “overqualified” is code for age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 06:57:12 Is “overqualified” code for age discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-27: Updated: 2018-09-26 23:20:22 Eric’s Wild-n-Crazy HR-Compliance Road Show – Coming atcha!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-26: Updated: 2018-09-25 23:46:34 The EEOC accused a law firm of defending its pregnancy discrimination with more pregnancy discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-25: Updated: 2018-10-04 13:06:23 11 steps that you can take now to reduce harassment in your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-24: Updated: 2018-09-24 06:48:47 Here’s what a report from a huuuuuuuuuuge sexual harassment investigation looks like

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-21: Updated: 2018-09-20 19:13:54 #WhyIGotFired is way better than “an ugly mix of sexism, racism, and xenophobia”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-20: Updated: 2018-09-19 22:19:52 It’s not a good look when the EEOC accuses your company of “an ugly mix of sexism, racism, and xenophobia”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-19: Updated: 2018-09-18 18:19:49 Did he intend to flash a white power symbol on live television? Either way, it’s not okay.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-18: Updated: 2018-09-18 07:33:02 Vontae Davis’s hecka-crazy NFL retirement makes you wonder how prepared your business is.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-17: Updated: 2018-09-17 12:29:24 Yes, visitors to your workplace can also create hostile work environments for your employees.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-14: Updated: 2018-09-13 18:43:22 The National Labor Relations Board is revising its joint-employer standard. Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-13: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:10 I’m just reminding you that turning away a transgender employee based on stereotypes is unlawful

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-12: Updated: 2018-09-12 07:01:51 Yesterday’s post gotcha down? How about some résumé blunders to cheer you up! 🤣🤣🤣

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-11: Updated: 2018-09-12 06:57:06 A federal court concluded that a federal contractor couldn’t fire a medical marijuana user

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-10: Updated: 2018-09-10 07:45:08 Can you ban your employees from wearing Nike apparel at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-07: Updated: 2018-09-06 22:42:30 If you’re considering adding pole dancing to your new-employee orientation, you should reconsider.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-06: Updated: 2018-09-06 07:45:07 So, you want to change the essential functions of a particular job, do you? Let’s talk ADA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-05: Updated: 2018-09-04 22:12:35 Bookmark This: Seven Resources to Answer Some of Your Employment Questions

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-09-04: Updated: 2018-09-04 06:42:29 I’ve got links to the new FMLA forms from the U.S. Department of Labor

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-31: Updated: 2018-08-30 20:22:19 I can’t unsee a chicken eating jerk chicken

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-30: Updated: 2018-08-29 14:26:50 Oh, look. It’s DOL guidance on FMLA and no-fault attendance policies

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-29: Updated: 2018-08-28 13:08:01 Do organ donors qualify for FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-28: Updated: 2018-08-28 07:31:22 Sorry, folks. Cruise ship internet is trash today.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-27: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:14 16 states have asked the Supreme Court to limit LGBT rights at work. Which 16, you ask?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-24: Updated: 2018-08-24 07:17:13 Would-be NASA intern gets vulgar with another Twitter user — turns out he’s a NASA legend — promptly loses internship

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-23: Updated: 2018-08-22 23:43:55 EEOC: HR didn’t want to set a disabled employee up for failure, so the company fired her instead.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-22: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:26 Every state in the Third Circuit now recognizes LGBT rights at work. Third Circuit not so much for now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-21: Updated: 2018-08-21 07:43:51 What happens when a sexual assault victim is later accused of sexual assault? #MeToo

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-20: Updated: 2018-08-20 07:19:58 Which law firms would I recommend that you use to sue your employer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-17: Updated: 2018-08-16 23:05:31 You and I, we need to have a talk about yesterday’s survey.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-16: Updated: 2018-08-15 22:52:44 Do your employees trust your Human Resources Department?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-15: Updated: 2018-08-15 07:03:55 NJ federal court: Employers don’t have to excuse medical marijuana users from taking workplace drug tests

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-14: Updated: 2018-08-13 23:25:08 New Jersey is teaming up with the DOL to crack down on worker misclassification

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-13: Updated: 2018-09-10 12:45:47 EEOC: Major U.S. airline ignored sexual harassment that ultimately ended in an FBI arrest and conviction

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-10: Updated: 2018-08-10 07:45:45 “Eric, if we sexually harass female AND male employees, that cancels itself out, and we’re good, right?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-09: Updated: 2018-08-09 07:30:43 What perks are your company offering to land top talent?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-08: Updated: 2018-08-08 06:47:03 Bah-gawd, those were two hecka-expensive bottles of orange juice!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-07: Updated: 2018-08-06 17:02:01 Could an unhealthy Snapchat selfie addiction spiral into an ADA workplace disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-06: Updated: 2018-08-05 22:55:37 Will Marco Rubio’s new federal paid-leave legislation be the one to emerge from the pack?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-03: Updated: 2018-08-02 23:38:07 Fact or Fiction: The ADA requires accommodating an employee to care for a relative with a disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-02: Updated: 2018-08-02 09:03:14 Uncertainty in a major transgender-bias SCOTUS case, and an EEOC Commissioner speaks her mind on LGBT rights and religious liberty.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-31 23:11:37 Racist road rage ends badly for road-rager who claims that he’s not a racist.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-30 23:22:53 2.5 million reasons not to refer to black employees as ‘slaves’ or fire them after they complain to HR

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-30: Updated: 2018-07-30 08:45:32 A Native American claimed that Washington Redskins chatter at work was racist. But, can she win her lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-27: Updated: 2018-08-08 10:32:15 Well, you can’t plan for everything. Like naked workouts, for example.💪💪💪

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-27 11:57:16 That SHRM-endorsed House bill promoting paid employee leave across the country takes center stage

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-25 07:03:52 Mediation Survey Results!!! (I picked the right side hustle.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-24 23:17:22 SURVEY: Hey HR, in-house, and outside counsel! What do you think about mediation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-23: Updated: 2018-08-06 19:46:17 Can you make someone who only wants intermittent FMLA take continuous leave instead?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:33 RIP Ann Hopkins

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:34 A federal appellate court judge is 😤steamed😤 that her colleagues won’t address gay rights at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:35 So, how many of you think that your HR Generalists need to come to work all the time? Read this post.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:35 She couldn’t workout at her preferred time, so she quit her job. And sued.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:36 Could forcing an employee to sign a last chance agreement lead to a retaliation claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:36 My conversation with the lawyer who, IMHO, just earned the biggest employment law win of 2018.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-12: Updated: 2018-09-24 19:36:07 It’s the most important employment law decision of 2018

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:37 All the 🔥hot🔥 takes on how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could shape employment law

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:38 Will I see you at EEOC EXCEL today? It should be EXCELLENT! (See what I did there?)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:38 Your employees can use your company email to try to form a union. But for how much longer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:39 From the Archives: What ketchup on a hot dog can teach employers about at-will employment

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:39 It appears that, yes, you can be fired for flipping off President Trump’s motorcade.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:40 Your company is more like Google than you think. You have similar respect-in-the-workplace problems.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-07-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:40 What do you do when you learn that an employee is a recovering opioid addict? What don’t you do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:41 If your company receives a subpoena from the EEOC, whatever you do, don’t do this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:42 Do we have a nominee for “worst employer of 2018”? Let’s see…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:42 Four EEOC-approved ways that your company can prevent age discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:42 Although firing a proselytizing employee may be perfectly legal, making fun of him is a really bad idea.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:43 Before you deny an employee’s request for more extended leave after FMLA expires, read this.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:43 If I hire you to shovel snow in hell, when hell eventually freezes over, you’d better shovel!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:44 Court concludes that two co-workers’ alleged plot to murder an employee-plaintiff was not retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:45 You may be able to litigate older trade secret misappropriation claims in federal court. Here’s how.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:45 Racist posts on Facebook are apparently a really bad look for an HR professional. #shrm18

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:46 Hey HR! Here are 9 ways that you may want to update your employee handbook #SHRM18 #TheEmployerHandbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:46 Why would a judge have awarded UC benefits to a white guy fired for making racial slurs?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:47 An employer tried to enforce an arbitration agreement. The one it never signed.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:47 Instead of going to HR, can a victim of sexual harassment make a CITIZEN’S ARREST?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:48 I got you a supercharged HR thinking cap to address harassment problems at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:48 And here are 3.5 million more reasons not to enforce a 100%-healed ADA policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:49 What I have for you today is even better than a Bryan Colangelo post-mortem!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:49 Not even George Costanza could’ve pulled this one off…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:50 NLRB to Dem Senators: We’re no longer “considering” joint-employer rule-making. We are rule-making!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:50 SCOTUS sides with baker that refused to bake a cake to celebrate gay marriage. But, it’s not what you think.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:51 Meanwhile, a former company executive was apparently fired because of his wife’s tweets

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:51 Grab your popcorn. We need to talk about this Bryan Colangelo Twitter burner-account bombshell.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:52 Have you advertised for a candidate with a maximum amount of experience? Could be age discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:52 HR lessons from Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet and ABC’s immediate cancellation of her show

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:53 SURVEY: If I custom-designed a one-hour HR-compliance session for you, what topic would you select?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-25: Updated: 2020-03-04 18:21:28 If you use a third-party to drug test job applicants, then stop what you’re doing and read this post!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:54 Eric, what employment law and HR blogs do you read, dude?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:55 FREE WEBINAR and CLE: “Check-In: EEOC, DOL and NLRB Compliance—A Labor and Employment Law Roundtable” [June 6, 2018, 2-3 pm EDT]

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-22: Updated: 2020-02-11 22:24:27 Eric, can I get a simple breakdown of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on class-action waivers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:56 Sorry, Busta Rhymes. You don’t get a “celebrity exception” for settling your wage-and-hour claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:56 Another court holds mistaken discrimination is unmistakably illegal

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:57 Fore-get it! Court slices plaintiff’s FMLA claim based on Facebook pics of him at a golf course

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:57 What does the ADA say about employees who use prescription drugs to treat drug addiction?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:58 I wonder how many burritos a former Chipotle GM accused of stealing $626 can buy with her $7.97 million jury award

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:58 What HR needs to know about blockchain. Or, put another way, HR needs to know about blockchain.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:08:59 I’m gonna throw a little employment law at this Matt Patricia – Detroit Lions Sexual Assault saga

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-10: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:24 Do transgender employees have ADA rights also? “Well, it depends,” said the lawyer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:00 Judge greenlights discrimination claim of white employee critical of Black Lives Matter movement

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:00 Three ways NJ employers can prepare now for “the most sweeping equal pay legislation in America.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:01 Two important announcements and an ADA lesson “straight out of the school of hard knocks.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:01 “California, hold my drink,” said New Jersey. (A post about paid sick leave) – UPDATE

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:02 If you’re considering forcing your employees to practice the “Onionhead” religion, well, don’t.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:02 A federal judge put the kibosh on Philly’s salary-history ban. Well, not really.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-05-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:03 AllThingsERISA is the hero we all need

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:03 A new Senate bill would make your non-compete agreements worth less than the paper on which they’re printed.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:04 From The Readers: The most extraordinary employee excuses for being late to work

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:04 “Historic, sweeping equal pay legislation” passes in New Jersey. Is your business ready?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:05 Does “I hope this email finds you well” get on anyone else’s nerves? Or is it just me?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:05 Want to see me testify today on harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace? Here’s how…

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-23: Updated: 2023-12-12 06:41:06 Must you produce the workplace investigation report prepared to defend a sexual harassment lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:07 “I had morning sickness,” said the man. Crazazy excuses for being late to work!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:07 Starbucks details how, in one afternoon, it will train about 175K employees on racial bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:08 Now THIS right here is some hecka-cold retaliation (allegedly)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:08 Bookmark This: Starbucks and a lesson on leadership and accountability

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:09 Dear Handbook: Does the FLSA require that non-exempt employees get paid for 16-minutes of intermittent FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:09 Can you legally fire an employee who butt-dials you while talking smack about the company…to a co-worker?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:10 Can you legally fire an employee who butt-dials you while talking smack about the company?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:10 Happy (?) Belated Equal Pay Day

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:11 Very special FMLA/ADA greetings from Huntsville, Alabama

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:11 Remember the woman fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade? Now, she’s suing.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:12 It’s been a month, Eric. How’s life at FisherBroyles, LLP, the largest cloud-based law firm in the world?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:12 Should it be unlawful to make employees check work email after hours? Some in NYC Council think so.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:13 Two more learn the hard way that off-the-clock social media use can be a job killer

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:13 Yesterday’s Supreme Court wage-and-hour decision in Haiku. Great Haiku!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-04-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:14 Stereotype or not, firing a French waiter for acting rude probably doesn’t violate the law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:14 These crazazy interview gaffes have nothing to do with pending NJ employment bills

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:14 Mandatory paid sick leave could be coming to New Jersey too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:15 NJ is about to pass a HUUUUUUUUUUUGE gender pay equity bill. Are you ready for it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:16 A New Orleans Saints Cheerleader claims players get better treatment and that’s discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:16 Do your employees understand the limits of their freedom of speech? If not, educate them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:17 What Dallas’ zero Super Bowl rings this century can teach you about ADA essential job functions

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:17 This is probably not even legal in Mexico

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:18 From the archives: “How do you handle FMLA and FLSA for a snow day office closure?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:18 When is working overtime an essential job function? (Psst. I’ll tell you.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:19 No one ever said that this FMLA stuff would be easy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:19 HELP! DocketBird, PacerPRO, or Bloomberg Law? What’s the best for docket tracking and searches?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:20 BOOKMARK THIS: A blueprint to providing an employee with a religious accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:20 Here’s a nice recap of my #SHRMleg “Becoming an ADA Expert” session

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:21 NJ advances bill that would ban confidentiality provisions in any settled discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:21 Indeed, there are 50,000 reasons to avoid “age will matter” in an applicant’s rejection email.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:22 Philadelphia moves one step closer to requiring sexual-harassment training for all City employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:22 Court: Firing an employee because she is transgender has to be sex bias under Title VII

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:23 Why conducting a wage and hour audit now could save you lots of money with the government.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:23 Thank you (Part III)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-05: Updated: 2019-03-02 14:22:23 Thank You (Part II)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:24 Thank you (Part I)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-03-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:09:25 Gender Pay Gap Meets Grand Theft Auto

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:29 When can you stop allowing extensions of leave under the ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:29 Common sense prevails in a big legal victory for gay rights in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:30 Avoid Mark Cuban’s mistake when dealing with sexual harassment at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:30 Ex-Google employee who criticized the Damore memo sues Google after getting fired

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:31 Calling someone “racist” for posting “All Lives Matter” on Facebook isn’t race discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:32 Lawsuit: No, it’s not okay to access a vacationing co-worker’s social media at the office

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:32 One employer just slayed both the Ebola Monster and an ADA lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:33 An employee’s bad tweets lead New York Times to fire her on the same day it announced her hiring.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-15: Updated: 2019-08-01 23:21:36 The first cannabis stores in PA are opening. It’s time to re-educate employers on what that means.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:34 …and in recent sexual harassment news, lots!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:34 The ADA usually doesn’t require accommodating an employee’s first choice of yoga classes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:35 Sorry. I’ll make it up to you today.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:35 What might federal paid family leave look like? (I’ll give you a sneak peak.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:36 Wow, I can actually feel myself becoming a more insufferable Eagles fan with this FMLA post.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:36 I’m just going to leave some not-so-subtle hints here about how to up your company’s harassment-training game

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:37 The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl LII Champions!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:37 Don’t forget leave as an ADA accommodation. (Yeah, that’s right. Leave!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-02-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:38 In hindsight, maybe re-hiring the guy who allegedly drugged and assaulted a female co-worker was a bad choice.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:38 Hey Handbook! Do we have to let our employee bring his emotional-support peacock to work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:39 Plaintiff’s discrimination claim foiled by Instagram filters

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:39 Would you fire an employee for something she posted on Facebook … back in high school?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:40 HR to Vietnamese job applicant, ‘If you no speak English, I will send you home’

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:40 A lesson on workplace drug testing and opioids

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:41 Will the Supreme Court sip from the FMLA ‘Holy Grail’?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:41 My list of most likely candidates to take an FMLA day in Philly yesterday #FlyEaglesFly

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:42 What makes for good headlines isn’t necessarily unlawful harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-19: Updated: 2019-10-29 06:42:03 Get ready PA employers! Governor Tom Wolf just proposed an overtime overhaul.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:43 New Jersey’s new governor wastes no time going after equal pay and gender equity issues.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:44 89,000 reasons to take a more holistic approach to workplace accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:45 What does it take to be individually liable for discrimination? A lot.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:45 Dear Handbook: Is it cool if I spray air fresheners to mask my co-worker’s obnoxious chronic body odor?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:46 Dude, where’s my car?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:46 The Trump DOL just unearthed a bunch of employer-friendly Bush-era Opinion Letters.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:47 Lawsuit: Google discriminates against male, white, and conservative employees.

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:47 DOL buries its 6-factor internship test 6 feet under

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:48 What might changes to sexual-harassment laws look like?

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:48 I love the smell of Sour Patch Kids and the False Claims Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:49 New Jersey just strengthened its ban the box rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2018-01-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:49 What do a pizza-delivery driver, a gynecologist, and an employment-law blog have in common?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:50 The Employer Handbook Best of ’17: What are you sayin’ here, guys?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:50 Flooded with sexual-harassment complaints, VICE publicly apologizes for its “detrimental ‘boy’s club’ culture”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:50 Older workers need not apply. Heck, they’re not even seeing many job ads on Facebook, lawsuit alleges.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:51 Thinking of giving an accused sexual harasser a second chance? Here’s why you may want to reconsider…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:51 Ask a Manager’s Alison Green is hella-brave!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:52 Have you ever seen the former NLRB Chair and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same room?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:52 PODCAST: “Losing My Religion: Title VII and flu shot accommodations” (ft. Brooks and Ivy Meyer)

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:53 Go ahead and pull those old employee handbooks out of the trash!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:54 Looking to update your policy on sexual harassment? Maybe you’d like to see Facebook’s…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:54 The NLRB wants your input on quickie union elections. [Translation: bye bye quickie union elections]

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:55 The Supreme Court passes on ruling on LGBT workplace rights … for now

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:55 Surprise! Your company could be liable under Title VII as a joint employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:55 “The Employment Law Year in Review” webinar recap

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:56 Hear ye! Hear ye! 45,000 reasons not to publicize details of an employee’s EEOC charge of discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:56 But, Eric, shouldn’t we update our anti-harassment policies in 2018 also?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:57 Three key areas that could make 2018 the year of the employee handbook overhaul

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:57 Grab your company’s job applications and ADA pearls. Now, click this post and clutch tightly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-12-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:58 Court stymies employer’s try for plaintiff’s social media passwords in sexual harassment case. But, it did get…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:59 Matt Lauer Matt Lauer Matt Lauer Matt Lauer Matt Lauer Matt Lauer

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:10:59 On this Belated #GivingTuesday (a/k/a Wednesday), please consider supporting the Homeless Advocacy Project

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:00 ABA Journal inducts The Employer Handbook into its Blawg 100 Hall of Fame

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:00 LGBT bias costs one employer the maximum amount allowed by law

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:01 Ranking the Thanksgiving turkey(s) and sides: The Employer Handbook Top 20

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:02 Want to keep settled sexual harassment claims confidential? It may cost you tax dollars.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:02 New bill would ban confidential settlements of sexual harassment claims in Pennsylvania

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:02 I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:03 Outside law firm defending company in FMLA claim gets sued for FMLA interference

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:03 VP of HR fired for a Trump tweet still manages to collect unemployment benefits

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:04 JOIN US: “The Employment Law Year in Review,” a free webinar on Thu, Dec 7, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:04 And in other sexual harassment news….EVERYTHING!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:05 Would you require a new C-Suite hire to affirm no history of discrimination at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:05 Take a page out of this employer’s playbook for dealing with FMLA and absenteeism.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:06 HR lessons from a cyclist fired for flipping off Trump’s motorcade

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-06: Updated: 2018-07-27 12:08:39 A new SHRM-endorsed House bill promotes paid employee leave across the country

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:07 5 more reasons why your workplace anti-harassment training is ineffective

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:07 Could your business withstand a tsunami of individual wage and hour claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-11-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:08 The”Mark of the Devil” and the hellish cost to defend employment litigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:08 Will a jury ever find out if the EEOC concludes that a defendant-company may have discriminated?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:09 7 last-minute ways for HR to be the wettest of wet blankets on Halloween

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:09 While not quite Harvey Weinstein claims, the allegations about this workplace will make your head spin.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:09 When an employee complaining about harassment tells a supervisor, “Let’s keep it between us for now.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:10 What happens at the office happy hour may stay in the office.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:10 The Employee’s claim: race bias. The evidence: noose, epithets, hooded sheet. The winner: Employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:11 If necessary, the ADA allows a company to make an employee see a doctor before returning to work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:12 “No more babies” and “Pregnant, bye” are bad talking points for your managers

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:12 Philadelphia Eagles DE Chris Long is donating every game check to charity — HIS ENTIRE 2017 SALARY!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:13 Court politely tells union where to stick its request to reinstate a member accused of sexual harassment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:13 A noogie could be retaliation. (I’ll take “What We Were Never Taught In Law School” for $400.)

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:14 Citing Harry Potter, Third Circuit requires employers to pay non-exempt workers for short breaks.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:14 TMZ claims to have Harvey Weinstein’s employment contact. And, it’s scary as hell!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:15 Why intent doesn’t matter when a white guy gifts watermelon to his black co-workers. Or does it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:15 Local union throws flag on Dallas Cowboys’ owner’s threat to bench players who disrespect the U.S. flag

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:16 Jemele Hill suspended for violating social media rules. No, not even ESPN Talent has free speech rights.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:17 I’m telling you. Bad things happen when the Board Chair plays matchmaker for her son, the CEO.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-06: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:14 Jeff Sessions and the DOJ pull the rug out from under transgender workers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:18 FREE LIVE EVENT: “Preparing for 2018: What Employers Need to Know”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:18 Watching porn at work doesn’t necessarily create a hostile work environment for others.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:11:19 Does the ADA protect an individual who uses prescription drugs to battle addiction to illegal drugs?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-10-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:22:58 The power of diversity, dignity, and respect over discrimination #MondayMotivation

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:22:59 NFL players take a knee and it seems like the only ones getting fired are firefighters.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:22:59 Company’s You Show, You Go Policy violates pregnancy discrimination law, says EEOC

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:00 How much leave from work is unreasonable under the ADA? [SPOILER ALERT: Not much]

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:00 No, President Trump, NFL owners cannot legally fire players that #TakeTheKnee

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:01 Does the ADA require you to favor minimally-qualified disabled employees over rock-star job applicants?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:01 This military hospital’s social media cluster-you-know-what checks all the wrong boxes

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:02 In the Third Circuit, willful FLSA violations are as common as spotting a unicorn sliding down a rainbow into a leprechaun’s pot of gold as pigs fly by.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-20: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:12 Is the EEOC going “wishy-washy” on LGBT rights at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:03 Firefighter suspended for telling Facebook fam that he’d rather save a dog than a million black people.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:04 3 complaints and an investigation with discipline, how could an employer not know about possible harassment?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:04 “Perverse and absurd,” today’s post isn’t really as fun as it sounds.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:05 Company forces employee to sign a confidentiality statement or be fired, plays itself.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:05 A recreational marijuana user was blowin’ hella smoke with these FMLA arguments.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:06 This employer is probably kicking itself for not getting a separate general release

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:07 Even the best lawyers make mistakes. Because, about my Ezekiel Elliott predictions…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:07 Can a man claim pregnancy discrimination? A man, baby!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:08 Hot takes on Ezekiel Elliott from an employment lawyer who plays fantasy football

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:08 Promoting a new business on Facebook could violate a non-competition agreement. Who knew?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:08 Your company’s generous parental leave benefits could actually trigger a discrimination lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-09-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:09 Hear that? It’s the fat lady singing about the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed OT rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:09 Does the ADA ever require six months of employee leave? Sure does, says the EEOC.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:10 You can safely file the new proposed EEO-1 in File 13

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:10 If you own a restaurant, and pay servers more than minimum wage, can you keep customer tips?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:12 I’ve got two FREE HR-compliance seminars next month to help you address an aging workforce

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:13 A “too cute” employee, her boss’s ex-Playmate wife, and maybe some sex discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:14 Employee free speech on social media? HA! HA! says federal appellate court

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:15 Federal judge to EEOC: Your wellness-program incentive rules are kind’ve a big dumpster fire

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:17 Sometimes, a little flexibility — and (gasp) humanity — can avoid a big employment lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:18 Post-Charlottesville, “Name and Shame,” and how employers can respond legally?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:19 I’m going to explain at-will employment versus off-the-job free speech

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:21 Yes, you may have discriminated against your employee by denying his lateral-transfer request

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:22 What employers can learn from one company’s $747,320.66 FMLA mistake

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:23 Fact or fiction: The FMLA may protect pre-eligible employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:24 How would you respond if your employee was photographed marching in Charlottesville over the weekend?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:26 He was hired at 63 and fired at 64. Yep, that could still be age discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:27 No take backs! Employer rescinds a termination, but can’t dodge a discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:29 Another court greenlights a medicinal marijuana user’s lawsuit against his former employer

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:30 Free speech at work and protected concerted activity are burning up the hot stove this week!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:32 If you think you’re gonna get sued, protect your documents! Or else bad things may happen.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:33 Here’s how promoting your company on LinkedIn could cost you your job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:34 What in the holy hell might this employer have been thinking? (And how you can do better…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:36 All I can think about is that scene from Rounders. You know the one…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:37 Note to self: Refrain from using bag of tricks in Indiana.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:38 What would you like to know about the law on employee use of medicinal marijuana?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:39 Here’s how the federal overtime rules are starting to take shape for your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-28: Updated: 2019-10-28 19:28:46 You have one job. One job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:42 DOJ: Federal law does not protect gay employees from discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:43 A Wisconsin company plans to microchip its employees. Would you do it too?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-25: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:09 I was this close to playing Mad Libs with Gov. Christie’s veto of NJ’s Paid Family Leave expansion.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:46 New Senate bill would take the wind right out of the National Labor Relations Board’s sails

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:47 Hey D-Man! Enjoy every bit of that ice cream birthday pie!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:48 That time when an employee argued that taking vacation days was “discipline.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:49 I’ll hang out for a bit while you grab the maximum-leave policy in your employee handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:51 Fact or Fiction: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:52 Third Circuit: A single slur – just one bad word — can create a hostile work environment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:53 Don’t let exceptions to your work rules make the rules become the exception

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:55 This’ll teach you not to snoop on your employee’s personal emails…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:56 Want to wear a Phillie Phanatic hat to work for religious reasons? That could get you fired in Minnesota.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:57 SURVEY: If you could attend just one HR-compliance training, what would it be?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:23:59 The stage is now set for the Supreme Court to resolve gay rights at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:00 Can a LinkedIn invitation to connect violate an agreement not to solicit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:01 A guy walks into a bar … and gets discriminated against because of his sex (allegedly)

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:03 HELP WANTED: CEO, especially one who isn’t a damn knuckledragger!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:04 Sex talk workers should get minimum wage too, say sex talk workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:05 That moment HR discovers its $2,666,594.03 typo in a fully-signed severance agreement

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:06 The public gets to beat the dead horse of the DOL overtime rules together, and other wage and hour news

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:08 Yes, litigators must come to the office and go to court, says federal appellate court

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:09 Wanna know where the EEOC will focus its enforcement efforts? Age discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:10 A worker can sue his employer and the company’s lawyer for FLSA retaliation, says Ninth Circuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:11 He was fired for a Facebook post, but can he still collect unemployment benefits?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:13 While unfair stereotypes continue to fuel age bias in the U.S., here are ten ways to avoid them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:14 Bah Gawd! DOJ turns face and will support class-action waivers in Supreme Court battle

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:16 Change is on the way in NJ to how employers can conduct background checks

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:17 Bloomberg’s in depth coverage of social media sex shenanigans at work is too good not to share

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:18 ADA Pro Tip: Don’t order an employee to flush her meds down the toilet

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:20 586,860 and 3/4 reasons not to question the sincerity of an employee’s religious beliefs

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:21 Court says, yes, you can fire a worker whom you believe made up a discrimination claim at work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:22 Remember when I told you that NJ was so employee friendly? I LIED!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:24 Injunction? What injunction? New class action suit claims employer violated the new DOL overtime rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:25 There’s a certain irony when a TV personality gets fired for something caught on video

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:27 New Jersey is trying to out-California California

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:28 The 6 Ways “Covfefe” Can Improve HR Compliance

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:29 Is there anything social media can’t catch? Certainly not an obscene hand gesture from (the former) Mr. Met.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:31 Federal court won’t enjoin Philly’s proposed salary-history rule, tosses the entire lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:33 The Sixth Circuit says that class-action waivers violate federal labor law. Meh.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:34 “I get high with a little help from my friends”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:35 What ketchup on a hot dog can teach employers about at-will employment

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:37 “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” … and Wife Swapping

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:38 I don’t recall the ADA saying anything about reasonable-er accommodations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:40 FMLA & ADA: Two peas in a pod

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:41 Pay attention HR! Transgender employees may have ADA (disability) rights too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:43 There have been some huge, recent LGBT developments impacting your workplace.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:44 Someone who doesn’t know that they have a serious health condition can still get FMLA, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:46 There are betting things to say in a job applicant’s rejection email than “age will matter”.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:48 Well, I sorta botched yesterday’s post about Facebook and that employee’s $1.5M jury verdict

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:50 How a fired employee’s Facebook posts about Obama and “a thug” led to a $1.5M jury award — UPDATED

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:51 NLRB: Many of your employee handbook policies are probably unlawful.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:53 Lawsuit: P. Diddy did it (sexual harassment) right after he and his house guests did it (sex).

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:24:54 8th Cir: Ok to tell a Middle Eastern worker to “go back home, go to your country.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:32 New Philly bill aims to shut down local businesses engaging in “severe and repeated” discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:32 No, the House didn’t really vote “to make it legal for employers to cheat workers out of overtime.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:33 The best way to prepare your workplace now for President Trump’s new Religious Freedom Executive Order

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:33 Because of Sex.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:34 A trucking company agrees to pay $65K, because it didn’t hire an amputee to drive its trucks

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:35 Fear of the Ebola Monster, and acting on other stereotypes, can create scary ADA lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-05-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:35 Court says setting salary based on pay history is ok. Just don’t base salary on gender. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:36 We’ve got a new Department of Labor Secretary. It’s Alexander Acosta

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:36 Fired for accidentally live-streaming nude on the company’s Instagram page (oops!), now she’s suing for her job back

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:37 Even one bad comment may create a hostile work environment, says Second Circuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:37 Another employee emerges victorious in a social media legal skirmish. And, this one’s got an FMLA twist.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:38 2d Cir: Employee can curse out his boss and his boss’s family on Facebook and keep his job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:38 Hold up! Wait a minute! A federal judge just stayed Philly’s new salary-history law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:39 It’s the last thing you want to hear at your employee-client’s deposition

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:39 Call me, maybe? The FMLA requires much more!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:39 Join me for a free ACA / ADA / FMLA event next month!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:40 A Honey-Nut Cheerios lesson on paying commission properly under the FLSA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:41 Now, you too can successfully* navigate through an NLRB action

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:41 The two new bills in Congress that should be on every employer’s radar

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:41 Neil Gorsuch sworn in to the Supreme Court

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:42 Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck and The Blaze. (Check out her legal papers, employment contract, and more…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:42 EXCLUSIVE(ish)! Philly Chamber sues to block new law banning job interview questions about salary history

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:43 What went down at the EEOC Meeting on the State of the Workforce and the Future of Work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:44 A federal appellate court finally recognizes LGBT rights at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:44 How the heck does a plaintiff without a disability go to trial on her ADA claims?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:45 Did HR do a bus driver with a disability dirty? How you can avoid the same apparent mistake.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:45 Ok, I’ll bite. Why did Cracker Barrel fire Brad’s wife?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:46 Three pitfalls to avoid when setting essential job functions and determining ADA accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:46 Day off

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:47 2d Cir kicks the can on LGBT rights at work under Title VII. None yet, but maybe soon…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:47 70,000 reasons not to fire a witness for participating in a sexual harassment investigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-24: Updated: 2019-05-07 18:50:47 No, not even the ADA requires accommodating an alcoholic’s DUI-related incarceration

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:48 The Top Five Sandwiches in Philadelphia #NationalCheesesteakThursday

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:49 2d Cir: Pharmacists must inject customers. Oh, word?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:49 Skip the vodka, but consider some other bar rules for your workplace.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:50 The FMLA may be amended to include leave for a parent to grieve the loss of a child

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:50 Did Lyft violate Philly’s Ban the Box rules? And could this be the tip of the iceberg?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:51 Which of you hot shot lawyers wants to join an employment law panel with me?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:52 Employer’s wage and hour defense foiled by a comma. Yep, a damn comma!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:52 Doggone it! When an employee is allergic to a coworker’s service animal.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:53 11th Circuit: It’s perfectly legal to discriminate against someone because she is gay

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:54 SHRM Study shows that we are inching towards a better work-life balance.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:54 On John Cusack, Pink Floyd, Title IX, and medical residencies.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:55 The fat lady’s ready to break into song about the federal blacklisting rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:56 Supreme Court passes on transgender rights case…for now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:56 Yo, dawg! EEOC sues employer over not letting trucker use his service animal for work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:57 How about we connect at the SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:57 This one will get you to hire slow and fire fast to avoid retaliation claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-03-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:58 A bipartisan — yes, bipartisan — Senate bill would make it easier for employees to prove age bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:58 Amidst a recent deluge of bad sexual harassment news, Uber pulls out a shocking win

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:59 110,000 reasons to remember that the ADA’s duty to accommodate starts before saying, “You’re hired.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:32:59 The allure of gooey grilled cheese made me late for work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-23: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:00 Feds are signalling a rough four years ahead for transgender rights

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:00 A broken arm can be an ADA disability too?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:01 I don’t know about you, but I had the best Presidents Day ever!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:02 President Trump taps Alexander Acosta as his new pick for Labor Secretary

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:02 Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination for Labor Secretary. So what’s Plan B at the DOL?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:03 Racials slurs, shotgun threats, but no why no hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:03 This right here is why you train your managers to take all complaints of harassment seriously.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:04 A lesson on non-competes: What you don’t know, can’t hurt you. Until it does.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:05 You don’t have a gun. You don’t have a badge. Don’t be the FMLA police!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:05 Oh, hey! A paid family leave bill has made its way back to Congress.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:06 55,000 reasons to allow your pregnant employees to be exposed to toxic chemicals at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:06 Wherein, I marvel at the majesty of #F8. And something about the Americans with Disabilities Act too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:07 Social media adds to January 2017’s unemployment numbers

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:07 Appellate court to ADA plaintiff: “A blind person cannot be an airline pilot…”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:08 I wonder how Trump’s nominee, Neil Gorsuch, might decide a SCOTUS leave-accommodation ADA case.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-02-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:08 White House will uphold Obama Executive Order protecting LGBT employees of federal contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:09 Go ahead and bookmark this post for top FMLA cases of 2017

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-30: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:08 Has the EEOC found religion on LGBT workplace discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:10 The Employer Handbook readers have some crazy job-interview stories. Crazazy!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:10 The EEOC has a new Acting Chair. And employers should be doing a happy dance.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:11 “So, are you going to finish those crumbs on your desk? Oh, and hire me!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:12 No more job-applicant salary-history questions allowed in Philadelphia ever again. Possibly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:12 Now, I know what the Allman Brothers were really singing about. It was the DOL’s Overtime Rules!

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:13 Sowing plutonium from diet scrapple — just twice a year — can be an ADA essential function.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:13 School employee fired after correcting student’s spelling on Twitter.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:13 So, your employee just tweeted that she moonlights as a porn star…

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:14 Oh, it’s on! Class-action waivers to be first Supreme Court employment-law heavyweight battle of 2017

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:15 Can you require an employee to take an HIV test?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:15 So, why hasn’t that bill banning salary-history questions been signed into law yet?

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:16 3d Cir: Even where old folks are treated fairly, OLDER folks can bring age-bias claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:17 ‘I have no social skills. I have no filter between my mouth and my brain’

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:17 Drama following a bra-less woman’s meeting with the CEO supports her retaliation claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:18 Our day at Epcot: Food, characters and, yes, an employment-law lesson

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:18 In-depth EEOC trends for your business. Plus, BloggerKing and the Fam hit the Magic Kingdom.

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:19 On Disney World, pay phone filth, and poop in the pool

by Eric B. Meyer

2017-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:19 New Year’s Resolution for 2017: Stay classy at The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:20 According to you, these were the top five posts for 2016 at The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:20 Racist code names for customers are bad. And, so is firing someone for complaining about it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:21 U.S. businesses spent HOW MUCH preparing for those overtime rules?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:21 Maybe, avoid these holidays workplace gifts for 2016. But, I have a great idea for 2017…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:22 Sex on the beach becomes a sexual harassment lawsuit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:23 A little holiday present for my readers

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:23 Woman fired for refusing to process same-sex marriage licenses loses her own bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:23 PODCAST: Enjoined OT Rules – Now What?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:24 Woo boy! Y’all had some crazazy holiday parties!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:24 The EEOC hooks you up with a new ADA resource on mental health conditions

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:33:25 Oh, do tell. Share with me your most cringeworthy holiday party HR story!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:09 Pretty soon, asking salary-history questions in Philly will get you sued.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:10 Guess which former child star just got fired for a homophobic Facebook post?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:11 Trump’s new DOL pick has zero damns to give about the new overtime rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:11 Can you fire an employee whom you learn is “alt-right”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:12 Join me at 3 pm EST today on Twitter for a SHRM #nextchat on these dang DOL #OvertimeRules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:12 File the “blue collar workplace” defense to a hostile work environment in the trash can

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:13 The DOL wants to undo that #OvertimeRule injunction lickety-split!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:14 Without hyperbole, I’m better than LeBron James. #GraceAndHumility

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-12-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:14 Swastika cupcakes?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:15 Bad things often happen when employees feel they have to resort to self-help

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:15 Bank VP’s Facebook rant that Trump can “buy” and “sell” the Obamas didn’t end well, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:16 Before you hit the reset button on all those changes you made for the DOL Overtime Rules…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:16 Federal Judge Stops U.S. Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:17 The EEOC has a brand new HR-compliance resource on national origin discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:17 Company tried to “sprinkle a little salt” on its worksite; pays $50K to the EEOC.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:18 R.I.P. – Department of Labor “Persuader” Rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:18 A wise social media expert once said, “Think before you click.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:19 Could ‘mansplaining’ create a gender-bias claim? It’s direct evidence of it says one court!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:19 Are your company’s anti-bullying measures working? I’d like to hear from you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:20 Employee admits that attendance on the reg is essential, so telecommuting isn’t a reasonable accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:20 My 2 cents on President-Elect Trump’s impact on HR-compliance in 2017. (Literally, worth 2 cents)

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:21 I think we all need a day to recharge the batteries…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:22 Could firing one who doesn’t seem “happy and smiling and positive” violate labor law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:22 PA federal court turns the page and protects gay workers from discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:23 (Let’s try this again) This company stood up to FMLA abuse. You can too!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:23 This company stood up to FMLA abuse. You can too!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:24 1 out of 3 of you are cannibal zombie workplace scum

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-11-01: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:01 Feds unite with Worker.gov, a one-stop website for employees to address workplace issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:24 HR-101: Did an NFL fan create a hostile work environment by throwing a sex toy on the field?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:25 Wherein I rank the cereal choices at the bloggerdome.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:25 Facebook Live and the hella-icky, vomitous workplace implications

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:26 Your shoddy job description won’t help you in an ADA lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:26 A Texas judge has enjoined practically all of the DOL “blacklisting” rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:27 New report highlights rampant hiring bias against qualified transgender applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:28 Up Next on Destination Checkbook: Firing a bipolar employee for “her mental illness”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:28 Did a federal appellate court just require employers to invent ADA crystal balls?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:28 Folks, let’s dispel some FLSA myths about salaried employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:29 The EEOC has released its enforcement playbook for the next four years. Want a peek?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:29 Getting Back To FMLA Basics: Don’t mess with the pay of an employee on leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:30 I’m training the U.S. Army South on social media at work, and other news…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-13: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:17 And speaking of LGBT rights at work, here are two more recent victories for HR to ponder

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:31 The EEOC has some hella-big general counsel shoes to fill

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:32 A new SHRM study should have employers reexamining their policies on parental leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:32 3d Cir: Employers cannot use paid meal breaks to offset unpaid overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:33 Top Five Reasons to Attend DisruptHR in Philadelphia on 11/3/16

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:33 100% healed policy = 100% violation of the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:34 The union organizer running those rat protests and casket actions doesn’t get paid overtime.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:35 SHRM: Derailing the DOL Overtime Rule before 12/1 is an uphill battle

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:35 That EEO-1 you just filed will look a lot different next time. Oh, good…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:36 Resume blunders worse than Mark Sanchez’s butt fumble.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:36 The only HR Guide to Election 2016 that you’ll ever need to read

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:37 The EEOC cares about small businesses, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:38 Is New Jersey trying to out “California” California with new employment laws?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:38 Cut your hair, Mattingly!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:39 Another federal agency (hint: it rhymes with “EEOB”) pays 7 figures to settle wage-and-hour claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:39 Giveaway Day! My very best leave-management PowerPoint, which I’m presenting today at #SHRMPA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:40 21 states just sued the DOL to stop the new overtime rules. And your company should…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:40 Orange Crushed! Jury awards $277,565.44 to a diabetic employee fired for drinking OJ at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:41 What your business can do NOW to prepare for the DOL ‘Blacklisting’ rules and guidance.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:42 Happy belated birthday!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:42 She had it up to here with her co-workers, and the company hardly helped. ADA violation? Maybe.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:43 Is it legal to fire a server for complaining on Facebook about an NFLer’s 75-cent tip?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:43 Will the Supreme Court be the hero that employers need for their class-action waivers?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:44 Soon, all employers may be forbidden from asking about a job applicant’s salary history

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:44 Yes, the NLRB will also clobber unions who punish social media complainers

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:45 Blaming the victim is a bad way to respond to a sexual harassment complaint

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:46 Arm the torpedoes! Full speed ahead with lawsuit against new DOL overtime rules!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:46 While you may not need a masters in FMLA, spotting leave requests can be tough

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:47 165,000 reasons to remember that associational discrimination violates the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-09-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:47 This, right here, is why a good workplace investigation is EVERYTHING!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:48 Can you sue an employee for filing what seems to be a false EEOC charge?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:48 Today’s Special: Retaliation. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:49 The EEOC has no chill for your discriminatory prescription drug use and hiring policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:49 Unusual or just plain creepy? 13 unique ways folks tried to get hired

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:50 Pish-posh to everything we ever knew about litigating discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:50 Want the secret to defending retaliation claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:51 Don’t miss tomorrow’s free webinar: “How to Navigate Alcoholism and Substance Abuse under the FMLA/ADA”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-22: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:22 Court says Hobby Lobby decision sometimes greenlights sex discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:52 Your dress code may create a big sex-discrimination mess at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:52 Do-over! Employer avoids a discrimination claim by rescinding employee’s termination

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:53 Celebrating an employee accused of domestic violence with a song about domestic violence — bad idea.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:53 There’s a metaphor for the $7 million that the DOL is paying to settle its own employees’ FLSA claims…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:54 Do you need the new FLSA poster? Well, since I asked…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:54 Do most employers pay minimum-wage workers more than $7.25/hour? YES! (And it’s not even close)

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:55 Is a confidentiality provision in an employee settlement agreement worth the paper it’s printed on?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:55 Yes, your company may get nailed for a hostile work environment created by your customer

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:56 Yes, we get it already. Permanent light duty is not an ADA reasonable accommodation.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:56 How far can employees go when discussing politics? Not very.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:57 Those non-competes your employees sign probably violate federal labor law. Or do they?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:57 Sexual harassment — same as it ever was

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:58 A white guy threatened to kill co-workers, got fired, and claimed discrimination. How’d that turn out?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:58 I’m blowing mildly workplace-inappropriate smoke and asking for your vote

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:35:59 “A person can be married on Saturday and then fired on Monday for just that act.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:00 Join me for a free webinar on 8/24: “How to Navigate Alcoholism and Substance Abuse under the FMLA/ADA”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:00 What ADA protections exist for mental health episodes at work? Not many. Maybe none.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:01 How will the new overtime rules affect workplace flexibility? Not well.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:01 Got young employees? They pray to different gods? Then, you need this EEOC fact sheet.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:02 What HR can learn from those hella-dumb DNC leadership emails.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:03 Say, Eric. Where do you find all that fodder for your blog posts, anyway?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:36:03 Trailblazing federal court flatly rejects one free tea-bagging at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:43 Remember that flatulence-cum-discrimination claim from last year? Well, it stinks too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:43 HR sorta admitting retaliation is generally a bad defense to an employee’s retaliation lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:44 Court says employee’s Facebook page on race stereotypes is fair game at trial

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:44 How ironic that when I finally achieve “social media expert” status, my daughter is the viral hit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:45 Here are the 3 biggest workplace compliance concerns for the next year? No. 2 will SHOCK you!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:45 A jury will hear the ADA claim of a diabetic cashier, fired for drinking life-saving juice from a store refrigerator

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:46 A grown man’s Facebook rant about ‘Pokémon Go’ led to his firing

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:46 A new House bill would expand FMLA coverage to very small businesses

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:47 “We are looking to add a few young professionals” and an age-bias lawsuit, apparently.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:47 Your FMLA notices may be defective if…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:48 This, right here, is the LGBT-discrimination case for employers to watch

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:48 Quietly, the DOL jacks up penalties for willful overtime and minimum wage violations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-07-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:49 Can you get fired for ripping French soccer players as poor tippers? Oui, but of course.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:50 Radical new bill could open the hostile work environment litigation floodgates

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:50 These 4 recent revelations about employee use of social media may surprise you (or not)

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:51 How much time is there left for “Just In Time” scheduling? Maybe, not much.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:51 EEOC reaches historic $200K settlement on its first sexual orientation bias lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:52 GUEST POST: Mrs. Meyer takes over The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:53 Can you fire someone for getting divorced? Once court says no.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:54 When does a telecommuter qualify for FMLA under the 50/75 rule? #HellaTrenchHR #shrm16

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:54 EEOC: It’s time for your company to re-imagine anti-harassment training

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:54 Follow along with The Employer Handbook from #SHRM16

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:55 These sample employer-wellness program notices will make you the envy of all your HR friends

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:55 NJ Supremes: You can’t shorten the time for employees to file discrimination lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:56 EEOC has some new pregnancy discrimination resources to feed your HR brain

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:57 Foul! Nasty tweets to Steph Curry’s family cost a Cavs fan his job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:58 HR 101: The Americans with Disabilities Act and the importance of good job descriptions

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:59 My wife is a first-ballot Hall of Famer!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:59 30,000 reasons to review your job applications now for unlawful questions

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:38:59 Republicans toss up a Hail Mary to stop the new DOL overtime rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:00 New EEOC lawsuit highlights the discrimination risks of mandatory flu shots

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:01 The EEOC wants your 2¢ before giving its 2¢ on national origin discrimination, which will be free

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:01 Don’t tear up those arbitration agreements with your employees just yet.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:02 Let’s make it official! What say we meet IRL at SHRM Annual Conference? #SHRM16

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:02 It’s cases like this that tempt me to become a plaintiff’s employment lawyer

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:03 Do you force employees to arbitrate class-action claims? Then, you should read this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:04 Can an employee go out for a beer while on intermittent FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:04 By the power of Title VII! Woman called “He-Man” loses gender-bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:05 Got disability-leave questions? Two greats have your FMLA/ADA HR answers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:06 Fact or Fiction: The statute of limitations on a constructive-discharge claim starts when the employee quits

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:06 Can a plaintiff change her social media privacy settings after filing a lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:07 Company pays $250K to settle employee’s bias claim. The one where his manager maybe peed on him.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:07 Wacky interview questions have nothing to do with DOL overtime rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:08 The new DOL overtime rules are here. You’ve got HR questions? I have answers!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:09 9 things HR needs to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:10 “Too cute” yoga instructor loses her sex bias claim against her Playboy Playmate boss

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:10 Are coming to the office and going to court ADA essential job functions of a litigator?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:11 President Obama signs bipartisan bill protecting trade secrets under federal law

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:12 Caught on tape! EEOC nails a whiskey bar for pregnancy discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:12 A new EEOC resource is the peanut butter to your Americans with Disabilities Act jelly

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:14 Did this employer really sic attack dogs on a woman who complained about gender discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:15 Survey shows working sole-breadwinner moms are far more likely to earn less than dads

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:15 Governor Christie conditionally vetoes an equal-ish pay bill in NJ

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:25 EEOC: Not letting transgender employees use the restroom of their gender identity is sex discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:17 86 the “100% cured” policy for employees returning from FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:18 Will the salary level for the new DOL overtime rules be less than the currently-proposed $50,440?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:18 I have a little Family and Medical Leave Act treasure map for you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:19 This sad, sobering video is a reminder that your company still employs knuckledraggers #MoreThanMean

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:20 Non-competition agreements are the Butter Brickle of employment law.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:20 It’s hard to believe what may pass for age discrimination these days.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:21 The one they called “Grumpy Old Bastard” lost his age discrimination case.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:22 Big Business tries to slow DOL’s roll on it’s new overtime rules. Don’t hold your breath…

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:23 If this FLSA mess doesn’t have you calling your employment lawyer, not sure what will.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:23 A pay raise is not discriminatory and eye rolls don’t create a hostile work environment, mmkay?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:24 You guys don’t have to let employees pray to a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:24 Only an FMLA nerd would like this post

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:25 Medical Marijuana is coming to PA. What do employers need to know?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:26 Here’s a novel defense to a discrimination claim. (Replace “novel” with “damn near frivolous”).

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:26 The most essential elements of an employee handbook acknowledgment

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:27 The last word is often key to ADA accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:28 Permanent light duty is not an ADA accommodation. Unless you make it one.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:28 Can an employer rescind a job offer based on the results of a genetic test?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:29 Can you refuse to hire a person whom you fear may have a future disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:29 Vague policies + poor HR communication = FMLA disaster

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:30 All you need to know about the U.S. Women’s Soccer players’ wage-discrimination battle

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-04-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:30 Yes, working overtime can be an essential job function under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:31 Welcome to the intersection of ADA and FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:31 Nepotism at work — even if it means favoring one nationality over another — is not against the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:32 In honor of my 40th birthday today, how about a primer on age discrimination releases? (Sigh…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:33 The proposed DOL overtime rules are a walk in the park compared to this new “wage theft prevention” bill

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:33 Are we connected on social media? No?!? Let’s fix that ASAP.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:34 Teacher resigns after male student takes her unlocked phone, shares her nude selfie on social media.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:34 GUEST POST: The Background Check Balance Beam

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:35 A pro golfer gets his revenge on Twitter; causes a heckler to lose his job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:36 Guess what, you guys? HR Directors can be sued for FMLA violations too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:36 The Friday Four: Poop, Bombs, Poop-Bombs, and Wife Swapping

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:37 Can you force an employee to delete critical tweets about the company? NLRB says no.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:37 The DOL overtime rules changes go to final review. But, when might they take effect?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:38 HR101: It’s bad to withhold overtime pay until the employee submits to demands for sex

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:39 I see your EEOC Charge and raise you a defamation lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:39 Can a supervisor’s racist comments — after a firing — support a plaintiff’s bias claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:40 NY federal court concludes that Title VII does not prohibit anti-gay bias….yet.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:40 You + Me @ SHRM Legislative Conference: What could possibly go wrong?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:41 GUEST POST: Workplace lessons for employers from Ke$ha and Dr. Luke

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:42 HR 101: Temporary disabilities and the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:42 Here’s a new resource for small businesses to learn about discrimination laws

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:17 Legal or illegal, companies don’t have to tolerate LGBT discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:39:43 The EEOC is taking businesses accused of anti-gay bias to federal court now

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-03-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:25 You mistakenly offered FMLA leave to an ineligible employee. Now what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:25 It’s fairly safe to assume that an employee with chest pains needs FMLA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:26 20% of HR Managers say their companies pay men more than women for the same work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:27 How could dementia not be covered under the FMLA? (Psst, I’ll tell you how).

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:27 Sorry, NLRB. Using an iPhone to secretly record a conversation with your boss may be criminal

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:28 BUSTED!!! Vacation photos on Facebook doom an employee’s FMLA claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:28 Lady Murderface’s Yelp for Help on Social Media Costs Her a Job…at Yelp

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:29 9 simple steps to drafting a bangin’ EEOC Position Statement

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:29 Employment Law Blog Carnival (#ELBC) Freaky February Holiday Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:30 A message from Stevie Wonder on providing accommodations to individuals with disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:30 That’s What They Said: “Justice Scalia’s impact on HR and employment law”

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:31 New EEOC statistics highlight the importance of disability accommodations at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:31 Over 100 members of Congress want the DOL to deep six the proposed overtime-rule changes

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:32 Boy sexts girl. Girl sexts boy. Nope, no sexual harassment here.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:32 FMLA and Migraines and Facebook and other things that will make you want to click

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:33 What can you do about employees missing work today with a Super Bowl hangover?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:34 Ok, it’s my turn. Can you forbid an employee from job hunting while on FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:34 The 24/7 world of social media can bite your employees when they least expect it

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:35 A Chairperson supposedly tried to get her direct report to marry her son. Her son the company CEO.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:36 Unreported hours worked may count towards FMLA-eligibility hours. Wait…WTH!

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-02-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:37 Those EEO-1s you love to complete are gonna get more complicated

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:37 What caused this employee to claim disability discrimination on her second day of work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:38 See no overtime, hear no overtime, pay no overtime

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:38 Migraines! They are the bane of your FMLA world, HR. Amirite?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:39 U.S. Department of Labor issues new FMLA fact sheet for joint employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:39 Top 10 Legal Land Mines to Watch Out for in 2016

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:40 How do you handle FMLA and FLSA for a snow day office closure?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:41 Supreme Court makes it harder for employers to dispose of FLSA lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:41 Flushing the toilet on a phone interview — and nine other ways not to get hired

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:42 FLSA 101: When do you have to pay employees for rest breaks?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:43 Can an FMLA-eligible employee decline FMLA and take other accrued leave instead?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:44 Don’t let this be the year that your business faces a big wage and hour lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:44 When must companies accommodate employee medical marijuana use? How about never?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:45 GUEST POST: Can Your Cyber Policy Handle The Truth (About Your Employees)?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:46 Inconsistent employee discipline can create legal issues. Here’s a way to fix that.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:46 C.R.E.A.M. FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:47 Five employment cases blowing up my DropBox and Pocket

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:47 How the heck do you accommodate the religious beliefs of hundreds of employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:48 Knife-wielding monkeys may be retaliatory; but, standard severance provisions are not.

by Eric B. Meyer

2016-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:49 Yes, your employees can legally record most workplace conversations

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:50 And the most popular blog posts from 2015 are…

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:50 Do you have Muslim or Middle Eastern employees? Read this EEOC Fact Sheet

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:51 Can an employee fired for an extra-marital affair claim marital-status discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:51 Two early HR Christmas presents

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:52 Is job-related anxiety an ADA disability? It depends…

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:53 Huge $5M EEOC settlement spotlights an enforcement priority that you may be overlooking

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:53 A jury will decide whether a quadriplegic welder will win his disability discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:54 Another court holds that LGB discrimination is sex discrimination under federal law

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:55 Philadelphia strengthens its “ban the box” protections for job applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:55 Oh, hey, it’s another post about how to avoid holiday party-related lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:56 Preferring to hire women instead of men, yeah, that’s called discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:57 All I want for Christmas is a squirrel toilet seat decal

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:57 Yes, employees can fight workplace harassment with social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:58 Don’t let ADA stereotypes do to you what they did to this company

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:59 Did USC’s alcohol-related firing of its former head football coach violate the law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:43:59 What it really means to be Facebook friends with co-workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:00 Can you eliminate discrimination claims by hiring minority replacements?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:00 Look at me, love me

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:01 Did one court really just conclude that HIV is not an ADA disability?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-12-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:01 Fired you will be getting drunk, DUI, and arrested on an FMLA day

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:02 How you know when to pay employees on meal breaks

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:02 Just give him the chair. It’s that easy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:03 Your temporary workers can probably sue you for discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:04 Hocus Pocus: PA Supremes eliminate magic language for creating non-compete loopholes

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:05 Denying an employee’s attempt to rescind her resignation may be…retaliation?!?!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:05 It’s another “when a hostile work environment isn’t a hostile work environment” post

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:06 The DOL may be slowing its roll on the new OT rules. But, you should act now.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:06 As a social-media-nerd employment lawyer, this one has me shakin’ my head.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:07 Four ways to prevent systemic discrimination in your workplace, before an EEOC charge.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:07 A federal judge in Alabama holds that Title VII covers sexual-orientation discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:08 Sir, yes, sir! Quoting “Full Metal Jacket” may create a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:08 1.7 million reasons to reconsider issuing attendance points for medically-related absences

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:09 “Off-the-clock” discriminatory Facebook messages can create a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:10 A recap of EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum’s hour-long Twitter Q&A

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-05: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:16 Latest study indicates rampant transgender discrimination at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:12 Court upholds employee firing after complaining about gay slurs. Was that a mistake?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:12 President Obama wants federal agencies to “Ban the Box”

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-11-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:13 More EEOC rules on employer wellness programs are coming. Will yours make the cut?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:13 Poll: Your workplace prolly won’t survive a Walking Dead zombie apocalypse

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:14 Intern fired for racist tweet. But, wait, it gets worse…

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:14 YouTube clips of “Live with Kelly and Michael” doom a manager’s discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:15 Did you hear the one about the HR Manager who’d never heard of Title VII?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:16 Are paralegals entitled to overtime under the FLSA? Probably.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:16 Scary and Frightening: The October Employment Law Blog Carnival #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:17 Let’s revisit that post about cursing out your boss on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:18 Can You Fire an Employee Based on a Friend’s Facebook Posts?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:18 Fact or Fiction: Denying a discretionary bonus may be discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:19 Keep your insensitive FMLA comments to yourself. You too, HR.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:19 “I was late for work because the universe told me to take the day off.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:20 Meyer on how lawyers can effectively market themselves through social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:20 Attendance may be an essential job function under the ADA. But, how do you know?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:21 Fired for a mouth full of coffee? That’s a new one. Or, maybe, age discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:21 Something wrong with a little bump n’ grind. Sexual harassment, perhaps.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:22 A new FMLA resource you need to check out.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:22 ADA and accommodating peanut allergies at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:23 The Employee Free Choice Act (a/k/a Card Check) is back #efca #efcafail

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:23 A job duty performed 5% of the time is probably not ADA-essential, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:24 Can you legally fire an employee for extreme gas?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:44:25 Just because I walk away when you slap my butt, doesn’t mean I like it.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-10-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:50 Everything you need to know about restrictive covenants and protecting confidential business information

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:50 Enforce your social media policies evenly. Otherwise, it’s bloggy-blog time.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:51 EEOC Commissioner Feldblum responds to my post about transgender discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:52 When your recently-fired employee shares the secret sauce on Twitter

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:52 Did a federal court just rule that transgender discrimination is sex discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:53 New GOP bill in Congress addresses equal pay for men and women

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:53 Help me, Handbook. How do I track intermittent FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:54 ADA accommodation requests generally require a, um, oh what’s the word? “Request.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:54 Can a company regulate employee weight and appearance?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:55 New bill in Congress would crush employers that retaliate against union sympathists

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:55 Paid-FMLA poll results and an employment law blog carnival

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:56 POLL: Should Congress require companies to provide paid family and medical leave from work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:56 Another appellate court dropkicks the DOL’s unpaid-internship test

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:57 A Bipartisan “Ban the Box” Bill is Introduced in Congress

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:57 GUEST POST: The pesky FLSA implications of the Papal visit.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:58 Firing an employee for complaining on Facebook about discrimination = retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:58 The limits of employee free speech on social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:59 President Obama requires federal contractors to offer paid sick leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:45:59 FMLA Basics: Which employees are eligible to take leave? And are there any exceptions?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:00 He was late for work 111 times because of….BREAKFAST?!?! (And kept his $90,000 job).

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:00 SURVEY: Are you using social media to find job candidates? If not, you’re in the minority.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-09-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:01 Must you pay employees who “volunteer” to use social media for the company?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:01 Under the ADA, can you fire an alcoholic who doesn’t request treatment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:02 Eric Meyer: Employment lawyer, blogger, husband, father of 4, and so much more. (Ok, 5 more things).

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:02 The #WDBJ-TV tragedy and how companies can prevent workplace violence

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:03 Actually, exposing yourself and leering at a female co-worker may be sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:03 ADA accommodations for deaf employees in safety-sensitive positions

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:04 She was fired for refusing to pray with a client. Why did this employee LOSE her religious bias lawsuit?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:04 The customer isn’t always right — especially, if she’s a total racist

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:05 SHRM hosted a Twitter chat on tricky ADA/FMLA issues. Guess who’s got the full recap?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:05 112,500 ADA reasons not to force an employee to stay home until 100% healed

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:06 The outdoor worker who couldn’t work in the sun lost his ADA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:06 HELP WANTED: Seeking Senior VP of Sales, ideally 45-52 years old. Wait, WHAT?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:07 There’s fudging credentials, and then there are these fifteen resume doozies.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:07 A suspension with pay is not discrimination, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:08 How do you make a wage-and-hour lawsuit go away?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:09 Can a company fire its HR Manager for taking the employee’s side in a discrimination complaint?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:09 Don’t forget anti-harassment training for temporary workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:10 Happy Belated 22nd Birthday FMLA!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:10 How Kelly Osbourne’s “poor choice” of racist words can help businesses address discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:11 Pre-Hire Inquiries and Medical Exams: Don’t do what this employer did

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:11 Two for Tuesday: EEOC Report on the American Workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:12 The latest NLRB decision could provide many fired employees with a huge second bite at the apple.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:13 Who win$ di$crimination law$uit$? The lawyer$, of cour$e.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:13 Survey shows that the new proposed #overtime rules may be like whoa!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:14 The limits of addressing mental illness at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:15 NJ Supreme Court: Whistleblower law protects watchdog employees too

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:15 Consider this approach to the ADA interactive process

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:16 Know when to fold em, but, especially when you get fired for posing at work in KKK garb and makeshift crosses

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:17 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Independent Contractor or Employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-22: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:20 Coming soon: A new, comprehensive LGBT anti-discrimination bill in Congress

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:18 New bill in Congress would permit discrimination against unwed moms and promiscuous men

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:18 Why the EEOC’s rebuke of sexual-orientation bias may barely affect your workplace.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:19 Painting an employee’s testicles white may be retaliation, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:19 6 tell-tale signs, according to the DOL, that your workplace is a hot wage-and-hour mess.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:20 Join me for bagels, a schmear and #ACA next Tuesday in Philly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:21 Will the new #overtime rules be good or bad? Here’s how to be heard.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-13: Updated: 2019-09-20 10:32:30 NJ has some hella-crazy rules on using confidential documents to prove discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:22 Highlights from yesterday’s #SHRM webinar on changes to the #overtime rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:22 1 crotch grab + 1 N-word + 1 threat + 4 sex slurs = 0 hostile work environments

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:23 This is the worst team-building exercise ever. Yes, ever.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:23 Hey, remind me, what is associational discrimination again?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:24 If you thought you knew when to pay (or not pay) an intern, think again.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:24 What these (former) employees did on social media was beyond stupid. #stoopid

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-07-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:25 Five ways for proactive employers to prepare now for the new OT rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:25 Hey, there’s new pregnancy discrimination guidance from the EEOC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:26 What the Supreme Court’s marriage-equality decision means for your workplace.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:27 Update your job descriptions. Because, Americans with Disabilities Act.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:27 How to avoid a colonoscopy gone bad in your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:27 Pee and Poop: One employer cleans up; another pays $2.25 million

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:28 3d Cir: No serious health condition? No problem. You too may have FMLA rights.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:29 The “E” in E-Mail stands for Exhibit. As in Exhibit A.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:29 Kung Fu Panda likes Instagram photos mid-game; Boston Red Sox, not so much

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:30 GOP proposes pregnancy discrimination bill. In other news, pigs fly.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:30 “Patience” is a great G N’ R song; not a reasonable accommodation under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:31 More questions than answers come out of EEOC public meeting on workplace harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:31 Can the NAACP legally fire Rachel Dolezal? Here’s an employment lawyer’s take.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:32 So, who wants to connect at the SHRM 2015 Annual Conference? #shrm15

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:32 Take me to church — to reasonably accommodate my disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:33 Company ordered to re-hire an employee after his “racist, offensive, and reprehensible” speech.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:33 Your employee has a fragrance allergy. What does the ADA require you to do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:34 Coming this Summer, FLSA independent-contractor guidance from the DOL

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:34 D’s and R’s (some of ’em, at least) agree: It’s time for a federal pregnancy-accommodation law

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:35 New Senate bill would abolish non-competes for low-wage workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-03: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:05 From Caitlyn Jenner to new OSHA guidance on restroom access for transgender workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:36 As the Supreme Court toughens religious-accommodation rules, 5 ways employers can avoid trouble.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:36 This employer had a “no pregnancy in the workplace” policy. No, really. It did.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:37 The Department of Labor issued new FMLA forms #NudgeTheInternet

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:38 We’ve got a date, you and me, for a lunchtime wage and hour webcast

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:38 Those without Facebook accounts need not apply. Well, maybe not in one state.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:39 100,000 reasons to take all forms of discrimination seriously

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:39 Just how nervous should companies be about FLSA lawsuits over employee smartphone use? (Hint: very)

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:40 The May ’15 edition of The Employment Law Blog Carnival is LIVE #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:40 Survey shows many hiring managers are not bashful about trolling applicants online.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:41 58,000 reasons to consider telework as an ADA reasonable accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:42 One employee’s hard lesson about social media and customer relations

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:42 Short of saying F-M-L-A, what must an employee do to get FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:43 Thursday Giveaway

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:46:43 REMINDER: Philadelphia’s Paid Sick Time law goes into effect today

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:35 So, what do you do when your employee w00ts two police deaths on Facebook?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:36 How 2 racial slurs in 24 hours can create a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:37 OMG this supervisor’s responses to sexual harassment complaints

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:37 Well, that stinks! Doo-doo creates a discrimination claim.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:38 Is reducing workplace stress a reasonable accommodation under the ADA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:38 HR POLL: Which federal employment law is costing you sleep right now?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:39 When might firing a medicinal marijuana user be discriminatory?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-05-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:40 “Spelling Bee Winner,” plus 30 other hella-dumb resume items.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:40 Houston (Rockets), we have a problem: Twitter emoji gun violence.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:41 “My religion or my job?” That’s a bad workplace question.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:41 5 FMLA facts that may surprise even the most-seasoned HR pros

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:42 Booby scars, or don’t return from FMLA!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:42 Protected conduct “can be as simple as telling a supervisor to stop.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:43 EEOC scores a major victory for transgender rights

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:43 For ADA and accommodating employee disabilities, think ‘Burger King’

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:44 Are there no limits to what employees can get away with on social media?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:45 The Employment Law Blog Carnival: April Showers Edition #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:45 Revealed! The EEOC’s new proposed wellness program rules.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:46 Dude, you were fired for fellatio jokes, not your disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:46 Remember, you guys. The “L” in FMLA stands for Leave.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:47 Burn these job interview questions. Send ’em to hell!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:47 The latest guidance for employers on telecommuting as an ADA accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:48 EEOC: U.S. Army’s bathroom restriction on transgender employee was sex discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:48 FAQ: When do you have to pay your employees for travel time? #FLSA

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:49 A white employee tossed banana peels at work, and HE claims discrimination. He might WIN too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:49 Can you refuse to hire someone for filing an FMLA lawsuit against a prior employer?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:50 Noting “Health Reasons” on a termination form could indicate disability bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:51 NLRB ok’s one of the filthiest employee Facebook posts about a manager … evah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:51 Your ex-employee won’t tell you the password to your company’s LinkedIn page. Now what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-04-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:52 R.I.P. Baby Shane Metzgar

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:52 Pilot who ranted and raved mid-flight about a terrorist attack blames airline for allowing him to fly

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:53 Was the Ellen Pao gender bias trial a wakeup call or snooze for businesses?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:53 The Employer Handbook takes on the world’s strangest job interview questions of 2015

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:53 The Supreme Court kinda sorta clarifies pregnancy accommodation rules at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:54 English-only rules may be discriminatory….and violate federal labor law too.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:55 Does a company invade an employee’s privacy by accessing personal texts on a work-issued iPad?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:55 When employees cash paychecks stamped “full payment,” are their OT claims waived?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:56 March Madness has nothing on these hella-crazy workplace brackets

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:56 39 reasons why your employee handbook may violate the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:57 When does transferring an employee amount to discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:58 Federal judge reincarnates atheist’s religious bias claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:58 #HR mistakes and how to address them

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:58 A biker gang enforcer lost his job…as a prison guard. #BikerGangEnforcerPrisonGuard

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:59 The teacher who feared young kids lost her ADA claim, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:48:59 Can you smack your sexual harasser, complain, and still claim retaliation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:00 Transgender employees and the so-called bathroom conundrum

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:01 1 slur + 1 knife to the testicles = 1 hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:01 Apparently, in Texas, your managers are allowed one free “Heil Hitler.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:02 GUEST POST: How Much Should You Really Know about Your Job Candidates?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:02 Though employees may not balk at signing non-competes, the key is when to use them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:03 Let’s talk about pregnant-stripper bias. And BFOQs too. Mostly, BFOQs.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:03 Ditch those inflexible leave policies, would you already? #FMLA #ADA #EEOC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:04 When should you ask your job applicants about their religious beliefs?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:04 The pharmacist who refused to give flu shots lost his age discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:05 EEOC takes a lickin’ on background checks; will keep on tickin’

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:05 A social media lesson to share with your workforce

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:06 Caught playing golf during his leave, court slices plaintiff’s ADEA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:07 Tips You Need to Avoid Tipping Headaches

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:07 The Employment Law Blog Carnival: “Kick-Ass Action Movie Lines” Edition #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:08 Consider requiring your new independent contractors to release employment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:08 The school bus driver’s beer-drinking selfie on Facebook was a bad idea

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:09 Paid sick leave becomes the law in Philadelphia

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:09 Fired from her job, a “sleepy” “armed security guard” may have an ADA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:10 Teen tweets complaint about new job, gets fired on Twitter before starting said job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:10 Must you pay an employee for mandatory alcohol treatment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:11 Don’t tolerate a supervisor’s racial slurs. Not even a few. Just don’t.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:12 20 job interview pro tips revealed!

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:13 How a few missing employee handbook words may open your FMLA floodgates

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-02-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:14 FMLA hits home

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:14 Now THAT’s a good one! The most unique late-to-work excuses revealed.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:15 No, really. Demanding an employee’s social security number isn’t religious discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:15 Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday. EEOC hung sex discrimination on you.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:16 FACT OR FICTION: Snow + Office Closed = FMLA Day

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:16 One state is banning personal use of social media at work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:17 152,000 reasons for employers to consider discrimination with drug testing and haircuts

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:18 A hospital may have broken the law by NOT hiring a convicted meth dealer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:18 #SOTU and the #Workplace: A full debriefing of last night’s Presidential address

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:19 FACT OR FICTION: To protect a pregnant employee, a company can make her stay home.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:20 He filed for custody of the kids; she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:20 We now have an employee/independent contractor test in NJ for wage and hour

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:21 President Obama to push for paid sick leave for American workers

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:21 Court ok’s firing of employee who made “inappropriately intense” Facebook posts

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:23 I was right. This appellate court employment-law decision was one of the worst of 2014.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:25 Saks claims transsexual discrimination is legal. And here’s why they’re probably right.

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:25 DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:26 Thursday’s #SocialMedia and the #Workplace Hot List

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:27 If you employ progressive discipline, don’t slap your employees with a bearded dragon

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:27 SHRM, US Chamber, NAM, and other business groups sue to block new NLRB election rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:28 It’s prolly not retaliation when you fire an employee who masturbates in your parking lot

by Eric B. Meyer

2015-01-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:28 “Your Asperger’s got in the way of your ability to interact with your boss, and we are tired of it.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:29 Connect with @DilworthSocial on Twitter for 2015

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:30 If you have salespeople who take FMLA leave, drop everything and read this

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:30 The 5 compliance posts that grabbed HR’s attention in 2014

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:31 Does the Americans with Disabilities Act require a transfer away from a jerk boss?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:32 Next year, best to skip the office holiday party eggnog chug-off

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:32 Will the PA Supreme Court revolutionize non-compete agreements?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:33 Company overcomes its “ham-handed” ADA accommodation response, wins lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:49:33 Firing an employee for showing up to work drunk doesn’t violate the FMLA, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:09 The December 2014 edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:10 Ebola discrimination in your workplace, what the Department of Justice wants you to know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:11 Camouflage toilet paper is so last year. The most unusual workplace gifts of 2014.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:12 Make a New Year’s Resolution to have union-avoidance training

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:12 NLRB: Your employees can use company email to badmouth you and unionize. Four reasons it’s no big deal.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:13 Role reversal! EEOC must disclose its own background check policy to the employer it’s suing

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:14 The hella-best post you’ll read today on yesterday’s Supreme Court employee-pay opinion

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:14 Change a no-narcotics policy to accommodate an employee? No way!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:15 Two Men + One Purple Nurple = Zero Sex Discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:16 I’ve got 99 problems but a holiday party lawsuit ain’t one…

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:16 Sixers win!!! (Plus, recap of oral argument in Young v. UPS)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:17 Paid sick leave in Philly may be happening in 2015

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:18 Do you have a “super” anti-harassment contract with your employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-12-01: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:27 Federal court permits discrimination against transgender employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:19 Black Friday HR-Dorkbuster!!! Silent ADA accommodation requests

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:20 What the EEOC plans to tell employers about wellness programs

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:20 Apparently, the ABA Journal received my large, white bag with the $ on it

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:21 An early holiday gift to my reader (readers?)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:21 What you need to know about the FMLA (in a sweet infographic)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:22 Telling an employee returning from open-heart surgery, “Don’t die at the desk” is bad. Very bad.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:23 EEOC: Complaints of discrimination down big in FY14; Mediation rules!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:23 Is it against the law to remote wipe an employee’s Candy Crush high score?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:24 #WWHRD: You just discovered your employee’s angry racist Ferguson tweet

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:24 Train your supervisors not to shoot at those who complain about discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:25 In the County of Yolo, 100 hugs and a painfully awkward kiss aren’t sexual harassment #YOLO

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:26 Can you fire an employee who posts Nazi propaganda on Facebook?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:26 Five great resources for HR about employing veterans

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:27 Sexting, flirting, but no sexual harassment here.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:28 Accommodating a disabled employee generally does not require displacing another

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-06: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:19 Check out the EEOC’s playbook for combatting LGBT discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:29 85,000 reasons to nix inflexible employee-leave policies

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:29 An app to stop employees like #AlexFromTarget from checking work email

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-11-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:30 Under the ADA, is talking an essential job function for an HR Specialist?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:30 Employee lawfully fired after making “shoot them all” Facebook threats

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:31 Yes, what you say on Facebook can cost you a job offer

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:31 HR CHEATSHEET: When an employee texts you from an Ebola quarantine tent

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:32 Tweet today with the EEOC about the Americans with Disabilities Act #EEOC4NDEAM

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:33 Social media blunders cost a chef and a chief their jobs

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:33 Think an employee is faking sick? Check social media.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:34 Court gives cold shoulder to frostbite as an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:34 The employer who wanted to “bring color” into the workplace; brought lot$a green to the plaintiff instead

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:35 Is it legal for the EEOC to send 1,330 emails to your employees at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:35 You’d think emailing FMLA paperwork would be ok. Yeah, you’d think that.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:36 The one thing HR can’t afford to do if an employee reports a noose

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:36 The Employment Law Blog Carnival: Halloween Edition #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:38 Read this before you ask an entry-level worker to sign a non-competition agreement

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:38 Everything HR must know about the Supreme Court’s ’14-15 docket

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:39 Getting fired for bringing a gun to work probably isn’t discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:39 Read this before you revoke a job offer in Pennsylvania based on criminal history

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:40 Federal appellate court foils the age discrimination claims of “Superman”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:40 EEOC, NLRB & Me: Mark your calendars for November 12, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:41 Remember that a duty to accommodate may exist after childbirth

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:42 The importance of having clear employment policies…and following them

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:42 The Supreme Court completes my religious discrimination superfecta

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:43 Can crosses on holiday party invitations create a hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-10-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:43 A Monday Night Football lesson on workplace religious accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:44 The religious bias case of the Jehovah’s Witness officer who refused to use a gun

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:44 Court: It’s ok to try to hit a co-worker with your car after grabbing her crotch (twice)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:45 The #EEOC makes history by filing its first ever transgender-discrimination lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:45 The Workplace Risks (and Rewards) of Social Media

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:46 An orgasm on a treadmill explodes an employee’s FMLA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:46 Hitler jokes from supervisors of German descent are, oh, what’s the word?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:47 EEOC’s attack on garden-variety severance agreements suffers a potentially MAJOR setback

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:47 A company so concerned about an employee with cancer….it fired her?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:48 House Democrats seek to breathe new life into ENDA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:49 Some Senate Republicans seek to reinvent the National Labor Relations Board

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:49 New House bills seek to slow the EEOC’s roll

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:50 What employers need to know about “subtle bias” before it becomes an in-your-face lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:50 How swift response to racial slurs and graffiti defused a discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:51 The sleepy, old man with old ideas may have an age discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:52 EEOC takes on fitness-for-duty medical releases; how to avoid the crosshairs.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:52 A restaurant posted LeSean McCoy’s receipt on its Facebook page

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:53 Apparently, the ADA requires accommodating an employee’s anger issues with a Shih Tzu named “Sugar Bear”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:53 Final Score: HIPAA 1 – Retaliation 0

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:54 Philadelphia now requires breastfeeding protections for local employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:54 Court won’t let jury see plaintiff’s trial-victory prediction on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-09-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:55 How to curse out your boss on Facebook … and get away with it!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:55 Same-sex training. Ok or discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:56 Here’s why you provide a list of essential job functions when approving FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:57 Please stand by…

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:57 I’m on trial. (You know, my real job).

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:58 Court: Title VII prohibits retaliation based on good-faith complaint of sexual-orientation harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:58 Will the EEOC become more employer-friendly in the Fall?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:52:59 Yes, you can fire an employee who discloses a disability at his termination meeting

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:00 The Employment Law Blog Carnival: Instagram Edition #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:00 NJ Gov. Christie vetoes bill to protect unemployed job hunters

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:01 NLRB may encourage your employees to file OSHA, FLSA claims too

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:02 This may be the worst lie ever told on a resumé. Like ever.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:02 NJ Gov. Christie signs ban-the-box legislation

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:03 An employer-defendant argued that cancer — CANCER!!! — is not an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:03 New Hampshire becomes the latest state to pass a social media workplace law

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:04 FMLA 101: Don’t make an employee work during leave. Just don’t.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:05 Court says having to pee uncontrollably is not an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:05 Guess why dude lost his ADA failure-to-accommodate claim. (Hint: he didn’t ask for one).

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:06 Here’s the wrong way to deliver FMLA notices to employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:07 Learn all about religious accommodations in the workplace today at 2:00 PM EDT

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:07 Inappropriate Facebook videos, comments doom an employee’s discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:08 FACT OR FICTION: The ADA requires all employers to offer light duty.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:08 Disclosing an employee’s medical info on Facebook is hella-stupid

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:53:09 Two years ago, no one gave this a second thought.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:09 Court: No First Amendment right for teacher to trash students online

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:11 Is it discrimination to favor a workplace shortie (shawtie?) over her male subordinates?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:12 EEOC shows no goodwill to Goodwill Industries: $100K for retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:13 #TBT The Employer Handbook seeks your feedback

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:14 Real and Spectacular! A true Seinfeld-ian claim of sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:15 Requesting an accommodation means more than saying, “I’m disabled.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:17 Today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order banning LGBT discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:18 Can a NJ company legally shorten the statute of limitations on employment claims?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:19 Court: No need to accommodate employee who shows up drunk on Mike’s Hard Lemonade

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:21 Another PA court concludes that “fluctuating workweek” is dead in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:22 5 HR Essentials from the #EEOC’s New Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:23 What LeBron’s return teaches employers about accommodating the Mark of the Beast

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:24 Survey reveals the top social media faux pas that doom job applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:26 Court: Pregnancy discrimination can still occur four months after childbirth

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:27 Six degrees of Kevin Bacon, err, social media and the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:28 All that for a bag of chips: Walgreens pays $180K to settle ADA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:30 Why employee use of social media “off the clock” may still impact your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:31 The importance of communication during FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:32 Dating app maker Tinder sued for, you guessed it, sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-07-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:33 3 ways the #HobbyLobby decision affects your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:34 Black man claims a paint company’s paint is racist and he was fired for complaining

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:35 Supreme Court: President Obama botched those NLRB recess appointments

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:36 Score? US Men’s Soccer’s permission slip so your employees can miss work today

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:38 #SHRM14 updates from the best of the bloggerati

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:39 Nooses, n-words, and confederate flags, but no discrimination #shrm14

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:40 What HR should know about same-sex marriage and the FMLA #SHRM14

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:41 Survey reveals the top workplace productivity killers (Hint: one rhymes with “mocial sedia”)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:42 #SHRM14: Let’s grab coffee (you’re buying)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:43 3d Cir: No FMLA interference where employee receives all leave requested

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:45 President Obama to ban LGBT discrimination by federal contractors — eventually

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:46 EEOC sues a nonprofit that assists the disabled for, yep, disability discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:47 Apparently, you can curse your boss out and still keep your job

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:48 If you have questions today about FMLA/ADA leave issues, I’ve got your hook up

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:49 The firefighter afraid of fighting fires loses his ADA claim. Right, you guys? Right?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:51 Ban the box is one step closer to becoming law throughout New Jersey

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:52 Court: Two butt grabs from a male boss would not offend an objectively, reasonable female

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:53 A lawyer is literally starving himself to raise awareness for social media firings

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:54 Employment at-will trumps the 2nd Amendment (Yes, you can fire the employee who shoots a gun at work)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:56 Dust off that resume when your students really “like” that Facebook post of your face on a beer label

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-06-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:57 Just how badly did a federal appellate court trash extended leave as a reasonable accommodation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:58 For the love of God, bar owners! Train your employees not to liken beer to domestic violence.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:58:59 An ADA accommodation just has to be reasonable — not the employee’s first choice

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:01 Two more states just made it illegal for employers to demand social media passwords

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:02 The Employment Law Blog Carnival: Small Business Edition #ELBC

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:03 Firing a sick employee just before she is FMLA-eligible is very risky

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:05 How yesterday’s federal court strike of PA’s same-sex marriage ban affects employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:06 Three employees fired for posing at work in KKK garb and makeshift crosses claim discrimination. Yep.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:07 Should U.S. employers provide “paid menstrual leave”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:08 Tennessee has a social media workplace privacy law now, y’all

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:10 PA Superior Court closes non-competition-agreement loophole

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:11 You’ve heard of the “one-free-grope” rule. How about the “two-free-slurs” rule?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:12 My employee deleted all of her work emails and quit. Can I sue her for that?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:13 Minimum wage bump coming for employees of many Philly contractors

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:14 Survey shows that working moms earns less, but are satisfied with their jobs

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:16 Social media in the workplace: what’s legal; what’s not? #nextchat

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:17 Yes, you can have a hostile work environment based on sexual stereotyping.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:18 Your contractor is a sexual harasser? You may still be on the hook.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:19 FACT OR FICTION: There is such a thing as a reverse-disability claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:20 Withdrawing a job offer because of an applicant’s prior injury may violate the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-05-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:22 GUEST POST: 4 Overtime Myths Debunked

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:23 Apparently, selling “Wake The [expletive] Up” coffee raises the “for cause” termination bar

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:24 Teacher can’t return to work two weeks after maternity leave ends, but may have an ADA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:26 Plaintiff demands that a court order her alleged sexual harasser to photograph his penis for inspection

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:27 I ran my mouth for an hour and six minutes about the FMLA/ADA interplay

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:28 ALJ strikes social media policy disclaimer for work-related speech

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:29 Sixth Circuit redefines the “workplace” when considering attendance as an ADA essential job function

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:30 As of Sunday, Philadelphia businesses without this workplace poster are breaking the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:32 There is no right to be completely left alone while on FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:33 #HelpShaneFightCancer

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:34 Employment Law Blog Carnival – Pick Your Holiday Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:35 The ADA may require companies to accommodate employee theft. Yep, stealing.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:37 What are employers doing about employees who do their taxes — at work!?!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:38 This is one badass labor and employment law roundtable

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:39 A 79-year-old teacher was fired for refusing to unfriend her students on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:40 What’s hot at the EEOC? Plus, a legal roadmap for managing the aging workforce.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:41 Playing golf and having sex are major life activities under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:42 ACA Update: Why Your Company Should Be Tracking Employees’ Hours Now

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:44 Announcing The Employer Handbook LinkedIn Group

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:45 3d Cir. on FLSA successor-in-interest liability. Or, as I like to put it, “No Blog Hits” Day

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:46 2 million reasons to avoid the EEOC’s same-sex-harassment crosshairs

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:47 A post about David Crosby, alcohol, and the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-04-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:48 When the supervisor offers an employee $$$ to have sex with his wife, that’s not gender bias, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:49 The guy who was fired for peeing in a cup in front of his co-worker claims disability discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:51 About last night…

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:52 Wages aren’t confidential, you guys. Your employees can discuss them.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:53 FACT OR FICTION: You must provide FMLA to someone who “potentially” qualifies for it

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:54 Court reasons that unreasonably withdrawing a reasonable accommodation is reason for employee to win ADA suit

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:55 Plaintiff-employee destroys Facebook posts about her case; court destroys her

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:57 This may just be the greatest union-avoidance banner evah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:58 The March Edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival is LIVE!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 19:59:59 That’s what she said: How to navigate the pitfalls of the FCRA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:00 Democrats seek to undo 2013 Supreme Court ruling defining workplace “supervisor”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:01 Is it unreasonable to tell your boss to stop sexually harassing you?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:02 What is it exactly that President Obama wants to do to the FLSA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:04 What the EEOC wants companies to know about social media and employment discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:05 FACT OR FICTION: An FMLA-eligible employee can decline FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:06 VIDEO: Justin Bieber is a smug and very arrogant deponent

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:08 Check out the new EEOC guidance on workplace religious accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:09 Accessing Your Employee’s Social Media Accounts May Violate Federal Law

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:00:11 Employee wins sexual harassment case. (Employee is a prostitute)

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:24 CHEATSHEET: How to pay employees for Daylight Savings Time work

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:25 The National Football League’s proposed “N”-word penalty: too far, or not far enough?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-03-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:27 Choking a female co-worker and telling her she likes it rough could be sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:28 Daughter’s Facebook post costs dad $80k employment settlement

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:29 I’m using pitcher Carlos Martinez’s porn-filled Twitter feed to teach you a social-media-and-the-workplace lesson.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:30 Mohawks in the workplace aren’t gay. Stupid, but not gay.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:32 Requiring a doctor’s note for each FMLA absence may be unlawful

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:33 Employees who social network at work for 20 minutes are happier — and no less productive

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:34 “May it please the Court. Being overweight is just like having a neon-green mohawk.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:35 Well, that’s a messed up workplace religious accommodation request

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:36 Does the ADA require accommodating a graveyard shift employee with insomnia?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:38 Bad things happen when management laments to HR that black people are ugly

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:39 3 minor leaguers claim Major League Baseball violated the Fair Labor Standards Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:40 FACT OR FICTION: Snow + Office Closed = FMLA Day

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:41 Are lots of your severance agreements retaliatory? EEOC says yes.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:43 An employee sued her employer for involuntary servitude. Yep, slavery.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:44 New Philadelphia law requires accommodations for pregnant employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:45 New bill in Congress will revamp FMLA to cover smaller employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:46 NLRB renews its effort to expedite union elections

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:47 Employee claims discrimination, then her friend gets fired. Is that retaliation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:48 Husband’s “kill list” is your green light to fire an employee on FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-02-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:50 GUEST POST: Six Tips for Employers Filing for an H-1B Visa

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:51 The hella-worst job interview blunders evah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:52 Employee’s sexual harassment claims advance to trial because boobs

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:53 What happens in Vegas, becomes an FMLA claim. Really.

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:54 The Supreme Court on FLSA, donning, doffing, and Daft Punk!

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:56 FACT OR FICTION: A temporary disability may be an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:57 NJ now bans discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:58 The guy fired for grab-ass at work may have been discriminated against

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:02:59 Social media? Anti-harassment? No workplace policy can prevent something this stupid…

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:01 GUEST POST: What legal rights do unpaid interns have?

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:02 Why a single kiss could have one employer in boiling hot legal water

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:04 And we have an early contender for worst employment-law decision of 2014

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:05 GUEST POST: HR Department of One

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:06 Joely Caroline Meyer

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:08 Maybe Facebook can’t tell you if a candidate is worth hiring, after all

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:09 ADA leave requests may be verbal or written, just not telepathic

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:11 GUEST POST: Flexible Work Location for FLSA-Exempt Employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:12 Judge slashes jury award for black plaintiff called the “N”-word — by her black boss

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:13 EEOC thrashes Scientologist employer that allegedly made workers scream at ashtrays

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:14 “Rise before The Employer Handbook; kneel before The Employer Handbook!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2014-01-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:16 New Year’s Resolution: Social media training for your workforce

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-30: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:17 The most clicked, hella-best HR-compliance updates from 2013!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-27: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:18 A general manager may have to pay his employer’s wage-and-hour debts

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:20 Teacher fired over Facebook groping photo could get her job back

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:21 So your public relations executive just tweeted a racist joke that went viral…

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:22 Last day to vote for The Employer Handbook as a top employment-law blog

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:24 PA Gov. Corbett announces support for ban on LGBT workplace discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:25 Proposed bill banning credit checks on employees and applicants reintroduced

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:26 Telling an employee her “big fat ass needs to concentrate on losing weight” is not discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:28 New bill in Congress would provide paid family and medical leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:29 Your President/CEO may have to pay your company’s wage and hour debts herself

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:30 GUEST POST: Hidden Substance Use at Work

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:32 FACT OR FICTION: Employers may discriminate based on family status

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:33 Camouflage toilet paper and 9 of the other most unusual coworker holiday gifts

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:34 Must an employer ask if a disability is causing poor job performance?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:35 GUEST POST: What HR needs to know about how immigration law impacts firing decisions

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:37 HR’s 2013 Performance Review (via SHRM’s #nextchat)

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:38 Employers may force employees not to file class actions

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-03: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:39 Pregnancy isn’t a workplace disability, but how about morning sickness?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-12-02: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:40 Employee legally fired for complaining on Facebook about the boss’ “creapy hands”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-26: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:42 ABA Journal names The Employer Handbook a top law blog (again)! #TeamHandbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:43 Woman fired after getting sniffed by men 24 times may have a retaliation claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:44 To all the employers too gun-shy to fire an employee on the day she returns from FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:45 FACT OR FICTION: Giving a part-time employee full-time hours may be FMLA retaliation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-20: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:47 Welcome to the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Hollywood Villains Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-19: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:48 EEOC focusing on national-origin discrimination — what employers need to know

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:49 The prison guard who left the work-release inmates unattended lost his discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:51 NLRB ok’s firing of two employees who trashed their company on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:52 New bill in PA House would erase many local paid-sick-leave laws

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-13: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:53 “Drug-Free Workplace Policy Builder” from the Department of Labor

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-12: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:54 Placing do-not-hire notes in personnel files of employees who file EEOC charges is dumb

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:56 The ADA still requires a plaintiff to show that he has a “disability”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-08: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:57 ENDA — a bill banning LGBT workplace discrimination — passes the Senate

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:03:58 NJ votes to increase minimum wage to $8.25

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-06: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:00 No pants in the office leads to sexual harassment claims, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-05: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:01 Senate on the brink of approving bill to improve LGBT workplace rights

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:02 “My fake eye was falling out of its socket,” and 12 other wild missed-work excuses

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-11-01: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:04 FACT OR FICTION: You can ban employees from consuming alcohol — even off the clock.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:05 The Boston Red Sox are the 2013 World Series Champions!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-30: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:18 Let’s play: What did Senator Harry Reid say to affect your workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-29: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:08 Philadelphia bill would require companies to accommodate pregnant employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-28: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:09 Facebook photo gets female employee fired; male employee merely reprimanded

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-25: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:11 How not to respond when an employee complains about sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:12 Court rules that company need not allow mass unscheduled prayer breaks

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-23: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:13 New Jersey Recognizes Same Sex Marriages – Why it Matters for Pennsylvania Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-22: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:15 New NJ bill targets pregnancy and childbirth discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-21: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:16 Nearly half of employers investigate job applicants online

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-18: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:17 Does the FLSA require paying employees who wait in security lines at work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:19 An employer is not required to change supervisors as an ADA accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-16: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:20 That’s what they said: Social media and the workplace and the lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-15: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:21 EEOC sues over failure to accommodate the Mark of the Beast

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-14: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:22 NY Court: Indefinite leave may be a reasonable accommodation for disabilities

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-11: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:23 FACT OR FICTION: FMLA and workers’ compensation may run concurrently

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:23 Must an ADA requested accommodation correlate to an essential job function?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:25 Employee — a grown man for God’s sake — claims he was fired for being a brony

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-07: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:26 Court destroys my “Ravishing Rick Rude” theory of same-sex harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-20 20:04:28 Court holds that anxiety from possibly getting fired is an ADA disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:46 Fan gets fired for playing hooky to maintain his Yankee Stadium attendance streak

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:47 New PA bill would make the Commonwealth a right-to-work state

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-10-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:47 Woman’s Kanye-inspired “take this job and shove it” video goes viral. Would YOU hire her?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:48 The golden rule of accommodating employees under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:48 Telling an employee to “focus on her health” is not disability discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:49 6 keys to having your age discrimination release hold up in court

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:49 Employee asks court to stop company from making her work Saturdays

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:49 Court ok’s firing EAP employee upset with company’s workplace investigation

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:50 Does the ADA mandate transfer preferences for disabled employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:50 Your resume is in Klingon, plus 11 other ways not to impress the hiring manager

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:51 That’s what they said: Facebook “Like” under the First Amendment, same-sex marriage benefits, plus a carnival

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:51 DOL provides guidance on home care workers and law firm internships

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:51 How ordering cheesesteaks can help employers with disability-accommodation requests

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:52 Lady Gaga may owe her former assistant a lot of unpaid OT

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:53 Body shots + booty shorts + live office sex = no sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:53 EEOC Commissioner Feldblum provides answers on obesity as an ADA disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:53 Waitress suspended for posting racist customer receipt on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:54 A supervisor’s swine flu death wish on an older employee leads to an age bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:54 GUEST POST: Three keys to maximizing your onboarding success

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:55 Under the ADA, even a 15-minute task may be an essential job function

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:55 Jury awards $280K to black female called N-word — by her black boss

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:55 New NJ law bans retaliation against employees asked to give pay information

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-09-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:56 NJ passes a business-friendly workplace social media privacy law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:56 What employers should know about the ADA and fitness-for-duty exams

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:57 Enforce your employee call-in/notice requirements — even for FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:57 FACT OR FICTION: Permanent light duty is an ADA reasonable accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:58 That’s what they said: Solving your Labor Day employee-pay issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:58 Paula Deen discrimination lawsuit dismissed after parties settle

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:58 DOL offers the definitive word on FMLA and same-sex marriage. Kinda sorta.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:59 Four easy ways to break the law by viewing an employee’s Facebook posts

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:15:59 Employment Law Blog Carnival: The Back-to-School Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-20: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:15:34 New PA bill would ban sexual orientation, gender identity discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:00 Breaking Bad: The Lost Episode (the one about Jesse’s ADA lawsuit)

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:00 What could possibly go wrong with a sham workplace investigation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:01 When it comes to ADA accommodations, reasonable is good enough

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:01 A woman sharing topless photos at work prolly isn’t an invitation to grope her

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:02 Paula Deen beats the race-discrimination claims that crushed her

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:02 In its war on background checks, the EEOC loses a major early battle

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:03 Hiring managers share 10 awesome job pitches, and 10 epic fails!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:03 Few courts award w/c to the drunk, pot-smoker, who falls on his head while peeing

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:04 It’s THIS easy to be considered disabled under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:04 Want a really stupid adjective to use on an employee’s performance review?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:04 Judge dismisses “Borgata Babes'” claims of weight discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:05 Man pays court-ordered settlement in quarters — 600,000 of them!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:05 GUEST POST: Six key aspects of an employee wellness program

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:06 Senate confirms five members to the National Labor Relations Board

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:06 An employee who sleeps on the job may still be qualified under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:07 “You can take your proposal and shove it up your ass and fire me and I’ll see you in court.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:07 Survey underscores gap in employer/employee BYOD privacy expectations

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:08 Princeton study reveals that older employees face “subtle bias” in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:08 900,000 reasons not to judge a book by its cover

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:08 Who fires the 68-year-old right after her great performance review?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:09 Facebook “tagging” adds a new wrinkle to social media discovery

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:09 NJ victims of domestic violence, sexual assault can now get leave from work

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:10 That’s what they said: Lotsa NLRB news, and an employment-law carnival

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:10 How 3 NFL players’ mea culpa will improve your social media policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:10 GUEST POST: 3 ways to avoid Macy’s recent immigration workplace problems

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:11 Iowa S. Ct.: Upon review, firing the attractive female was not sex discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:11 The unintended consequences of a new social media workplace law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:11 One step closer to federally-protected LGBT rights in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:12 Obesity as a workplace disability? One court bucks the trend and says no.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:12 Following homophobic slur, NHL player quits Twitter

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:13 The six social media faux pas that may cost you that big job

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:13 The one about the porta-potty harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:13 YYYOUCH! Employee fired for refusing Brazilian wax claims sex discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:14 George Zimmerman trial lessons: How not to use social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-07-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:14 No non-compete in the offer letter, but here’s a way to enforce one…

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:15 Supreme Court DOMA ruling “In Plain English”; impact on employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:16 Employee teased with small penis jokes has a viable sexual harassment claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:16 Supreme Court delivers two — count ’em TWO — wins for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:16 When a hostile work environment isn’t a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:17 Yo 11: Nevada now has a social media workplace privacy law too

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:17 Paula Deen didn’t exactly deny those allegations of race discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:17 28 ways to avoid breaking the law when hiring summer interns

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:18 The ADA way to require psych counseling for an employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:18 Grab-ass in the workplace may be sexual harassment, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:18 Can height be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:20 The most cockamamie excuse evah for firing a pregnant employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:21 #SHRM13 ROLL CALL!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:22 Does firing a law firm associate for discussing wages violate federal labor law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:23 The ethical tightrope of social media as a litigation tool

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:24 “What do you mean, ‘you people’?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:26 Not for Teacher: Court denies request to miss Tuesdays for Sabbath

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:27 Tough HR issues: ADA and extending a leave of absence

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:28 Firing a woman for lactating at work is against the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-06-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:29 Supreme Court passes on ADA transfer accommodation case

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:31 Employee alleges he got the “Office Space,” claims age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:32 New federal bill would expand FLSA to protect salaried new moms

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:33 Oregon has a new workplace social media law. Is a federal law next?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:34 Employee posts “FIRE ME…Make my day…” on Facebook. And guess what?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:35 Washington is the 9th state with a social media workplace privacy law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:36 EEOC talks employer wellness programs; provides an ADA Q&A

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:37 Ha Ha! You pulled my pants down! Now I’m suing you for sexual harassment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:39 New Philly law rewards employers for health benefits to LGBT employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:40 GUEST POST: Wage Theft Quietly Becoming a Major Problem in Today’s Workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:41 I miss my mom

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:42 3d Cir: Obama NLRB recess appointments (Becker too) were unconstitutional

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:43 Colorado now has a social media workplace privacy law too

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:16:44 FMLA for same-sex couples? Possibly. But, a carnival? Definitely!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:18 Court orders re-hiring a teacher who wished her students a watery death

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:20 Horniest boss ever? His employee still can’t prove sexual harassment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:21 House passes bill permitting employees to swap OT for comp time

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:21 Appeals Court: NLRB union-rights poster violates free-speech rights

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:21 NJ Gov. Christie vetoes proposed workplace social media law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:22 Fact or Fiction: It’s ok to fire an employee for pro-union Facebook posts to NON-employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:23 “At your age, David, you hadn’t even thought about retiring?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:23 A record-setting EEOC verdict, and a judge puns about strip clubs

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:23 Wooooo pig sooie! Arkansas gets a workplace social media privacy law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-05-01: Updated: 2019-11-20 18:47:28 Third Circuit says VIPs cannot sue for Title VII discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:25 GUEST POST: How To Deal With Workplace Bullying As An Employer

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:25 Will Congress finally greenlight LGBT rights in the workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:25 Irresistible attraction, three-ways, and more fun and games

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:26 I’ll take Supreme Court Justices on retaliation for $500, Alex.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:26 Congress blocks proposed ban on requests for employee social media passwords

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:27 GUEST POST: How Tech Creates Add’l Challenges in Today’s Workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:27 SURVEY: Should you friend your boss on Facebook?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:29 Breaking Bad? NM is the 6th state to pass social media workplace law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:29 RIP: Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Bill

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:29 Employee caught in a pick, Supreme Court scratches her FLSA claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:30 Information on how you can help Boston #PrayForBoston

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:30 Four ways to successfully defend an Equal Pay Act claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:31 Remove my stitches! And 14 other all-time crazy requests from the boss

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:31 Fired and told “you’re a little too old for your job,” Old Rose LOSES her age-bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:33 An employee using the “honest belief” doctrine in a bias case? As if!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:34 Even rarely performed job functions may be “essential” under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:34 The importance of addressing sex stereotyping in the workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:35 I was attacked by a bear! — and 8 other lame excuses for being late to work

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:36 Are Flounder from Animal House and Left Ear from The Italian Job “disabled”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:37 FireMe! app outs Twitter users who talk smack about their jobs

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:37 Tips from Facebook on getting discovery of a plaintiff’s Facebook page

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-04-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:38 Leave as an ADA reasonable accommodation; when is enough…enough?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:39 Utah becomes the fifth state with a workplace social-media privacy law

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:39 POLL RESULTS: Here’s what you said about the #Donglegate firing

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:40 Feeling “maybe overworked” is not an FMLA “serious health condition”

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:40 POLL: Was the #Donglegate firing fair?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:41 Employee gets fired for tweeting complaints about discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:41 Firing for *&$%-laced Facebook post is not reverse-race discrimination, you guys

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:42 STUDY: Your social media policy hits the right legal issues, but…

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:43 It’s the March edition of The Employment Law Blog Carnival

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:44 Supreme Court to tackle age discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:45 Is rejecting a sexual advance, without reporting it, protected activity?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:45 That’s what he said: The infamous Eagle v. Morgan LinkedIn case is ovah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:45 GUEST POST: A guide to creating a comfortable workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:46 NLRB to ask Supreme Court to review its latest recess appointments

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:46 100% pure settlement offer? If not, it may be ADMISSIBLE … AT … TRIAL!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:47 An EEOC complaint is not your free pass to goof off at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:47 New FMLA requirements on posters and notices start today

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:48 In 77 tweets, what employers can learn about EEOC enforcement #EEOCHR

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:48 CHEATSHEET: How to pay employees for Daylight Savings Time work

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:49 New federal bill would ban credit checks on employees and applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:49 New federal bill would expand FMLA to cover part-time employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-03-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:50 How can the EEOC improve? Tweet your feedback with hashtag #QCP

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:51 GUEST POST: The Budding Burden of BYOD – Legal Issues Abound

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:51 A new workplace social-networking privacy bill surfaces in Philly

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:52 Repeatedly discussing your employee’s sex life with her is bad, you guys.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:52 Yahoo! has a new no-telecommuting rule. Here’s why it may be unlawful.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:53 @Eric_B_Meyer on DriveThruHR #dthr

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:53 8 employee-handbook tips from Django Unchained. Yes, seriously.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:54 Supreme Court to determine what “clothes” are under the FLSA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:54 Manager’s drunk Facebook threats + Boss’s Buddha blogging = retaliation claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:55 GUEST POST: The ADA and Test-Taking

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:55 Bitter Barista blogs his way out of job by smack-talking customers, boss

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:56 Will Congress expand FMLA to include bereavement leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:56 Keep an eye out for a new paid-sick-leave bill in Congress

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:57 Pennsylvania nears a game-changing whistleblower-law amendment

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:57 Facebook photos from a Mexican vacation foil an employee’s FMLA claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:57 Paid Sick Leave In Philadelphia – Round 2

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:58 Employees who no-call/no-show for a month lose FMLA lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:58 National Right to Work? Plus, SCOTUS to take up Obama recess appointments

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-02-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:19:59 GUEST POST: Shocking Consequences of Social Media In The Workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:00 New bill in PA would prohibit unemployment discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:00 Employee posts “I wish I could get fired” on Facebook. Guess what happened?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:01 Discrimination claims drop in ’12; The Employer Handbook go BOOM!

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:01 OMG! Must we grant our employee’s religious-accommodation request?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:02 Holy smokes! As in, up in smoke for Obama’s Labor Board selections

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:02 The 25 CRAZAZIEST job-interview questions of 2013

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:03 New app promises to sanitize your employees’ Facebook pages

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:03 Fact or Fiction: Your employee’s nasty facial scar may be a disability

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:03 Supreme Court to decide how an employee must prove Title VII retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:04 Where do WEDGIES fit into your progressive discipline policy?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:04 Court ok’s firing teacher who called students ‘future criminals’ on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:05 Who are YOU to tell ME that I’m not offended by sexual harassment?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:05 HOW TO: Properly address disability accommodation when hiring

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:06 School-bus driver calls student “little bitch” on Facebook, gets fired, and sues?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:06 ADA reasonable accommodations for these Looney Tunes

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:07 Court countenances canning complainers of consensual canoodling

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:08 3 essential FMLA tools for your HR-compliance arsenal

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:08 This is my new go-to social-media-discovery judicial opinion

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:09 By far, the WORST job in America (allegedly, of course)

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:09 Religious accommodation required for an employee’s veganism? Maybe.

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:10 The Employer Handbook turns 2; and the NLRB keeps hatin’ on employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2013-01-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:10 With employers like THIS, it’s gonna be a busy 2013 for the lawyers.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:11 Michigan is now the fourth state to protect employee online privacy

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:11 My 5 best posts of 2012, as selected by the world’s best readers*

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:12 It’s legal to fire a female employee because of her “irresistible attraction”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:12 Federal employee receives a 5-page written warning for . . . farting?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:13 6 EEOC priorities over the next 4 years and the impact on your business

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:20:13 Swine flu as an ADA disability? What would Ozzy and Sharon say?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:21 Pay it forward: HR and Employment-law style

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:21 Does the law require transfers for employees seeking medical treatment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:22 When can an employer require an exempt employee to take unpaid leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:22 How Employer Words and Actions Can Make FMLA Apply, Even When It Doesn’t

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:22 If your employee did THIS on Facebook, what would you do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:23 New “Top Jobs for 2013” list will make many of my readers VERY happy

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:24 Fact or Fiction: Breaks/lunch taken at work may qualify for FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:25 HO HO NO! Facebook comments get Santa Claus fired…twice!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:26 HR testifies that employee firing was FMLA retaliation (you read that right)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:26 HR’S 2012 performance review #nextchat

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:28 I can’t believe you missed these workplace blockbusters, you guys!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:28 EEOC: Bar claimed males like their Sunday servers sans embryo

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-12-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:29 “Younger people are the future” comment creates age-bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:30 Boy meets girl, dates girl, breaks up, calls girl “whore,” gets fired, sues for discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:30 Christian employee + Ramadan bagel party = hostile work environment?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:31 That’s what he said: SCOTUS hears argument on who is a “supervisor”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:31 The most blunt same-sex sexual harassment judicial opinion…evah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:32 If your employees did THIS on Facebook, what would you do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:32 Carnival of HR: Cyber Monday Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:32 Four lessons employers can learn from the Petraeus scandal

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:33 Racially hostile work environment? Depends on which “n”-word.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:33 Confession & Profession: When a co-worker overshares…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:34 Social Media SHOW (and Tell)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:34 Employment Law Blog Carnival: Hollywood Casting Call Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:35 That’s what he said: Attorney Tips for Seeking Social Media Discovery

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:36 Obama’s re-election evokes ugly Facebook-racism from some employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:36 Guest Post: 5 Basics Every Employer Should Know about the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:37 Facebook pics of employee boozing at a festival ruin her FMLA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:37 Paying banana boxes of food as OT is not an a-peeling option

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-06: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:17:15 2 tips to help your social media policy withstand NLRB scrutiny

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:38 SURVEY: When it comes to politics at work, mum’s the word

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:38 It’s not disability discrimination when you don’t know about the disability.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-11-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:39 NLRB breathes new life into your “at-will” employment disclaimers

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:39 You be the judge: Can this employer enforce its general release?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:41 Salty about Sandy: 20 Hurricane tweets from your employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:41 An HR guide to the workplace implications of Hurricane Sandy

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:42 GUEST POST: 5 Disability-Discrimination-Law Basics for Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:42 New equal-rights rules for NJ employers take effect next month

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:42 Fact or Fiction: FMLA covers a tummy-tuck procedure

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:43 What happens in Vegas, becomes an FMLA claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:43 Employee’s Twitter hatin’ costs him unemployment benefits

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:44 10 excuses for missing work that are more creative than yours

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:44 144 “N”-words, but black employees can’t prove they were offended

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:45 Fact or Fiction: Opposing an employee’s u/c request may be Title VII retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:46 Everything’s bigger in Texas. Even the Facebook stupidity.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:46 172 resources to up employment flexibility in your workplace

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:47 Psst…there’s a hella-good new blog for HR and employment law

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:47 Utilityman can’t climb utility poles, but has ADA claim against utility company

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:48 Does the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act cover lost LinkedIn business opportunities?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:48 Go jump in the lake! (and then sue for race discrimination)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:49 Five pending Supreme Court cases for HR, In-House & the C-Suite to follow

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:49 GUEST POST: 3 Reasons to Consider Job Applicants with Online Degrees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:50 $$$ reasons to have a second-language anti-harassment policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:50 New bill would require accommodations for pregnant employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:51 In its first Facebook-firing decison, the NLRB backs an employer

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-10-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:51 CA enacts workplace social media protections; NJ gets closer

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:52 Rapper’s Delight: Lil Wayne gives a deposition for the ages [VIDEO]

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:52 What one employment-law question would you ask Paul Ryan?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:53 What one employment-law question would you ask Joe Biden?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:53 What one employment-law question would you ask Mitt Romney?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:54 What one employment-law question would you ask President Obama?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:54 Telecommuting as an ADA accommodation: Maybe; maybe not

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:54 NLRB’s 1st social media ruling: Slams Costco policy; greenlights defamation

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:55 That moment right before the pain begins: an EEOC subpoena

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:55 Want 5 court-approved workplace anti-harassment tips? Read this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:57 GUEST POST: Hiring obstacles that the web poses to college grads

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:57 Yo, Boss! Did you say “Spacebook” and “Tweeter”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:57 Is an employee with managerial duties “similarly situated” to a manager?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:58 Is “casual conversation” of a parent’s health enough to trigger FMLA?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:58 Court grants access to plaintiff’s social media in discrimination case

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:22:59 POLL: Your employees post THIS YouTube video. What do you do?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:00 “How can I keep the white girl?”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:00 Save the turtles, skip poison ivy, vote The Employer Handbook!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:01 Ethics charges for two lawyers over Facebook friending a litigant

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-09-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:01 ADA does not require indefinite break from essential job functions

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:02 GUEST POST: Why Hiring Managers Must Verify College Degrees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:02 Kiss the “fluctuating workweek” OT method goodbye in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:03 No ADA accommodations required for non-disabled employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:03 PA: Forced reinstatement of a sexual harasser violates public policy

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:04 New model jury rules specifically address use of social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:05 FMLA may require you to adjust employee performance standards

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:05 GUEST POST: FMLA & ADA: Never the twain shall meet? (Part II)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:06 GUEST POST: FMLA & ADA: Never the twain shall meet? (Part I)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:06 Pierce Cameron Meyer

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:07 D-I-S-M-I-S-S-E-D! Court punts Playboy-posing cheerleader’s bias claims.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:09 Horseshoes, hand grenades and….FMLA eligibility?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:09 Employer wins lawsuit despite a “pattern of systematic sexual harassment”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:10 The 3rd Circuit’s new FLSA joint-employment test…in HAIKU

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:10 Peanut butter cups for everyone! Thank you, Third Circuit!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:11 There are employee perks. And then there are Google-employee perks…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:11 Appeals court revives disability bias claims of one-handed bus driver

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:12 What do Ravishing Rick Rude and sex discrimination have in common?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:12 Facebooking about “naked Twister” may doom one’s sexual harassment claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:13 Can the words “Emergency Room” trigger an FMLA request?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:13 413,000 reasons for HR to avoid inconsistent employee discipline

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:14 Snoop Dog becomes Snoop Lion! And news of a new employee Facebook law

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:14 A scary NLRB decision threatening the integrity of workplace investigations

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:15 “An employee walks into a hospital wearing a Jesus lanyard…”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:15 HR Manager emails bolster employee’s ADEA and FMLA claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:23:15 Big changes coming to the Mine Safety and Health Act?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:45 Egyptian-born FBI agent + post-9/11 transfer = discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:45 Fact or Fiction: The ADA requires creating a new job for a disabled employee

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:46 Recipient of nasty racial slurs from an office friend loses bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:46 The EEOC’s subpoena power is crazazy broad. Wooo!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:47 Booby trapped! No break time for nursing employee; no lawsuit either.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:47 It’s the July Edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:48 To minimize FMLA lawsuits, hire slow and fire fast (before the FMLA request)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:48 Retaliatory voodoo, Courtney Love, and lots of unpaid $$$

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:49 Breaking stupid: A hella-dumb Facebook invasion-of-privacy claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:50 TIP: Remind your employees to update Facebook privacy settings

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:50 PA to require public-works contractors & subcontractors to use E-Verify

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:51 It’s tough to prove age bias after getting caught sleeping on the job

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:51 HR 101: Don’t suggest “No More Hysterectomies” to a woman on FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:51 U.S. Department of Labor has a new FMLA guide and webinar

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:52 NJ reaffirms that officers may be personally liable for unpaid wages

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:52 Pennsylvania to relax OT requirements for hospitals

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:53 PA bill will protect privacy of employee social media passwords

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-07-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:53 Paid sick leave now in effect in Philadelphia

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:54 Healthcare, what? Eyeball 3 other pending employment law bills

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:54 One roughneck’s life: sex jokes, gay innuendo, all legal.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:55 Beer muscles and a #SHRM12 lesson about accountability

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:55 Who is a supervisor?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:56 Employer customer lists: “Whatever you say, dude.”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:57 Guest Post: The Problem with Safety Awards

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:57 Going to #SHRM12 in Atlanta? You know I’ll be there.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:58 The NLRB continues preaching to your non-union employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:58 Supreme Court: No overtime pay for pharmaceutical sales reps

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:59 HELP WANTED: Born-again Christians need only apply

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:25:59 Your state’s family-leave benefits probably suck!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:00 Fact or Fiction: Disabilities under the ADAAA cannot be episodic

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:01 4 pending bills that could change the NJ employment landscape

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:01 Employer’s failure to investigate harassment creates retaliation claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:02 The teacher who blogged about her “dunderhead” students is back!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:02 Do employees have protected privacy rights in Facebook postings?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:04 Paycheck Fairness Act fails in the Senate, plus other news…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:04 No flush, but two of a kind win in a workplace toilet dispute

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:05 The golden rule on forwarding emails at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:05 That’s what they said: “29 different ways to say ‘I quit'”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:05 Want a labor-law-legal social media policy? Bookmark this, I guess.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:06 The ADA does not protect medical-marijuana use, but…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:06 Federal legislation reintroduced to promote hiring veterans

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:07 Fifth of vodka + whiskey + elevator shaft = no workers’ comp

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:07 How to lose a disability discrimination case in 5 easy steps…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:08 Boss fires HR Manager to whom he sent w-2 (by w-2, I mean lots of porn)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:08 Now hear this: Hearing loss comments are evidence of age bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:09 Does the ADA require accommodating an employee’s commute to work?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:09 That’s what they said: “Naked ambition” and a “voyeur boss”? (And more…)

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:11 EEOC now publishes charge data, by state. Have a look…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:11 How North Carolina’s Amendment One Will Affect Employee Benefits

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:11 That was fast: Court voids NLRB “quickie” union-election rules

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:12 U.S. Senate now has its own FB password bill; NJ nears similar ban

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:13 A Facebook firing? An employer in hot water? Ya don’t say…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:14 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act introduced in Congress

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:14 That’s what he said: “Oktoberfest” & “No OT for you!”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:15 NLRB: Barring employees from discussing salary is a bad idea

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:16 Report: Employees share WAY more Facebook info than they think

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:16 That’s what she said: A hairy religious discrimination claim is settled

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:17 No FMLA claim for employee who mistakenly thought he was fired

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:17 More office romances; more anti-harassment training

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-05-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:18 New NLRB election rules may get derailed; plus more on SNOPA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:18 New federal law will bar employer demands for online passwords #SNOPA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:19 The NLRB’s blueprint for “quickie” union elections

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:19 5 takeaways from the EEOC’s new guidance on use of criminal records

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:20 NLRB “quickie” election rule survives a Senate challenge

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:20 Failure to provide timely COBRA notice, retaliation? No, Sensei!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:21 An HR primer on handling religious-accommodation requests

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:23 Court holds mistaken discrimination is unmistakably illegal

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:23 Even a voluntary demotion can lead to a retaliation claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:24 The NLRB officially delays the mandatory union-poster rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:24 ADA potpourri, anyone?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:24 Do we need to post the NLRB poster? Just answer the question!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:25 Mini horse + reasonable accommodation lawsuit = I told you so!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:25 Do your confidentiality agreements pass muster with the NLRB?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:26 Who are all these people in your (government’s) workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:26 And the first state to ban asking for employee Facebook passwords is…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:27 Uneven severance packages may create discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:27 Meyer(s) on Pending Employment Bills, Social Media, and Slides

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:28 Is a workplace “English-only” rule legal?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:28 Employment discrimination by the numbers: Foreign Edition

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:29 Are aliens protected from illegal workplace discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-04-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:30 The risk of waiting to enforce arbitration agreements with employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:30 EEOC clarifies ADEA “reasonable factors other than age” defense

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:31 Fact or Fiction: FLSA preempts state wage and hour laws?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:32 6 keys to keeping unpaid internships from becoming a hot wage & hour mess

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:33 The Ambien alternative a/k/a NLRB FY11 operations statistics

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:34 Relax! Businesses don’t want employee Facebook passwords.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:34 So, can a prevailing defendant really recover e-discovery costs?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:35 Court allows plaintiff a quick peek into defendant’s Facebook account

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:35 #SCOTUS clarifies scope of FMLA coverage for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:36 Distinguishing state & federal disability-accommodation claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:37 4 new employment-law bills now pending in Congress

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:37 Baseball has a new social media policy. And it may be unlawful.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:38 Arbitration agreement tips for PA employers from the 3rd Circuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:39 Score! PA Senator pushing to legalize March Madness at work.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:39 Flyer claims Chick-Fil-A asks potential hires about sexual history

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:40 Here’s a tip. Don’t post Peyton Manning’s dinner bill on the ‘net.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:40 More child labor for The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:40 More on obesity and ADA discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:41 What’s cookin’ in celeb chef Paula Deen’s kitchen? Discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:26:42 7 things I learned presenting on social media at #SHRMleg

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:02 Can one anti-Semitic email make a tenable employee bias claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:04 Up with NLRB employee-rights posters, or suffer ze consequences

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:04 Will states outlaw demanding online passwords from employees?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-03-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:05 USERRA + ADAAA = 11 letters and many more HR issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:06 You can’t get Facebook login info based on a smiling profile pic

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:07 Social Media In The Workplace: Where is it Today? Tomorrow? [VIDEO]

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:08 But, you see judge, it was only “exotic dancer” harassment…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:09 Want to keep your job? Don’t do this if you’re bored at work…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:09 Social Media & HR: Policies and Legal Pitfalls in 140 characters

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:09 The ADA does not force employers to provide indefinite leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:10 Supervisor’s advice to sexually-harassed employee: “Pray…”

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:10 ESPN disciplines employees for offensive Jeremy Lin statements

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:11 On 2/22/12, I’m yours for a SHRM #NextChat on Twitter

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:12 A recap of yesterday’s EEOC meeting on pregnancy discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:12 EEOC to meet today to discuss pregnancy discrimination

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:13 A Valentine’s Day reminder from The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:14 The wrong way and the right way to request FMLA certification

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:14 Pedophilia as a disability?!? #Vomit

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:15 Adultery + “distressing” text messages = no sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:15 Judge, jury, and…Facebookutioner

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:16 What box got checked most at the EEOC in 2011?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:16 The so-called “privacy” of employee emails

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:17 Pepsi and Criminal Background Checks: Beyond the Buzz

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:18 Good luck overcoming the at-will employment presumption in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-02-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:18 Ouch, that hurts! Supervisors may be liable for FMLA violations

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:20 Atten-shun! Expanded military leave FMLA rules are coming…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:21 Your Gen Y employees love mixing business with pleasure online

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:22 Aloha NFL social-media policy…for one day. #ProBowl

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:23 3 ways for HR to avoid unlawful, overbroad social-media policies

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:25 You can’t “rummage at will” through employee Facebook accounts

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:25 U.S. Department of Labor has new FLSA and FMLA fact sheets

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:26 Fact or Fiction: If you don’t say “FMLA”, you can’t take FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:27 NJ officially adopts the Trade Secrets Act

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:27 Is it whistleblowing when your job is to report violations of the law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:28 Crime & Punishment: Beware what you ask Philly job applicants

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:28 Oh, baby? An employee’s pre-eligibility FMLA request is protected

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:29 PA remains a hotbed of social-media discovery disputes

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:29 And the most ridiculous lawsuit of 2011 was…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:30 SCOTUS: Religious groups nearly exempt from job-bias laws

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:30 PA companies offering severance to employees should read this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:31 Say cheese! Thank you for supporting organized labor.

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:31 Can ADA-disabled employees be required to work overtime?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:32 10 of most common interview questions…and 5 of the crazaziest!

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:32 Who owns the LinkedIn account you maintain for an employee?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:33 Re-open for business: Obama recess-appoints three to the NLRB

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:34 Are employees’ LinkedIn contacts considered your trade secrets?

by Eric B. Meyer

2012-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:34 The curious case of a high-speed ambulance-chasing whistleblower

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:35 Your favorite “The Employer Handbook” posts from 2011

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:36 This is why HR should timely document employee issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:36 Age discrimination: It’s not rocket science.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:36 “Sex-plus” discrimination: Illegal? Yes. But what the heck is it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:37 NLRB: Employers can keep that union-rights poster on ice

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:38 Your employee has migraines and can’t work. But is she disabled?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:38 How will your employees be using social media in 2012?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:39 Fail! NYU prof fired for giving actor James Franco a “D”?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:40 One blueprint for requiring employees to arbitrate FMLA claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:40 Nothing good comes of forcing employees to go to brothels

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:41 Guest Post: Facebook’s Privacy Problem

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:41 When your employee works OT on the QT, must you pay it?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:42 Fact or Fiction: Courts recognize retaliation against ex-employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:42 Twitter costs four their jobs and saves another from death row

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:43 Can an employer discriminate against an obese employee?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:43 What are the consequences of ignoring a written handbook policy?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:43 Will ya just retire already? No, but I’ll sue for age discrimination.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:44 Carnival of HR – Two Turntables and a Microphone Edition (Word!)

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:44 Employees who share porn and take FMLA lose retaliation claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:45 Older employees who share porn at work lose age bias claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:45 ABA Journal names The Employer Handbook a top law blog!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-12-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:46 72 ways to prevent an office party from creating an HR hangover

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:46 Here’s a sneak peek into how union-election rules will soon change

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:47 3 tips to guide a social-media check on your potential new hire

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:47 Barbie Shagwell, whips, and other social-media hiring red flags

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:48 Occupy National Labor Relations Board?!? #OccupyNLRB

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:48 Your employees’ “private” Facebook posts are not private

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:49 Can you access an ex-employee’s Facebook posts if she sues?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:49 U.S. employees had a lot of discrimination claims is FY2011

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:50 Top 5 Reasons Employers Give Their Employees the Boot

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:51 POLL: Would you fire this employee for her Facebook comments?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:52 This is what a social-media policy in a unionized workplace looks like

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:52 6 things you must know about social media & your workforce

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:53 Post-employment acts don’t create a hostile work environment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:53 What if you forget to tell an employee about FMLA leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:54 Employer lessons from Penn State (Hint: ignorance is not bliss)

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:54 What are the latest trends in social media and performance reviews?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:55 What are the latest trends in social media and litigation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:56 Fact or Fiction: A hostile work environment requires bad motives

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:56 Miami Heat owner fined $500,000 for a single tweet

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-11-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:57 Herman Cain, sexual harassment, and 10 lessons for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:57 90,000 women claim Wal-Mart discriminated against them

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:58 This employee used a friggin’ marching band to quit his job!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:58 Is your arbitration agreement worth the paper it’s printed on?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:59 Employee suing for AGE bias claims judge is too OLD to preside

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:29:59 The 15 craziest excuses employees have for missing work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:00 Equal-opportunity jerks take the “sex” out of sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:00 The ADA does not force employers to provide indefinite leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:01 An honest belief is all it takes to fire a suspected FMLA abuser

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:01 A teacher is on the hot seat over “perverted” Facebook remarks

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:02 Paid-sick leave may become a requirement in Philly after all

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:30:02 Employer Alert: FMLA for domestic violence victims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:00 Remember this? The most unique way to quit your job.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:01 Doggone-it. Must employers give leave to employees with hurt pets?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:01 What’s new on the interwebs in HR and employment law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:02 Can Homer Simpson sue Mr. Burns for disability bias, and win?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:02 Is morbid obesity a disability under federal employment law?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:03 A little ambiguity creates a BIG retaliation headache for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:03 Get answers to your social media and hiring questions

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:04 NLRB puts the temporary kibosh on its mandatory union-rights poster

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:04 Employee drug testing and bashful bladders; it’s a wicked pissah!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:05 Ever wondered what professional athletes are allowed to tweet?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:05 Pyrrhic Victory: Judge ok’s firing for Facebook post, but…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:05 Good grief! Hallmark launches line of unemployment cards

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:06 Got chutzpah? Try scheduling a deposition on Rosh Hashanah.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:06 Hot Dog! EEOC accuses eatery of same-sex sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:07 Say what?!? Not returning employee calls may be FMLA retaliation

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:07 The National Labor Relations Board has disbanded!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:08 American businesses fight back against union-rights notice rule

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:08 Your [trade] secrets are safe with NJ…almost.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:09 What’s the tax treatment on a Georgia lap dance anyway?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:09 Fact or Fiction: Some U.S. discrimination laws extend worldwide

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:11 Like, wow! We’re on Facebook.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:12 An employer’s response to a social-media nightmare. Thoughts?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:12 Feds issue mandatory union rights poster. Funny video follows…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:13 Businesses rejoice! NJ adopts new overtime regulations.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:13 This old mother****** may just have an age discrimination claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:14 By The Numbers: Employment laws by total employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:14 Uneven discipline can lead to big headaches and bigger lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:15 The Scooter Store … yadda, yadda, yadda … disability bias?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:15 Labor board slams NY non-union business for Facebook firings

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:16 Happy Employer Day: 140 employment-law characters to follow

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:16 Fantasy football: Good or bad for the workplace?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-09-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:16 Fact or Fiction: Pregnancy is a disability under federal employment law

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:17 Labor Board delivers a three-punch knockout for unions

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:17 ESPN: The worldwide leader in sports, but not Twitter

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:18 If Lady Gaga tweets your trade secret, is it still a trade secret?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:18 Sign up! It’s The Employer Handbook free NFL Survivor Pool

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:19 Feds force private businesses to tell employees its ok to unionize

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:19 The Employer Handbook seeks your feedback

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:20 16 best practices for conquering the next natural disaster

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:20 LexisNexis deems The Employer Handbook the best blog ever

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:21 The federal labor law guide to social media (non)compliance

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:21 Final score: Pregnant bartender 45,000 – Wild Beaver Saloon 0

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:22 Third Circuit delivers a cat’s paw gouging to employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:23 For employers that don’t document properly, the jury awaits

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:23 This is why you document employee workplace issues

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:24 Sleep with me, or you’re fired!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:24 Social media shenanigans that will get you fired…and maybe jailed

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:25 I have a turtle named Sparky. And Sparky is going to die.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:26 Six super social media and HR reads from this week

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:27 Calling all Bloggers: The Employment Law Blog Carnival returns

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:28 Fact or Fiction: Retaliation requires job-related action (e.g., firing)

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:30 Apparently, sex in a supply closet is not sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:30 New federal bill would greater protect breastfeeding employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:31 Inquiring about retirement plans = age discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:31 Pottymouths don’t usually win sexual harassment lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:32 Like? Philly courts to use social media to communicate with parties

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:32 OSHA wants employees to blow more whistles

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-08-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:33 Ba-chicka-wa-wa! Woman hurt during hotel sex sues…her employer.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:33 Buh bye: Labor board okays firing some Facebook whiners

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:34 Suspended blogging teacher will be back in school this fall

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:34 Congress may expand FMLA to include certain bereavement leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:35 When hiring: Just because you can ask it, doesn’t mean you should

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:35 What would Kenny Powers do? Interview questions to avoid

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:35 HEAT WAVE! 7 lawyers discussing social-media compliance

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:36 Fact or Fiction: Miniature horse = reasonable ADA accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:36 Welcome to the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Jukebox edition!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:38 Demystifying Federal and New Jersey Family Leave Laws

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:38 Badge, gun, social media policy: Philly cops now have all three

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:39 Bad Biz 101: Impersonating an employee on Twitter and Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:39 Pornographers need employment lawyers too, you know.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:41 Tweet this! More employers now allow social networking at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:41 Fact or Fiction: A “general release” settles all discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:42 Five things to keep in mind when providing FMLA leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:43 Job candidate bolts from a drug test; sues for disability bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:43 This term’s top 5 employment-law Supreme Court rulings…in haiku

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-06: Updated: 2021-04-27 10:29:59 Fact or Fiction: WARN applies to parents and affiliates

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:44 Legal? Replacing over 100 workers without any sort of notice

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-07-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:45 An employer blueprint for how to screw up at-will employment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-30: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:45 Philadelphia’s Mayor vetoes a proposed mandatory-sick-pay bill

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:46 Legislation introduced to expand FMLA coverage in PA

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:46 Could the Beastie Boys collect overtime pay in Pennsylvania?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:47 Last call! Bloggers wanted for the “Employment Law Blog Carnival”

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:48 Can a bridge worker with a fear of heights have a viable ADA claim?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:48 EEOC buzz: deliberate discrimination against job seekers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:49 BEWARE EMPLOYERS: Overhauled union-election rules may be near

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:49 What Wal-Mart’s High Court win means for employers, large and small

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:50 BREAKING: Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart v. Dukes class action

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:51 $1,000 fine per day for not posting notice of harassment verdict

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:51 Juror + defendant + Facebook = 8 months in prison

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:52 The Boston Bruins are Stanley Cup Champions!!!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:52 What to know about providing disabled employees time off work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:53 Fact or fiction: Federal law recognizes “reverse age discrimination”

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:53 Does an employer’s computer policy trump the marital privilege?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:54 The Carnival of HR rolls into town again

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:54 A “social media specialist” gets fired for a Twitter gaffe at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:55 Supreme Court limits an employer’s ability to recoup attorney’s fees

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:56 Social-media shenanigans and Anthony Weiner drinking games

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:56 Will a new NFL CBA include social media restrictions for players?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:57 “Cat’s Paw” doctrine applies to claims of age bias

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:32:57 POLL: Would you ever announce your retirement online?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-06-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:53 Is a non-compete agreement signed months after work begins enforceable?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:54 Coming soon to a non-union business near you: The RAT!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:54 Addressing teacher use of social media — on and off the clock

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:55 Court dismisses the age bias claims of a pistol-packin’ old cripple

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:55 A new HELLA GOOD social-media-discovery ruling for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:56 Labor board issues its 2nd social-media-related complaint in 2 weeks

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:56 New NJ public employees must move to NJ

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:57 Before taking medical leave in Cancun, read this…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:58 Labor board continues its war on social-media-related firings

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:59 Female accountant wins right to legally masturbate at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:34:59 Court bars Facebook “friending” in discovery

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:00 Did you know? A prevailing defendant may recover e-discovery costs

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:00 Can you reject an applicant BECAUSE he just completed drug rehab?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:01 Give me a D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I….(you get the point)

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:02 PROOF that a Twitter firing can withstand NLRB scrutiny. Read on…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:02 Wage and hour claims made easier, thanks to an iPhone app

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:03 How long does an employee get to review a severance agreement?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:05 Baseball wants off-the-field conduct on the table in labor negotiations

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:05 A rare, but important, employer NLRB victory

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:05 Survey says: More people are going online to find work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:06 What’s up, Doc? Fired for posting patient pics on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:06 Can DE employees access their personnel files upon request?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-05-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:07 No unemployment benefits for woman fired for Facebooking at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-29: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:08 3 common-sense social-media tips to share with your employees

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:09 Can PA employees access their personnel files upon request?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:09 Yikes! NJ discrimination victims may tack on a whistleblower claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-26: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:10 No more “unemployed need not apply” ads in New Jersey

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:11 Woman fired for fighting at a cheese plant wins bias claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:11 Calling all guest bloggers…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:12 New bill would greatly expand the scope and reach of the FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:12 When can Philly employers ask about criminal convictions?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:13 Misclassifying an employee may void a non-compete agreement

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:13 Whistleblowing on a customer is NOT protected activity in NJ

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:14 How about THIS resource on social media and HR?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:16 When an anti-harassment policy won’t defeat a bias claim…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:16 An employer’s 180 on asking new hires to divulge Facebook info

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:17 Working through lunch may create overtime issues for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:18 Thomson Reuters had a sh!ttier week than you…

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:18 15 handy-dandy, hella-good wage and hour resources for employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-07: Updated: 2025-05-17 17:18:11 Is the 9th time the charm for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:19 Another teacher gets in trouble on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-05: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:20 Department of Labor updates Fair Labor Standards Act regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:21 Smoke pot + grizzly bear bite (in the butt) = collect workers’ comp

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-04-01: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:22 Can the EEOC legally recruit claimants over the radio?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:22 What the EEOC wants employers to know about the ADAAA

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:23 Booze, wild beaver, and a pregnant bartender. What!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:23 EEOC releases final ADA Amendments Act regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:24 Will Philly employers soon be required to offer paid sick leave?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:24 File this Supreme Court decision under “R” for RETALIATION

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:25 Can Philadelphia employers ask job applicants about criminal convictions?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:26 FACT: Employers can sue employees for social networking

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:25 Your frequent contact with employees on FMLA may violate the law

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:27 When sexting 64 times in 2 1/2 hours ISN’T sexual harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:27 Should job applicants be required to divulge Facebook passwords?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:28 OMG! Chrysler’s Twitter account drops the F-Bomb

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:28 Help Wanted: Must have #TigerBlood

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:29 Prepare for the new federal rules on public accommodations

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:29 4 Free Social Media Q&A Sessions for Proactive Employers

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-03-02: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:30 U.S. Supreme Court green-lights even MORE discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:30 Unemployed applicant + no job offer = discrimination?!?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:31 Can an employer legally refuse to hire a smoker?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-22: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:32 Can an employee be fired for using medicinal marijuana?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-16: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:32 Teacher suspended for blogging about her students…still blogging!

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-15: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:33 What do social media, genetics and the NFL have in common?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:33 Exciting News! I just made PARTNER at Dilworth Paxson LLP

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:34 Happy Valentine’s Day! XOXO — The Employer Handbook

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-11: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:34 Yes, you CAN discipline employees who abuse social media

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:34 How the Facebook firing settlement affects YOUR company

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:35 What to do when a disabled employee requests an accommodation at work

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:35 Make sure to visit the Carnival of HR

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-02-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:37 Your employees are using more FMLA

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-31: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:37 Could you fire this employee without laughing?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:38 A compassionate employer? Why not?

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:39 PA employee sleeps on the job and still collects unemployment

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:39 Supreme Court okays third-party-retaliation claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-24: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:40 Breastfeeding in the workplace: DOL seeks comments

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-21: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:41 Waddaya know? Former hookers can sue for sexual harassment.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-19: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:42 4 ways employers can protect themselves when employees leave

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:42 Employers may have to tell employees how to form a union

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-14: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:43 How to reduce retaliation claims in six easy steps.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:44 How Facebook Can Make or Break Your Case: The Plaintiff’s Arsenal

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-10: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:44 EEOC approves ADA Amendments Act Regulations

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:45 What none of us have the guts to send…except for one guy.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-06: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:45 Harassment victims don’t get a free lunch

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:46 Thank You.

by Eric B. Meyer

2011-01-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:47 Employers can refuse to hire bankruptcy filers

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:48 Best Practices for Investigating Employee Complaints

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:49 Breastfeeding in the workplace: Is your business compliant?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:48 Can employees use your confidential documents to prove discrimination?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:50 Holiday Party 101: How to Avoid The Lawsuit

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:50 Get a social media policy…before your employees pimp hookers on Facebook

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-12-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:51 Two ways to avoid employee lawsuits

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:53 PA: Misclassify an independent contractor and go to jail

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:53 On NJ juries, Google, and Facebook.

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-28: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:53 Unions are using social media to organize YOUR workforce.

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-27: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:54 Hi, PA, NJ, and DE employers. Meet GINA.

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:54 FMLA: Calculate holiday leave correctly

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:55 New Jersey applies Lilly Ledbetter Act to LAD case

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-11-23: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:56 EEOC sets new records for complaints received

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-20: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:35:56 Fired employee gets re-hired after raising discrimination claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:22 How enforceable is a non-solicit agreement after you fire an employee?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:23 1 lactating employee + 0 place to pump = 1 messy complaint

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:24 Do you have a HR policy on media relations?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:25 Driving + Texting = OSHA all up in your business

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-04: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:25 8 ways for employers to prepare for flu season

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:26 Employee fired for Facebook comments sues her employer

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:26 Third Circuit: The Lily Ledbetter Act Does not cover failure-to-promote claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-10-03: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:28 How do PA, NJ, and DE address discrimination based on sexual orientation?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-25: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:28 Facebook makes a damn fine litigation tool

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-18: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:29 What happened to our healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:30 Facebook Posts Cost School Superintendent His Job

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-17: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:31 New Jersey: No Adverse Employment Action Required for a Failure to Accommodate Disability Claim

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-13: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:32 Unions can hang banners (slow news day)

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:33 Should employers monitor Facebook use of second-chance offenders?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:33 A wake-up call to employers who raise vanilla affirmative defenses

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-12: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:34 Is it sexual harassment if a visitor masturbates in the office?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-11: Updated: 2019-02-17 15:16:51 5 ways for Pennsylvania employers to prevent workplace violence

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-09: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:35 Massachusetts is cuckoo, but I still love the Red Sox

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:36 How Facebook Can Make Or Break Your Case

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-08: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:36 In PA, NJ, and DE, when does religious expression take a backseat to workplace safety?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:38 Gary Oldman Would Have Trouble Landing A Security Job

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:38 Another Juror Who Can’t Resist Facebook’s Siren Song

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:38 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Who Does The FMLA Cover?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:39 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Constructive Discharge

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:40 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Quid Pro Quo Harassment

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:41 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: ADA Mixed-Motive Disparate Impact Claims

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:42 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: ADA Defenses – Direct Threat

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:43 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: What is a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification?

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:43 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: “Regarded as” Disabled under the ADA

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:44 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Title VII Liability for Non-Supervisors

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:44 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Failure to Rehire as an Adverse Employment Action

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:45 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Title VII and ADA Damages

by Eric B. Meyer

2010-09-07: Updated: 2018-07-23 10:38:46 Third Circuit Employment Law 101: ADA Reasonable Accommodation

by Eric B. Meyer