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Does the ADA ever require six months of employee leave? Sure does, says the EEOC.
Is this the face of a company that would fire an employee who was on leave receiving treatment for breast cancer rather than granting her request for additional leave for more treatment?
Yes indeed according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading
Federal judge to EEOC: Your wellness-program incentive rules are kind’ve a big dumpster fire
Well, maybe not in those words exactly. But, the judge did have some scathing words for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s take on wellness-program incentives. Continue reading
Sometimes, a little flexibility — and (gasp) humanity — can avoid a big employment lawsuit

Ah yes. We’re going to attempt to put the “human” in HR today.
**clutches icy-cold lawyer heart**
Another court greenlights a medicinal marijuana user’s lawsuit against his former employer
This may not be Magic vs. Bird or Biggie vs. Tupac. Those battles are too close to call.
But, if I were to ask you which side of the country, east coast or west coast, would offer greater judicial support for the employment rights of medicinal-marijuana cardholders, you’d say west for sure, right?
And you’d be wrong… Continue reading
Hey D-Man! Enjoy every bit of that ice cream birthday pie!
I adored Jon Hyman’s ADA blog post yesterday. So much so that it even began to thaw my icy-cold management-side employment-lawyer heart.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to hire slow and fire fast to get my mojo back.
I’ll hang out for a bit while you grab the maximum-leave policy in your employee handbook

Don’t have one? Good. You can skip today’s post.
As for the rest of you, say a silent prayer to whatever higher power you believe in, email me a thank you, and read on…
The 6 Ways “Covfefe” Can Improve HR Compliance

It all began last week with a (possible) typographical error in a tweet from our 45th President, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
At first, President Trump’s tweet confused us; “covfefe” even stumped a spelling bee champ while creating a spike in demand for novelty license plates.
But then President Trump doubled down on Twitter, “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!” Well, his Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, told reporters, “The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”
Folks, you’re in luck! As part of that small group of people, I know exactly what President Trump met. You see, “covfefe” is the solution to all of your HR-compliance problems.
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