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Water is wet. Grass is green. And, yes, New Jersey remains the employee-rights capital of the East. Continue reading
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Finally, the EEOC has come around on arbitration agreements as a condition of employment
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And it only took 22 years. Continue reading
Dammit! They’re practically twisting my arm to blog about union-related stuff.
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“So, Meyer thinks his organized-labor blog posts go over like wet farts, does he? Fam, let’s announce one — no, TWO HUGE DECISIONS in one day, and we’ll see how he gets around writing about them. That blogger nerd!” — National Labor Relations Board Chairman John F. Ring, probably.
Big changes may be coming to the way your business makes religious accommodations for employees
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On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it will revamp union-election rules to “better ensure the opportunity for litigation and resolution of unit scope and voter eligibility issues.” In other words, it’s a very employer-friendly move. You can read all about it here, here, here, here, and here.
But, a smart guy like me knows that union-themed blog posts generally go over like wet farts here. So, I’m going to pivot into discussing a Supreme Court filing last week from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that slipped under the radar. It’s one that could change the way businesses must make religious accommodations for employees in the workplace. Continue reading
ADA accommodations don’t require eliminating essential job functions, like coming to work punctually.
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Regular, in-person attendance is generally critical to performing one’s job. So, when an employee exhausts her twelve weeks of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act only to miss another 33 days of work (resulting in a 59% absentee rate), one’s job security may be in jeopardy.
But, let’s back up a sec, as I tell you the facts of this disability discrimination case I read last night. Continue reading
The most valuable employment law lesson you’ll receive today
I’m typing this blog post at 1:30 AM after returning home from Lincoln Financial Field where the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New York Giants, as per usual. Continue reading
Imagine if your trainees ended class with a celebratory Nazi salute
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This is a photo from a West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety basic training program. And the you-know-what has hit the fan! Continue reading
There’s retaliation, and then there’s locking the complainant in a walk-in freezer. (Allegedly)
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That’s cold. Continue reading
Can a demotion be a reasonable accommodation under the ADA?
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In the context of an employment discrimination lawsuit, when I think about a demotion, I’m also thinking of retaliation. Continue reading
Folks, it’s never a joke when employees use the N-word at work. Make sure your managers know that.
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Every so often, I receive a Google Alert about some knucklehead who writes something inappropriate — usually a racial slur — on a restaurant receipt. Often, the knucklehead tries to explain her or his actions away as a joke.