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The Employer Handbook BlogIt’s July 1. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! (This year, in haiku!) 🧾⚾💰
What did you folks do to deserve two consecutive days of modern poetry at The Employer Handbook? Continue reading
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A federal judge has issued the first ruling on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at work. And His Honor is spittin’ 🔥🔥🔥
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As the kids say, I’m 💀💀💀. Continue reading
“Privileged white female ‘Karen’ caught on video verbally abusing an African American male” is now suing her former employer for discrimination
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Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yesterday, one of my favorite HR people in the entire galaxy tweeted a link to this article from the AP. Continue reading
POLL RESULTS: Don’t discipline employees that spread COVID-19 misinformation
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Getting in late from the Sixers/Wizards game last night — no, I didn’t dump popcorn on Russ Westbrook — I had no time to enjoy the Wednesday evening routine of a lime rickey, bubblegum cigarette, and writing the next day’s blog post.
Silver lining: I only have to spend a few minutes this morning posting a shorty about the results of yesterday’s blog poll.
IRS to CDC: Hold our drink. Check out the new 41-page COBRA subsidy resource for employers
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I imagine that drink to be Ensure or Ovaltine, possibly Caffeine Free Coke Zero if things get nuts. Continue reading
Join us on 3/26 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hours. That’s right, HOURS! A DOUBLE FEATURE!!!
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Let’s give a shout-out to my special guest, David Miklas, and to everyone who attended The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour this past Friday. I had a great time discussing FFCRA, OSHA, and the new CDC COVID-19 guidance.
Did you enjoy it too? Continue reading
Can you fire an employee for complaining that the company violated state/local COVID-19 orders?
Often, readers of the blog will email me recent blogworthy HR news.
Occasionally, an attorney will send me a favorable decision that s/he obtained for a client on an employment law topic that may interest readers of this blog. Today, that’s what I’ve got for you — a case involving some healthcare workers who claimed that their former employer fired them for complaining that the company was not following state and local COVID-19 mandates. Continue reading
Court: Warning! Employer may have violated WARN with mass layoff with little-to-no notice during pandemic
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See what I did there? Don’t worry; I’ll be here all week. Continue reading
Pink slips for seven plant managers who ran bets on how many employees would get COVID-19
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So, did you vote in Jon Hyman’s Worst Employers of 2020 poll?
I would have voted for the company accused of having plant managers that organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19. Continue reading