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The Employer Handbook Blog“How can the same s**t happen to the same guy twice?”
John McClain’s classic line from another classic Christmas movie, Die Hard 2, was the first thing that came to my mind after a story I read last week. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing
This former employee who was fired for social media posts will get his job back. But, your employees probably won’t.
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Raymond Wambsgans from Akron Ohio, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
She responded with words to the effect of, “When are employees going to learn that there is no such thing as free speech?”
Amen. 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
Yes, if you get fired (or not hired) for holding a PA medical marijuana card, you can sue.
With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Phil Miles, Esq. over at Lawffice Space (here) and Daniel Cummins at Tort Talk (here), we’ve got some news that should interest Pennsylvania employers. Continue reading
Can you fire a supervisor accused of sexual harassment without investigating first? Yep.
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Today, I want to tell you about a lifeguard who worked for several years for an employer in Washington, DC.
This great federal court decision I read offers seven keys to a proper severance agreement
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A lawyer claimed that his employer had discriminated against him based on his race, color, gender, and age, when it terminated his employment and filled a position nearly identical to that which he held prior to his termination with a younger, African-American woman. So he sued.
Oh, I forgot one important fact. By the time he sued, the lawyer-plaintiff had already signed a severance agreement and release (the “Release”). Continue reading
Can a company require new employees not to bash it on Glassdoor? Is that legal?
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“Surprise! There’s a Skeleton in Your Candidate’s Closet!”
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A few weeks ago, the great folks at ERE Media invited me to speak at the ERE Recruiting Conference in Washington, DC about what happens when you learn that one of your recruits has done something on social media that doesn’t mesh well with the culture of the company.
No, diversity and inclusion do not mean rounding out the team by hiring someone who posts her Halloween blackface photos on Instagram. Continue reading
Sexy Mister Rogers and the rest of your last-minute ‘what not to wear to work tomorrow’ checklist.
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