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By most reasonable accounts, this year has been one hot mess.
Articles Posted in Miscellaneous
Can your state require you to get the COVID-19 vaccine? At least one has a pending bill…
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Enough with the “Can companies require employee COVID-19 vaccinations?” articles already! Yes, they probably can, subject to disability and religious accommodations.
But, what if, instead of an employer mandating vaccinations, an entire state did so for nearly all of its residents? No, I wasn’t just clickbaiting you with the title of this blog post. One state actually has a pending bill. Continue reading
Which of these 32 items on your Thanksgiving Dinner Table reigns supreme?
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Traditionally, on the day before Thanksgiving, I release my list of the top Thanksgiving foods. But we’re doing things a little differently this year. Continue reading
Lawsuit: Company managers wagered on how many employees will get coronavirus
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Imagine if one of your plant managers 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
POLL: Could politics ever motivate you NOT to hire someone?
I had planned to move away from politics today, but I saw this on my Facebook feed yesterday and just couldn’t shake it. Continue reading
Survey says readers like Justice Barrett for employment law. Beyond that, however…
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Shout out to the 648 of you who participated in yesterday’s poll and weighed in on the newest Supreme Court Justice: Amy Coney Barrett. Continue reading
Amy Coney Barrett is the next Supreme Court Justice. What do you think? (POLL)
As I’m typing this blog post at 10:56 PM on Monday, the Senate has voted 52-48 to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The vote was along party lines with all Republicans, except Susan Collins (ME-R), voting in favor of Justice Barrett. Justice Barrett has taken the constitutional oath from Justice Thomas. All that remains in the judicial oath, which Chief Justice Roberts will administer today.
Well, that and I want to hear from my audience. Continue reading
The “Halloween in the Workplace” HR-compliance post for 2020 feels a little different this year
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Ordinarily, this is that time of year when I recycle an old Halloween post and ensure that the best blog readers in the world are prepared for the employees that exercise poor judgment when reporting to work on Halloween.
Instead, I’m building a slingshot to launch Halloween candy at socially-distanced children. (And drafting a liability waiver for youngsters who have trouble shaking off a Milky Way to the eyes).
Rapping about an unemployment benefits scam does not enrapture the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Maybe Fontrell Antonio Baines, 31, who uses the stage name “Nuke Bizzle,” took it one teensy step too far. Continue reading
Those COVID-19 stay-at-home and business-closure orders in your state may be unlawful after all
Yesterday, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued this 66-page blockbuster decision, in which he concluded, among other things, that Governor Wolf violated the United States Constitution with orders closing “non-life-sustaining” businesses otherwise and directing Pennsylvanians to stay at home.