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The Employer Handbook BlogPOLL: 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
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Survey says readers like Justice Barrett for employment law. Beyond that, however…
Rachel Malehorn, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Alexas Fotos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.
By Employment Development Department – Public Domain, Link
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.
Which states have offered workers the most protections during this COVID-19 pandemic?
Hint: It’s not Alabama, which is dead last. Continue reading
Businesses insisting on negative COVID-19 tests is, like, so three weeks ago.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain
The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed the courtroom and had the sheriff’s deputies remove the lawyer from the courthouse.
But then the president judge then took it one step further.
Is it ok to use PPP money to buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex? Perhaps not.
A Texas entrepreneur is learning this lesson the hard way.
(If only he had read my earlier blog post) Continue reading
Thinking about having employees sign a COVID-19 waiver 📝? Stop it! ✋🛑
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay
If I had a nickel for every time that someone asked me to draft a waiver for employees to sign to release COVID-19 workplace claims before they get coronavirus.
Damn! I could get some of those premium gumballs from the peeling-paint red machines just outside the automatic supermarket doors. Ironically, I’d probably have to sign a waiver to use them too.
But, I digress. Continue reading