If you operate a business in the New England region, maybe cut your employees a little slack on the FMLA call-outs today. Just sayin’.
I’ll be back with something a little more employment-law related tomorrow.
The pool office. I died just a little.
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Did you know that, for the past ten years, I have served as a volunteer mediator in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Program?
Separately, I’m also a private mediator, where I specialize in helping parties resolve all sorts of employment cases. Often, I’m called upon before arbitration or as an economical alternative to litigants using a retired judge as a mediator. Continue reading
By late! [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
And, don’t get me wrong, there were some good ones in there (e.g., “I was here, but I fell asleep in the parking lot.”), but I had a sneaking suspicion that some of the readers of this blog had heard some better ones.
I was right. Continue reading
Hey, I was going to have a big recap of yesterday’s public hearing on harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace at which I testified before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee. There’s a lot to discuss, maybe too much for a blog post. So, I plan to write a longer article for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
In the meantime, I want to rant quickly on something that has nothing to do with employment law or HR compliance, other than Human Resource professionals and attorneys are just as guilty of this as anyone else. Continue reading
Last month, CareerBuilder released the survey results from “This Year’s Most Bizarre Excuses for Being Late to Work.” Continue reading
Hey, thanks for asking!
In a word: Hella-good.
Unless that’s two words, in which case, I’ll go with awesome!!! Continue reading
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After all that’s happened in my professional career over the past several days — you can catch up here and here — I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you, the readers. You have uplifted me with your positivity and support. I deeply appreciate every, single word of encouragement that you’ve shared.
I can write. But, with no readers, it doesn’t work so well. Thank you!
Today is my first day at FisherBroyles, LLP. Continue reading
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Today is my last day at Dilworth Paxson LLP. Continue reading
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