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Don’t ruin your arbitration agreements by doing this…
Some of you require your employees to sign agreements requiring them to arbitrate employment claims — other than claims of sexual harassment or abuse, of course. Continue reading
A federal judge made it really dang hard to prove medical marijuana discrimination
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Greetings from Seattle. Continue reading
What REALLY happens when an employee doesn’t return completed FMLA paperwork?
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I think we all need a break from the COVID-19 vaccination posts. So, let’s address your second-favorite HR topic: FMLA leave administration!!!
Hey, put down that bottle! It’s only 8 am. Continue reading
A judge wasn’t buying a plaintiff’s religious reasons to avoid a vaccine mandate. And, sometimes, neither should you.
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Yesterday, my friend Jon Hyman blogged about fetal stem cells and vaccine-mandate religious exemptions.
TL;DR. Any employee that refused the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines because they contain aborted fetal cells is full of 💩. They don’t. Consequently, any religious exemption request that an employee may make on that basis is objectively wrong. Continue reading
First, some anti-maskers sued a store over its mandate. Now, they are losing discovery disputes and getting sanctioned.
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Like many of you, news of the untimely death of Michael K. Williams shook me. RIP.
I thought more about Mr. Williams yesterday as I read two reports and recommendations from a Discovery Special Master assigned to a COVID-19 face mask case. Specifically, I remembered his infamous line as Omar Little from The Wire:
Here’s hoping employers in states like PA paid nonexempt employees for COVID-19 temperature checks at work. Otherwise…
Technically, Pennsylvania is a Commonwealth. But that’s not really the point of this post. So, I’ll digress.
Does federal law forbid discrimination based on interracial relationships? Two courts disagree.
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A white employee complains in writing that a colleague called his biracial grand-niece a “monkey” and texted him racially offensive comments about his coworkers. Within months, the employer fired the complainant.
Is this retaliation? Continue reading
Like ordering a cheesesteak with Swiss, employee-friendly OT rules just aren’t meant to be in PA
Let’s face it. Unlike its neighbor, New Jersey, a/k/a the California of the East, not many would label the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an employee-friendly state. Continue reading
Gas up the Bugatti for the commute! Pennsylvania has relaxed its private sector restrictions on teleworking.
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Come on, Eric! Yesterday, you blogged about Philly, and now this. What’s with all the Pennsylvania posts this week? Continue reading