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The Employer Handbook BlogAs if restaurants haven’t endured enough already, the DOL just announced an 80/20 rule on steroids.
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Do you have tipped employees? Continue reading
Let’s answer some of your COVID-19 return to work questions. The Zoom Office Hour returns this Friday, 6/25 at Noon ET
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Last Wednesday, as part of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EXCEL Conference, three of us (me and two of the EEOC’s education and outreach coordinators) gazed into our crystal ball to predict some of the issues that employers will face as more employees return to the workplace. Continue reading
The anatomy of a sex discrimination claim. (Trust me. It’s not as stimulating as it sounds).
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Today we’re going back to the basics and learning how a plaintiff must prove a sex discrimination claim based on circumstantial (i.e., the defendant doesn’t concede, “I fired you because you’re a woman.”) Continue reading
How much social media discovery can you get from an employee who sues you for discrimination?
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It depends. (Sorry).
But, for added context, I love this quote from a recent Maryland federal court opinion: Continue reading
Happy Belated 1st Birthday to an LGBT rights landmark decision. I brought cake and presents! 🎂🎁
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Yep, we’re celebrating!
Secretary of Labor to Congress: The salary level cutoff for overtime is too low. We’re changing it.
I still get a kick out of people using the term “salary exempt,” as in, we pay that employee a salary, so s/he isn’t eligible for overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standard Act, a salary is just one of several components of an overtime exemption to avoid having to pay employees time and a half when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Plus, the salary must be at least $684 per week, equating to $35,568 per year.
Except, that could be increasing significantly soon. Continue reading
A federal judge has issued the first ruling on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at work. And His Honor is spittin’ 🔥🔥🔥
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As the kids say, I’m 💀💀💀. Continue reading
Yep, yet again the Paycheck Fairness Act is dead again.
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Earlier this week, the Senate failed to advance a measure designed to promote gender pay equity called the Paycheck Fairness Act.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because I told you so. Continue reading
Creating a new “job sharing” position is not a reasonable accommodation
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You work for a progressive employer. Flexible work arrangements? For sure!
WARNING: This pregnancy discrimination lawsuit might make your brain explode 🤯
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Imagine requiring a job applicant to reveal whether she is pregnant. That’s bad!
And what if that was a company policy? That’s worse.
But, let’s suppose that the company’s policy of disclosing pregnancies is IN WRITING. Continue reading