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The Employer Handbook BlogJustices Alito, Gorusch, and (Thurgood) Marshall share the same views on … religious accommodations?!?
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I know, right? Shocking!
But it’s true, and I’ll explain why. 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
COVID-19 paid leave was soooooo 2020 — unless you operate in Philadelphia.
Pandemic Paid Sick Leave Notice to Employees Poster English
It’s the city of cheesesteaks, brotherly love, and, as of March 29, 2021, paid leave for companies with 50 or more employees. Continue reading
A woman with back issues and trouble sitting for long stretches flew around the world to Thailand. FMLA abuse, much?
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Apparently, her employer and the court thought so. That ominous sequence does not portend a successful FMLA lawsuit. Yet, that didn’t stop our plaintiff today from filing suit. Continue reading
Court rules its ok for a winery worker to wear “Cellar Lives Matter” apparel.
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Imagine a non-union widget factory in which widget makers want to unionize. As part of the unionizing campaign, one of the widget makers decides to wear a vest on which he writes “Widget Lives Matter.” Management is concerned that this vest is racially insensitive, will foster employee dissension, and potentially become a PR nightmare. So, it orders the employee to remove the vest.
Is this legal? Continue reading
A Florida man allegedly lost his job because of his fake COVID-19 vaccination card side hustle
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A real tell was that the fake cards supposedly included the caption, “F**k masks.”
Because mine doesn’t say that. ***flips it over*** Still no.
Members of Congress want “bold action” from the new Labor Secretary. (Like overtime for anyone making under $1,591/week!!!))
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Several members of Congress have asked new Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh to require American businesses to pay overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act to anyone making less than $1,591 per week (equivalent to $82,732 per year for a full-year worker) who works more than 40 hours in a workweek. $82,732 per year is the 55th percentile of earnings of full-time salaried workers nationwide.
So, yeah, whoa! Continue reading
Employers that operate in THIS state can require workers to get vaccinated
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Several states are taking steps to forbid employers from requiring that workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Separately, I know of at least two pending lawsuits that employees have filed. I already blogged about one of them here. The other is pending in a federal court in California.
But it’s the California of the East a/k/a New Jersey that has taken a much different approach. Continue reading
This pre-COVID case underscores how telework will often be a post-COVID reasonable accommodation
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An employee’s perception of the workplace is critical to gaining an accurate picture of what the actual workplace is like.
Do you agree? Continue reading
Will (reverse) vaccination discrimination be the next big thing?
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The Miami Heat made news twice yesterday. First, the rumor mill has the franchise closely tied to a deal for Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Of course, my beloved Philadelphia 76ers are also in the mix to bring the Villanova grad back home to the City of Brotherly Love.
But the bigger Miami Heat news is that vaccinated fans will soon have their own sections at Miami Heat games. Continue reading