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The Employer Handbook BlogSomeone get me a cigarette. The DOL has new FMLA forms
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I’m about to take you on a trip to a nerd paradise: no planes, no masks, no COVID-19.
It’s just you and me in FMLA Wonk City.
Three important employment law lessons from ViacomCBS firing Nick Cannon for anti-Semitic remarks
Earlier this week, ViacomCBS announced that it had severed ties with Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic remarks he made recently on this episode of his YouTube podcast “Cannon’s Class.” Continue reading
This lawyer can admit when he was wrong. 🤦♂️ Just don’t tell anyone, ok? 😉
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While I sit here and eat a little crow, you be on the lookout for pigs flying. Continue reading
Why now is a great time for a wage and hour self-audit. Wait! Hear me out on this…
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Near the end of last month, I blogged here about this Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Field Assistance Bulletin. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that, in most instances, it would no longer pursue pre-litigation liquidated damages arising out of a wage and hour investigation of your company. Continue reading
We see you, Pennsylvania Department of Health. We see what you did there.
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Last week, I posted here about how several states, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Health posted this information on its “COVID-19 Information for Travelers.”
How a negative COVID-19 test turned into an FLSA collective action.
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. One of those reasons is when an employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis. Continue reading
The CDC wants you to know these 5 things about COVID-19 tests for employees
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Where did this week go? I meant to share with you earlier this resource document from the CDC on employee COVID-19 tests in non-healthcare workplaces. Well, better late than never. Continue reading
We interrupt this mediation discussion for a NEW Supreme Court employment discrimination decision!
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I know I said that I would post a mediation video today. But, give me a rain check on that, and I think that I can do you one better. If you would be interested in an upcoming Zoom with me and a member of the EEOC Mediation Unit, give me a “hell yeah!”
But, for now, I’ve got to talk about yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru.
How does EEOC mediation work? Is it worth it? How about during COVID-19? Ask away!
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Most of you know that I’m not just a handsome hecka-handsome and snarky employment law blogger, but I’m also a management-side employment attorney too.
But, did you also know that I’m also an employment law mediator?
TRUTH! Continue reading
Your state just imposed new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. Now what?
A client emailed me yesterday asking if I’d read about the new COVID-19 quarantine restrictions for travelers to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Specifically, the client asked whether they could trigger a need to provide leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Maybe your state has similar restrictions, and you’re looking for answers too.
Well, you’ve come to the right place. Continue reading