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Can you fire an employee for complaining that the company violated state/local COVID-19 orders?
Often, readers of the blog will email me recent blogworthy HR news.
Occasionally, an attorney will send me a favorable decision that s/he obtained for a client on an employment law topic that may interest readers of this blog. Today, that’s what I’ve got for you — a case involving some healthcare workers who claimed that their former employer fired them for complaining that the company was not following state and local COVID-19 mandates. Continue reading
Before your business rewards employees for getting the COVID-19 vaccine, read this. (It may save you a lawsuit.)
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According to a recent SHRM survey, most companies will encourage employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine — but not require it. Many employers, like this one, may even incentivize employees to get the vaccine by offering them money or extra PTO days to get the needle.
But, if you’re thinking about doing something similar, slow your roll. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), you may end up unwittingly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Continue reading
A one-time Associate General Counsel and HR Director who was at the Capitol riots appears to be unemployed now.
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Remember that time in 2017 when a white nationalist march in Charlottesville turned deadly? Several participants ended up losing their jobs once exposed on social media.
Fast forward. Following Wednesday’s violent Capitol riots, a staff writer at Salon tweeted that the one-time Associate General Counsel and HR Director of a publicly-traded Texas-based insurance company, who apparently posted a video of himself on Instagram from outside the Capitol, no longer works there.
What’s the big difference between an independent contractor and an employee anyway?
Sam spent 60 hours working on a project for your company last week, for which the business paid Sam $1,000. The company treated Sam as an independent contractor.
But, what if Sam was actually an employee instead? Continue reading
Court: Warning! Employer may have violated WARN with mass layoff with little-to-no notice during pandemic
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See what I did there? Don’t worry; I’ll be here all week. Continue reading
Here’s how to compensate employees that split their day between the office and telework
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Let’s say that some of your non-exempt employees choose to telework for part of the day and work at the office for part of the day, with enough time to perform personal tasks in between. Do you have to compensate them for the travel time between home and office?
Let’s check out some hypothetical scenarios.
The DOL spent NYE updating its FFCRA guidance and issuing new wage and hour letters
While you were busy partying at home like it’s 1999 (cue music) or on Zoom with friends, or playing socially-distanced Cards Against Humanity, or whatever it is that HR folks do to let off a year of scalding-hot steam, the U.S. Department of Labor was staying busy at work on New Year’s Eve.
The most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020
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For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire.
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Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST
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I won’t judge you if you don’t judge me. 🤐 Continue reading