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The Employer Handbook BlogThe results are in! Here’s what HR readers did to prepare their companies for the new DOL overtime rules.
“Pardon me. But would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?”
“But, of course.” Continue reading
POLL: What did your business do to prepare for the new DOL overtime rules?
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Happy New Year, everyone. Or, as we employment law nerds say, ‘Day 2’ of the new overtime rule today.
(Actually, no one says that except for this nerd.)
The Best of The Employer Handbook in 2019 confirms that you readers are STONE COLD SAVAGES!
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2019 was a busy year for HR compliance. That’s a true statement even if we forget about all that went down in New Jersey. Continue reading
Your New Jersey HR Compliance Checklist for January 1, 2020📝☑️
Practicing employment law in the State of New Jersey is both a blessing and a curse. I’ll clarify that. It’s great for me because New Jersey passes new employment laws faster than Joey Chestnut eats Nathan’s Hot Dogs on the Fourth of July. So, rather than put off installing the 24-carat gold retractable Bloggerdome roof until the Fall, we’re moving up construction to the Spring.
It’s not so good for you — and by ‘you,’ I mean those of you that don’t employ anyone in the Garden State — because I keep blogging about these new laws.
And today is no different. Continue reading
“How can the same s**t happen to the same guy twice?”
John McClain’s classic line from another classic Christmas movie, Die Hard 2, was the first thing that came to my mind after a story I read last week. Continue reading
You’ll never guess which state has joined NY and CA by banning grooming and hairstyle discrimination at work
Water is wet. Grass is green. And, yes, New Jersey remains the employee-rights capital of the East. Continue reading
Finally, the EEOC has come around on arbitration agreements as a condition of employment
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And it only took 22 years. Continue reading
Dammit! They’re practically twisting my arm to blog about union-related stuff.
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“So, Meyer thinks his organized-labor blog posts go over like wet farts, does he? Fam, let’s announce one — no, TWO HUGE DECISIONS in one day, and we’ll see how he gets around writing about them. That blogger nerd!” — National Labor Relations Board Chairman John F. Ring, probably.
This former employee who was fired for social media posts will get his job back. But, your employees probably won’t.
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She responded with words to the effect of, “When are employees going to learn that there is no such thing as free speech?”
Amen. Continue reading
Big changes may be coming to the way your business makes religious accommodations for employees
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On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it will revamp union-election rules to “better ensure the opportunity for litigation and resolution of unit scope and voter eligibility issues.” In other words, it’s a very employer-friendly move. You can read all about it here, here, here, here, and here.
But, a smart guy like me knows that union-themed blog posts generally go over like wet farts here. So, I’m going to pivot into discussing a Supreme Court filing last week from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that slipped under the radar. It’s one that could change the way businesses must make religious accommodations for employees in the workplace. Continue reading