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The Employer Handbook BlogToday at the Supreme Court, LGBT rights at work take center stage.
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It’s been a while since the Supreme Court weighed in on a big-time employment-law issue. That’s about to change.
8 examples of employee retaliation claims that courts reject.
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Retaliation is one of the most common employment claims pursued in court. Indeed, it’s the #1 claim individuals make at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
An employer trolled a job candidate’s bikini photo on Instagram and it backfired HORRIBLY
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Many of you have Googled or otherwise searched for a job candidate online before extending an official offer. I imagine that there were times that you found something objectionable that caused you to reconsider the offer.
But, how many of you have actually gone so far as to publicize your selection process on social media and shame the candidate? Continue reading
NJ issues “Guidance on Race Discrimination Based on Hairstyle”
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Just before Christmas last year, a referee in a high school wrestling match in New Jersey told an African-American wrestler that he must cut his dreadlocks or forfeit the match. This made national news.
ICYMI: Here’s a link to yesterday’s FMLA and workers’ compensation webinar. It’s free!
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Whether you were celebrating the second day of Rosh Hashanah, otherwise too busy at work, or love relistening to FMLA webinars, check out a recording of the webinar I presented with a few others yesterday for the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC). Continue reading
No, a late request for a workplace accommodation doesn’t excuse prior performance issues
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Often, when I present at HR events on reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, I’m asked about how to deal with disciplining employees who wait until after the performance issues arise and the progressive discipline follows to request an accommodation.
Specifically, do you have to excuse prior performance issues that may have been disability-related? The answer was no.
And based on this federal court opinion I read recently, the answer is still no. Continue reading
Because even Al Capone had to pay his taxes on illicit income
Let’s assume that you run a business that may operate illegally under federal law. Continue reading
When is a hostile work environment not a hostile work environment?
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(Eric, have you been drinking Peach Schnapps again?) Continue reading
Let’s have date, you and I. Actually, how about two?
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Please don’t tell my wife. Continue reading
The DOL final overtime rule is out today. Here is what employers need to know now.
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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced here that it will issue a final overtime rule today. Most notably, the DOL is updating the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees (EAPs) from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.
Below, I’ll address that new salary level and just about everything else that employers need to know about this new rule: Continue reading