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Girl Scout Cookies and Employment Law – Almost Everything That HR Needs To Know

January 25, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Won’t you help little Ivy Meyer achieve her Girl Scout Cookies sales goal?

It’s that time of year again.

Coworkers have begun bombarding you with requests to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. So, in that spirit, let’s tackle:

Whether unions will start organizing your workplace if you relax your no-solicitation policy to allow employees to sell Girl Scout Cookies;
Can employees use your email system to proselytize if co-workers use it to sell Girl Scout Cookies; and
A bonus discrimination case involving the sale of Girl Scout Cookies gone terribly wrong.

Overtime: Two legal actions to reverse the outcome of the Saints-Rams NFC Championship Game

January 24, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Warning: This post has nothing to do with employment law. However, it is about the law and football. And, we’ll all have a good laugh about it. Continue reading

The NLRB may exterminate Scabby The Rat, and I have mixed feelings about that.

January 23, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yep, that’s me about eight years ago posing with my first-born and an inflatable rat.

His name is Scabby. The rat, that is. And he may be going away for good soon.

Another court greenlights discrimination claims for a medical marijuana user fired for failing a drug test

January 22, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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In the United States, medical marijuana use is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. However, the laws governing the use of medical marijuana vary from state to state. Continue reading

Workplace lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Continue reading

“Hold our drink, feds.” New Jersey strikes deal for $15 minimum wage

January 18, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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On Wednesday, I blogged about how Democrats in the U.S. Senate were introducing a new bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour.

Yesterday, the State of New Jersey completed a roadmap to a $15/hr minimum wage in the Garden State. Continue reading

How can HR convince the C-Suite to purchase anti-harassment training in 2019?

January 17, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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It’s easier than you think. But, you need to speak the right language.

And that language is money. Continue reading

New $15 minimum wage bill will be introduced in the Senate today.

January 16, 2019 | by Eric B. Meyer

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For nearly ten years, from September 1, 1997 through July 23, 2007, the federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour. Three times in the following two years, the minimum wage rose, settling in at $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. The minimum wage has remained $7.25 since then.

That might change soon. Continue reading