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FREE WEBINAR and CLE: “Check-In: EEOC, DOL and NLRB Compliance—A Labor and Employment Law Roundtable” [June 6, 2018, 2-3 pm EDT]
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The session, entitled “Check-In: EEOC, DOL and NLRB Compliance—A Labor and Employment Law Roundtable,” features an all-star panel of lawyers* and will explore each federal agency’s current compliance environment, enforcement priorities, practical guidelines for navigating difficult compliance issues and best practices. Continue reading
Eric, can I get a simple breakdown of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on class-action waivers?
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Sorry, Busta Rhymes. You don’t get a “celebrity exception” for settling your wage-and-hour claim
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When parties agree to resolve these claims as part of litigation, two things often happen:
- A court must approve the settlement; and
- The settlement agreement becomes public; i.e., no confidentiality.
Recently, Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. and the other parties to an FLSA action requested that a New York federal court relax the publicity rules by creating a “celebrity exception.”
Oh, you don’t know Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.?
That’s Busta Rhymes!
Another court holds mistaken discrimination is unmistakably illegal
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Goddammit! Like three-quarters of you have already clicked away.
The rest of you, stick with me, I’m building to a crescendo.
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Fore-get it! Court slices plaintiff’s FMLA claim based on Facebook pics of him at a golf course
Santeri Viinamäki [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons
Neither did lying about sleeping at work despite photographic evidence to the contrary.
Filed under: “WTH Dude!”
What does the ADA say about employees who use prescription drugs to treat drug addiction?
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I wonder how many burritos a former Chipotle GM accused of stealing $626 can buy with her $7.97 million jury award
Spoiler alert: A lot.
Yep, last Thursday, a California jury awarded $7.97 million to a woman who claimed that he employer fired her in retaliation for claiming workers’ compensation benefits.
And even though the case settled on Monday, while you were getting your blockchain on, I think that the plaintiff can spring for extra guac…for all of us. Continue reading
What HR needs to know about blockchain. Or, put another way, HR needs to know about blockchain.
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You’ve heard of the blockchain, right?
But, if I asked you to explain it to me, half you would say, “Yeah, dude. Bitcoin.” The other half, well, I’m thinking I’d get something like this…
Don’t worry.
In this post, I’m going to turn you into a blockchain expert. Or, at least expert enough to hold a blockchain conversation during a 30-second elevator ride.
Heck, I’ll even share some HR applications to make you the envy of all your friends at the next local SHRM Chapter meeting. Continue reading
I’m gonna throw a little employment law at this Matt Patricia – Detroit Lions Sexual Assault saga
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Maybe, Lions ownership missed Super Bowl LII and the 41 points that the Philadelphia Eagles dropped on Mr. Patricia’s garbage Patriots defense.
Oh, sorry.
The Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LII victory over the New England Patriots, which gave the Eagles one more Super Bowl win (1) than the Dallas Cowboys have total playoff wins in the last 20 years (0), is not the point of this post.
The point is that, on Wednesday, Robert Snell of the Detroit News reported (here) that Mr. Patricia was indicted for aggravated sexual assault in 1996, something missed in the Lions background check.
And the real question is… Continue reading