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The Employer Handbook BlogYour FMLA notices may be defective if…
…they’re written in broken Ukrainian and sealed with a pink kiss. But, that’s another post for another day. Like tomorrow.
This, right here, is the LGBT-discrimination case for employers to watch
According to Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed.com (here), 128 members of Congress filed a brief in Christiansen v. Omnicom Group, Inc., urging the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to conclude the discrimination based on sexual orientation is sex discrimination and, therefore, violates Title VII.
So, yes, you should pay attention.
Quietly, the DOL jacks up penalties for willful overtime and minimum wage violations.
How was your Fourth of July weekend?
Did you knock your 5-year-old off of her scooter in the middle of Main Street to the shocked and judging, “Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs….” of spectators on both sides of the street with smartphones up capturing all of the parade action for posterity?
***checks YouTube again***
Well, neither did I.
Can you get fired for ripping French soccer players as poor tippers? Oui, but of course.
You may get your passport revoked if you hate on the free kick prowess of French soccer star, Dimitri Payet. Nasty!
But, if you work in a tipped position and you question the generosity of French soccer players when leaving gratuities, then, hasta luego. Not even the National Labor Relations Board can save you. Continue reading
Radical new bill could open the hostile work environment litigation floodgates
Or, as Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) proclaims in this press release for the introduction of the Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016, this legislation “restores workplace protections to ensure that Americans harassed on the job by their supervisors are treated fairly and receive the justice they deserve.”
It’s all in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.
***ducks Bernie Sanders paperweight***
These 4 recent revelations about employee use of social media may surprise you (or not)
Number 1: Eric often resorts to click-bait headlines, especially when his wife’s only post on this blog receives lots of hits and reader accolades. And, Eric’s only accolades sound something like, “Oh, in real life you’re not as short as I thought you’d be.”
Ok, that doesn’t count as a revelation.
How much time is there left for “Just In Time” scheduling? Maybe, not much.
Late last week, the District of Columbia advanced a bill aimed at ending “just in time” scheduling, where employers adjust employee work schedules for hourly workers — often within 24 hours or less — based on consumer demand.
EEOC reaches historic $200K settlement on its first sexual orientation bias lawsuit
Late last week, one of those lawsuits settled.
GUEST POST: Mrs. Meyer takes over The Employer Handbook
My husband asked me if I wanted to blog for him and I am really not sure why. My days consist of hearing things like, “knock knock”, “who’s there?”, “I eat mop” over and over again, not exactly scintillating fodder for an employment law blog. Continue reading
Can you fire someone for getting divorced? Once court says no.
In this unanimous 6-0 decision on Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that employers cannot let any of the following motivate an employment decision:
- being single;
- getting engaged;
- marriage;
- a break up;
- divorce; or
- recently widowed