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The Employment Law Blog Carnival: Instagram Edition #ELBC
If a picture says a thousand words, then my editors are going to be hella-mad at me.
After the jump, it’s the best of the employment law blogosphere told through the eyes of Instagram.
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NJ Gov. Christie vetoes bill to protect unemployed job hunters
A bill that would have made it illegal for New Jersey companies to refuse to hire a job candidate because of his/her employment status is dead for now. Find out why after the jump…
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NLRB may encourage your employees to file OSHA, FLSA claims too
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued this memorandum in which it has instructed regional offices to encourage employees to file complaints with the United States Department of Labor if the the regional NLRB office “believes that an employer may have violated a substantive or anti-retaliation provision of [OSHA] or the FLSA.”
Remember that the National Labor Relations Act covers more than just unionized employers and workplace. For example, many of the social media cases involving the NLRB that you may have read about actually involve non-union workplaces. So, if you haven’t gotten the message already, this NLRB initiative is another wake-up call to get your house in order.
Otherwise, you may have multiple federal agencies up in your business.
This may be the worst lie ever told on a resumé. Like ever.
I was reading this recent CareerBuilder survey, which reports that 58% of employers have caught a lie on a resumé. (Most popular lie: skills embellishment).
As, CareerBuilder is apt to do, the survey contained a section of some of the most outlandish lies ever caught on a resumé.
Some that made that list include: Applicant included job experience that was actually his father’s. Meh.
NJ Gov. Christie signs ban-the-box legislation
Come January 1, most NJ employers will no longer be able to ask about an applicant’s criminal record during the initial employment application process.
That’s right.
Ban the box will be b-b-b-b-banned in the Garden State!
More on the new law after the jump…
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An employer-defendant argued that cancer — CANCER!!! — is not an ADA disability
How do you think that worked out? (I’ve got a pretty good guess too).
After the jump, let’s see if we’re right.
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New Hampshire becomes the latest state to pass a social media workplace law
And I’m speaking today on social media in the workplace at the 2014 EEOC Excel Conference
Everything’s coming up Milhouse.
More on the former (and a little about the latter) after the jump…
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FMLA 101: Don’t make an employee work during leave. Just don’t.
Really. It’s a bad idea.
Like my youngest son using chopsticks and a fork at the same time to eat pho.
Ok, not that bad. But, definitely blogworthy.
More on this HR lesson after the jump…
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Court says having to pee uncontrollably is not an ADA disability
Talk about a pissed-off plaintiff.
I’ll be here all week. (Thank God it’s Friday).
More on this interesting Americans with Disabilities Act decision after the jump…
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