Sometimes, when deciding whether to blog about a recent federal court decision, I skip the “Factual Background” section and go right to the “Discussion.” That’s where I usually find the most concise, “meat-and-bones” explanation of what the case is about. Continue reading
I like to tell people who will listen to me, which frequently isn’t even my kids, that I can go into most workplaces and sleuth out at least one wage-and-hour violation. Continue reading
On Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour — catch the replay here if you missed it — we talked about 2022 changes in the law that could impact 2023 updates to your employee handbook. One talked briefly about how the pendulum at the National Labor Relations Board is swinging back toward employee rights.
What I failed to mention was that, with that shift, the Board is taking an aggressive position on how employers — union or not — may have to make employees whole for violations of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but the COVID-19 pandemic has warped my sense of timing. Still, it seems like a lot happened in 2022 that warrants some discussion about how employers should revise their employee handbooks for 2023.
When I think of Pennsylvania, it’s the Liberty Bell, cheesesteaks, and that putrid football team from Pittsburgh with the fans that wave yellow towels.
I also think of employer-friendly employment laws.
But one of those associations may soon be eroding. (Spoiler alert: not my opinion of the hapless Steelers). Continue reading
A recent Eighth Circuit decision helps show how an employer can discharge its obligations to engage in the Americans with Disabilities Act interactive process in good faith. Continue reading
Probably a bad idea. Especially if defending U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuits isn’t your jam. Continue reading
Are you ready for the employment law changes that 2023 has in store for your company?
If you’ve been thinking about updating your employee handbook and onboarding documents but don’t know where to begin (or end), we’ve got you, fam.
Join me and my employment law partners, Christina Bost Seaton, Amy Epstein Gluck, and Sid Steinberg, on Friday, December 16, 2022, at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour: “The ESSENTIAL Employment Law Updates for 2023.”
I am so stoked for today’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour.
I’ll tell you why. Continue reading
Your tax dollars at work, folks. Well, technically, just those of us in New Jersey. Continue reading
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