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The Employer Handbook BlogEric, you forgot to tell us if ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie.
Gosh, in all the excitement of switching and starting a new law firm, I totally forgot to post the poll results from “Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie?”
Even with DIRECT EVIDENCE of discrimination, the employee’s race bias lawsuit was DOA
I’m not the biggest fan of progressive discipline policies, which can often be too restrictive. Plus, deviations and inconsistencies in their application are ammunition for a plaintiff claiming discrimination to get to trial. But, when companies apply these policies to the letter, they create a formidable defense to these claims.
Here’s your annual reminder not to misjudge and stereotype when employees with disabilities may be a “direct threat” to others.
You’re not a doctor.
(Unless you’re a doctor.)
So don’t act like one when deciding which of your employees may be a direct threat to others at work.
(Unless you like defending Americans with Disabilities Act claims). Continue reading
New employment laws may not just expose employers to liability; they may double it!
Among the top employment issues that companies will need to navigate in 2024 is enforcing laws that have more recently taken effect.
What’s next? I’m a founding partner of one of the largest law firm launches in American legal history.
I am thrilled to share that I am one of the founding partners of a new, technology-driven, full-service law firm called Pierson Ferdinand, LLP.
These were the most read posts of 2023. Plus, a MAJOR announcement coming on Friday…
“You keep reading; I’ll keep writing.”
Nine times out of ten, that’s how I close my replies to readers of this blog who email me. Continue reading
Employers, here are 110,759 reasons why you’re not the religion police.
Since only the real ones are reading the blog this week, I must confess that it would be cool to patrol the office halls with a fake badge I ordered from Amazon to restore order and HR compliance to the workplace.
But policing religion is where I must draw the line. Continue reading
Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie?
For a minute there, I thought about blogging today about the Supreme Court employment law outlook for 2024. But that can wait.
