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The Employer Handbook BlogFive fantastic resources to help your business address antisemitism in the workplace
I read a survey last night that blew my mind 🤯 Continue reading
Join us on 12/9/22 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: “In-House Counsel’s Workplace Dreams and Nightmares”
This may come as a surprise to some of you, but the in-house company lawyers don’t always see eye-to-eye with the HR professionals, supervisors, and employees whom they counsel.
And vice versa. Continue reading
Let’s rank the top Thanksgiving foods for 2022
Before you put away your robes and gavels, I need to judge one more thing: the annual Thanksgiving foods competition.
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82% of you wannabe judges disagreed with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
In yesterday’s blog post (and on LinkedIn), I asked you to adjudicate a white man’s discrimination claim. Continue reading
Are these two employees comparable? Today, you be the judge to help decide this discrimination case.
A white man who worked as a utility water meter reader sued his employer for racial discrimination after he was fired for inaccurately reporting homeowners’ water meters. Continue reading
Not one, but two Friday freebies (including FMLA/ADA tips and tricks on Zoom today at Noon ET!!!)
Well, if you count The Employer Handbook itself, which email gods magically deliver to blog subscriber email inboxes every weekday following weeknights where I haven’t had too many blog-inhibiting adult beverages, I’ve got three freebies today. Continue reading
President Biden is ready to sign a bipartisan bill ending certain sexual harassment NDAs
Democrats and Republicans don’t often see eye to eye on new employment legislation. Except, it seems, when Gretchen Carlson spearheads the effort to get these new bills passed. Continue reading
Here’s how an employer violated the FMLA and still won the interference claim
The complexities of the Family and Medical Leave Act can bollocks even multi-billion-dollar companies. But the case I’m going to tell you about today is a reminder that, at bottom, the FMLA is largely no-harm, non-foul. Continue reading
Rarely-performed duties can still be essential ones under the ADA
I have another HR tip related to yesterday’s blog post and accommodating employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act and what counts as an essential job function. Continue reading
Does the ADA force employers to allow employees with medical restrictions to overrule their doctors?
If you’re in Human Resources, you’ve probably dealt with this issue before. Continue reading