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The Employer Handbook BlogNew Jersey joins the club of states with pay transparency laws.
Sorry, 50 Cent, not that club. Continue reading
Join us today at Noon ET on Zoom to learn how November’s election results may impact employment laws in 2025
In the wake of election results earlier this month that will result in a Republican president and a Republican-controlled Congress in 2025, it’s reasonable to expect some changes in employment law. Continue reading
Déjà vu all over again: a Texas federal judge erased the new OT rules nationwide
Wikipedia says that déjà vu is the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before. Last Friday, a Texas federal judge vacated a U.S. Department of Labor 2024 Rule that raised the minimum salary level to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules on July 1, 2024 (and would have done so again on January 1, 2025).
If this sounds familiar, it should. In 2016, a Texas federal judge did the same thing. Continue reading
Is a union trying to organize your workplace? Here are two common things companies can no longer do to stop it.
Within the past week, the National Labor Relations Board has reversed over 100 years of combined precedent with two decisions that will make it easier for unions to organize American workplaces. Continue reading
A coworker’s racist, sexist, and homophobic comments weren’t enough to create a hostile work environment. Here’s why.
Employers don’t have crystal balls.
Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed the well-settled rule that when one coworker accuses another of creating a hostile work environment, that claim will fail ten times out of ten unless the employer knew or should have known about the harassment but failed to take prompt and adequate remedial action. It’s otherwise known as respondeat superior liability.
A “Situations and Solutions Finder” to make ADA job accommodations easier to provide? Yes, please.
As a thank you to the many readers who provided me with stellar Dallas-area BBQ recommendations, like the one featured above from Hutchins BBQ in McKinney, I’m sharing a tool that the U.S. Department of Labor recently announced to provide workers with disabilities and employers ideas for workplace accommodations. Continue reading
Looking for Dallas-area BBQ recommendations for this weekend.
vxla from Chicago, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
I fear I have developed a reputation on this blog as a Dallas hater. This is not true. Not really. Continue reading
Join us on November 19 at Noon ET on Zoom for a look at how November’s election results may impact employment laws in 2025
After Tuesday, we have a newly elected Republican president, a Senate soon under Republican control, and a House of Representatives that could still hold a Republican majority. With those changes could come some corresponding shifts in employment law. Continue reading
When employees publicize their own confidential health information it’s no longer confidential.
I’ll go ahead and file this one under “duh.” Continue reading
Court to white plaintiff: diversity does not equal discrimination
An employer’s statements about a successful job candidate’s “minority status, the American Dream, and the value of diversity” were not enough to show that it discriminated against an unsuccessful white candidate, ruled a New Jersey federal court recently. Continue reading