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What one employment-law question would you ask Paul Ryan?
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner.
Monday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Here are the questions I asked President Obama, Mitt Romney, and Vice President Biden.
And here’s my question for Rep. Paul Ryan:
What one employment-law question would you ask Joe Biden?
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner.
Monday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Here are the questions I asked President Obama and Mitt Romney.
And here’s my question for Vice President Biden:
What one employment-law question would you ask Mitt Romney?
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner.
Yesterday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Click here to see the softball that I tossed President Obama.
Let’s see if I can raise my game for Mitt Romney:
What one employment-law question would you ask President Obama?
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner.
Back in 2008, around this time, employment-law blogger Daniel Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog rounded up some other bloggers to pose hypothetical debate questions to the ’08 candidates for President and Vice President.
Four years later, Dan has resurrected this successful series and asked yours truly to join in. Today, the question goes to President Obama:
Telecommuting as an ADA accommodation: Maybe; maybe not
Much has been written lately in the blawgosphere about telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for qualifying disabled employees.
Last month, Jon Hyman posted (here) about this case, in which a federal court in Ohio held that telecommuting may be a reasonable accommodation based on the unique facts concerning the employee and the workplace — and that issue was up to a jury to determine.
Earlier this month, I came across another case (EEOC v. Ford Motor Co.), in which a Michigan federal court also recognized that telecommuting may be a reasonable accommodation. However, unlike the prior Ohio decision, the Michigan court recognized that there are some telecommuting arrangements that are just so impractical that no jury would conclude that telecommuting is a reasonable accommodation.
NLRB’s 1st social media ruling: Slams Costco policy; greenlights defamation
It’s been a while since I’ve addressed social media policies and the National Labor Relations Act on this blog. Longer than Kim K’s marriage to what’s his name? Indeed. Methinks things at the National Labor Relations Board have been quiet lately. Maybe a little too quiet.
And then…
Click..click…BOOM! [Cue music]
Earlier this month, for the first…time…evah, the NLRB weighed in on the validity of an employer’s social media policy.
I know. I know. Sit down, catch your breath. This is big stuff! Big stuff!!! Mmmm…double stuf. And speaking of Oreos, have you seen these bad-boys? Who wants to send me a package for Halloween?
Wait! What were we talking about again? Was it fantasy football? Should I start Martellus Bennett tonight?
No, it was NLRB. Dang! What did the NLRB decide about social media policies? WHAT OF SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES!?!? I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. Hit the jump and find out!
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That moment right before the pain begins: an EEOC subpoena
Back in July, I blogged here about a federal appellate court recently emphasizing just how broad the subpoena power of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission really is. [Editor’s Note: the technical legal term is “crazazy broad”]
Last Friday, as I was hosting the weekly dip-spit distance shot organizing my office, I saw this opinion from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals which further underscored just how far and deep the EEOC’s outstretched hand can go into your business.
Yeah, you, dude! The one who is not accused of discriminating against anyone, but who may have information relating to a pending EEOC investigation.
What’s in store if you are on the receiving end of that subpoena? Find out after the jump…
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Want 5 court-approved workplace anti-harassment tips? Read this…
You’ve got an anti-harassment policy. All managers and employees have copies and you just completed training on the policy for your entire workforce.
Sweet!
But is your policy bulletproof? I mean really bulletproof?
And if an employee claims that a harasser lurks in your workplace, if sued, will a court agree that the steps you have taken were reasonably designed to end the harassment?
Just how confident are you?
After the jump, some not so obvious pitfalls from a recent federal-appellate-court decision and six ways (5 from the court; 1 from me) to help you stay legal and out of the courtroom.
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GUEST POST: Hiring obstacles that the web poses to college grads
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Lauren Bailey. Lauren is a freelance writer currently writing for bestcollegesonline.com. Among her preferred topics to cover, Lauren loves to write about higher education, tech in the classroom, and the college experience in general. Feel free to email her some comments!
(Want to guest blog at The Employer Handbook? Email me.)
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