Articles Posted in January, 2018

Hey Handbook! Do we have to let our employee bring his emotional-support peacock to work?

January 31, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you? Continue reading

Plaintiff’s discrimination claim foiled by Instagram filters

January 30, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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HR compliance has evolved from FMLA facebook posts to 16 shades of Instagram hair. Continue reading

A lesson on workplace drug testing and opioids

January 25, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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One of your potential hires just completed a five-panel drug test as a condition of employment, and he tested positive for opioids.

What do you do?

Will the Supreme Court sip from the FMLA ‘Holy Grail’?

January 24, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Okayyyyyy!

Oh, hold up. Not that Holy Grail. Continue reading

My list of most likely candidates to take an FMLA day in Philly yesterday #FlyEaglesFly

January 23, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

Image Credit: Jack Kurzenknabe on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/painting-with-pixels/11354248055)

I teased it yesterday when I speculated that Monday may be a pretty big Family and Medical Leave Act day around Philadelphia.

To back up my hypothesis, I scoured Twitter and YouTube for some likely candidates.

I hope that you have fun with this. (I, for one, may have peed a little).

What makes for good headlines isn’t necessarily unlawful harassment

January 22, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Last week, I was debating whether to do an Aziz Ansari post. But, then I read my buddy Robin Shea’s post at Employment & Labor Insider. She nailed it, of course.

So, I’m going to take a different angle on something that’s not workplace harassment either. Continue reading

Get ready PA employers! Governor Tom Wolf just proposed an overtime overhaul.

January 19, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Who is still breathing a sigh of relief that the proposed U.S. Department of Labor overtime rules never took effect?

Not so fast Pennsylvania employers.

You may want to take a deep breath and start clutching your pearls. Continue reading

New Jersey’s new governor wastes no time going after equal pay and gender equity issues.

January 18, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Well, that sure was fast.

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