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The Employer Handbook BlogThe most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020
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For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire.
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Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST
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The nerds, err, readers have spoken! I’ll see you on Zoom on Wednesday (12/30) at Noon Eastern.
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Yesterday, I put out some feelers — Title VII friendly ones — to gauge interest in hosting āThe Employer Handbook Office Hoursā on Zoom tomorrow. And I was overwhelmed by the reader emails, fresh-baked cookies, and cryptocurrency. So, we’re on for tomorrow at Noon EST.Ā Continue reading
Last night, President Trump signed the COVID-19 stimulus package into law after all.
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I love my blog readers, but clients get the concierge treatment with daily blog posts and weekly email updates. Last night’s client email update included the news that President Trump had just signed the legislation about which I blogged here and here last week.
Heads up! The DOL wants new rules for tipped employees, including tip pools with the back of the house.
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If you operate a restaurant or other establishment with tipped employees, the odds are that wage and hour laws have not been your top priority in 2020 — as opposed to, say, staying afloat.
It’s been a tough year. Continue reading
Actually, the FFCRA may sunset for ALL employees on December 31, 2020 after allš³š²š±
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Remember yesterday, when I told you that the House had passed a bipartisan bill that would allow businesses to voluntarily provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave in Q1 of 2021? And then the Senate approved the same measure by a 92-8 vote.
And all that was left was for President Trump to sign this monster 5,593-page bill into law.
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Congress won’t make employers provide FFCRA leave in 2021. But, you can if you want (and get tax credits).
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
Perhaps, you’ve heard of it. Continue reading
Man pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charges after lying to his employer about having COVID-19
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Back in the Spring, I blogged here about an Atlanta man charged with wire fraudĀ for misrepresenting to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
Pink slips for seven plant managers who ran bets on how many employees would get COVID-19
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So, did you vote in Jon Hyman’s Worst Employers of 2020 poll?
I would have voted for the company accused of having plant managers that organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
“Let’s upstage The Employer Handbook by releasing our vaccine guidance” — EEOC, possibly
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Approximately 6 hours and 37 minutes after my blog post yesterday about “Preparing for Exceptions To Your Businessās COVID-19 Vaccine Program” went live, I received an email from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
It read something like this: Continue reading