Wikirishiaacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By most reasonable accounts, this year has been one hot mess. Fortunately, I’m blessed to work at an amazing law firm, FisherBroyles. Last week, the prestigious Financial Times announced that we had been short-listed for its “Innovative Lawyers – North America” awards, in…
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Take a good hard look straight in the “I’s.” Do you like what you see?
Image Credit: Pxfuel.com Last Friday, I read an attorney’s status update on LinkedIn that asked a simple question, one which many of us often take for granted. “What is the cost of inaction?” As a lawyer, that really resonates. Inaction, and some other “I” words like indecision and inertia, are…
Free COVID-19 claims and lawsuits webinar? And a slide deck on EEO considerations too? I got you, fam!
Image by 政徳 吉田 from Pixabay Who loves you? Slide deck: A Return to Work from COVID-19: EEO and Other Employment Law Considerations – BOOM! Webinar: Covid-19 claims and lawsuits; Prepare your business today for potential lawsuits tomorrow – Let’s goooooooo! Plus, get 40 credits worth of HR virtual learning…
Can a business legally require face masks in the workplace? Would sarcasm change the answer?
Image by Hatice EROL from Pixabay Let’s find out… Face mask mandates have spawned a spate of lawsuits by patrons of restaurants and grocery stores. Are face mask mandates akin to “no shirt, no shoes, no service”? Or is there something more when requiring face masks? Shout out to Jelisa…
It’s a mini COVID-19 Q and A! (Before I see y’all on Zoom today at Noon EDT.)
Marcin Wichary / CC BY Before we see what’s in the mailbag, here’s your final reminder to register (here) for today’s free Zoom session at Noon EDT today with me and some of my friends from the EEOC. We’re going to be talking mediation, pro-tips, and the new pilot program.…
Businesses insisting on negative COVID-19 tests is, like, so three weeks ago.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed…
Bookmark This! How many employees must we have to be covered under certain employment laws?
Photo by Black ice from Pexels It’s one of the most common questions that I get from clients and readers. With so many employment laws out there, it’s not easy to keep track of what those laws say — let alone which ones you may have to follow. That’s why…
Looking for HR information on conducting workplace investigations? You’ve hit the MOTHERLODE!
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (https://photofunia.com/results/5da05f89089f7acb5a8b4590) Back in the early Summer of 2017, most of the experts — the pundits, if you will — were predicting that American businesses were not going to spend as much in 2018 on advice from employment law attorneys. Then, in September 2017, along came a guy…
So glad you asked. I’ll tell you all about my first year at FisherBroyles, the largest cloud-based law firm in the world.
“Eric, congratulations on the new gig with Fisher — it’s FisherBroyles, right?” they said with scrunched, skeptical faces that didn’t quite match their words of encouragement. I got a lot of that when, after 12 years at a large, traditional law firm, I catapulted to the first and largest full-service…
Bookmark and share: Lessons from an employment lawyer’s comeback from crippling mental health issues
Absolutely, Mark! I’m guilty. If you’ve seen me speak at HR events about the Family and Medical Leave Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act, you’ve probably heard me quip about employees seeking FMLA leave or leave from work as an ADA accommodation because work is stressing them out. Fortunately, the people…