Mikhail Vasilyev, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Good questions; I thought maybe you knew. Ok, fine, I’ll tell you. It depends. Har de har har, Eric. You’re a funny lawyer guy! But, seriously, it does depend. Heck, I’d tell you the same thing if you were my client. And I’m not…
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shout out to the White House for providing plenty of blog fodder this week. On Tuesday, I told you about President Biden’s plan to unionize, like, everyone. Yesterday, the White House ordered that federal contractors…
medical record by BomSymbols from the Noun Project I’m filing today’s post under “FMLA: Back to Basics.” Let’s say that you have an employee who is out on leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act due to a serious health condition. You want a doctor to certify that s/he…
Chrisdesign, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I’m going to tell you about a Family and Medical Leave Act lawsuit that, IMHO, could have easily been avoided. But before I do that, in keeping with the theme of this post, I want to invite you to a special edition of The Employer…
Image by net workerz from Pixabay Apparently, her employer and the court thought so. That ominous sequence does not portend a successful FMLA lawsuit. Yet, that didn’t stop our plaintiff today from filing suit. Here are the underlying facts: The plaintiff asked her employer (the defendant) for permission to vacation…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Spoiler Alert: Not much. But, since President Biden’s signature later this week will be the finishing touch on making his American Rescue Plan law, I’ll break it down for you anyway. FFCRA remains voluntary. If your private-sector business has fewer than 500 employees, you can continue to…
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pregnant couple by b farias from the Noun Project Yesterday, I told you that a man couldn’t bring a pregnancy bias claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But, a bunch of you actual and aspiring employee-rights attorneys had ideas to prove me wrong. You…you’ve got…
Image by 1shortdesign from Pixabay A few weeks ago, one of the EEOC Commissioners asked me what more the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could do to assist the HR community. Right at the top of my list was a request for additional guidance on how businesses can help employees…
Last week, both the House and the Senate re-introduced two pieces of prior legislation. One would overhaul federal labor law — oh, is that all? The second is a new(ish) paid family leave bill that never made it to the President’s desk for signature. But, this time around, with the…