Image by 15675001 from Pixabay Just as I was settling in on Friday evening for a well-deserved lime rickey, I got an email from the U.S. Department of Labor. The email was part of a press release, in which the DOL announced that it had posted revisions to its regulations interpreting…
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It may not be legal now to fire an at-will employee who misses work with a fever.
Chris Potter / CC BY An employer may find itself in hot water for firing an employee absent with COVID-19 symptoms — even a low-grade fever — regardless of whether s/he is eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. How do I know this? Well, the other…
Court: Free speech may protect city employee’s Facebook post about wanting to kill Tamir Rice
Image Credit: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net License: CC0 Public Domain I’ve said many times before on this blog that employees always have the right to freedom of speech — even on social media. But, words have consequences. And no law guarantees the right to continued employment. But, there are limited exceptions to that…
Is PPP new and improved in the new Senate stimulus package? Let’s find out…
image via Peakpx After several days of recording videos, and a few too many comments about my mustache, I’m going to give my index fingers some exercise today for this blog post. Pour yourself a double ☕ with an extra shot of 5-Hour Energy, because we’re talking PPP and Senate…
Did I ever tell you about the employee that called the owner a “f***ing crook”?
ts that ould notImage by kdbcms from Pixabay He called him an “***hole” and “stupid” too. Then, he told the owner that nobody liked him, everyone talked about him behind his back, and even threatened that the owner would regret firing him if he did. Sure enough, the company violated…
We interrupt this mediation discussion for a NEW Supreme Court employment discrimination decision!
Public Domain, Link I know I said that I would post a mediation video today. But, give me a rain check on that, and I think that I can do you one better. If you would be interested in an upcoming Zoom with me and a member of the EEOC…
Where do you draw the line on employee social media content? How about violent threats?
Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay Both a Harvard graduate and a police detective who supported the recent Black Lives Matter protests appear to be finding out the hard way that posting violent threats on social media, even if in jest, can end up costing a job. “The next person…
It’s July 1. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! ⚾💰⚾💰
By Metsfan84, CC BY 3.0, Link Between us friends, tell me. What’s the biggest severance that you’ve ever paid to an underperforming employee? I ask this question because, today, the New York Mets are paying $1,193,248.20 to a former third baseman named Bobby Bonilla. Casual baseball fans may not remember…
Can you fire an employee who knowingly comes to the office with COVID-19?
oImage by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay TL;DR – Damn skippy, you can. Do you guys read “Ask a Manager” by Allison Green? It’s a fantastic HR blog where readers submit questions — some real zany ones — to Allison for her input. Yesterday, I noticed that a reader had asked for…
My employee doesn’t feel safe at work and wants to know if s/he can collect unemployment instead.
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay If you haven’t had this conversation yet with one of your current or furloughed employees, you inevitably will. So, what do you say? Well, I can’t begin to give you the rules for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. But, I can…