Image Credit: Photofunia.com To be honest, I expected that if I ever made the marquee, it would be for other reasons. Like being an animated co-star in a reboot of The Simpsons Movie. But, I’m a little punchy from reading literally 500-1000 reader questions for today’s chat, so I’ll take…
tEvan-Amos / Public domain But, first, thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday for the Facebook Live / Zoom chat to discuss the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and other COVID-19 workplace issues. ICYMI, we did record the session. I’ve got audio here and my handsome talking mug here.…
EmmanuelCordoliani / CC BY-SA Over the weekend, we got news that federal emergency paid sick leave is coming, with significant changes to FMLA too. Yesterday, I broke it down in plain English for you. Today at noon Eastern, I’m going on Facebook Live (here) and, by reader request, Zoom (here,…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com What a week it was! I spent it providing coronavirus counseling out the wazoo, while reading more COVID-19 legal updates than I thought were possible, including me posting on Saturday. Saturday!?! But, ICYMI, just after midnight on Saturday, the House passed a revised version of the Families First…
Late last night, the House passed a revised version of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act with approval from President Trump. The FMLA changes are in “Division C,” starting on page 27. Emergency Paid Sick Leave is in “Division E,” starting on page 46. On Monday, I will post a…
Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image’s Commons talk page or my English Wikipedia talk page; I’ll know about it a lot faster) / Public domain We’re taking HUGE here. Yesterday, I detailed (here) the latest news on the push for paid…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com We’ve got a lot to discuss. On Monday, I wrote (here) about proposed federal legislation mandating paid sick leave, where workers would accrue seven days of paid sick leave and immediately provide 14 additional days when there is a public health emergency. However, Dave Jamieson writing at…
pect losesis part Image Credit: Photofunia.com (https://photofunia.com/results/5e656316846d7826618b45a7) You read it here first. Or, maybe second, because Cristina Marcos at TheHill (here) had the scoop on Friday evening: Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Friday that would require all employers to grant workers paid sick days in light of…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. [cue music] If you require your employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, and those arbitration agreements force employees to waive their rights to assert claims together as part…
Stefan Scheer [CC BY-SA]According to a recent survey, 17.5 million American workers may be skipping work today, the day after the Super Bowl. About 6 in 10 of those employees had their Monday absence pre-approved. So, at least you can plan for that. But, what about the other 6-or-so million?…