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For real this time, the EEO-1 deadline is September 30, 2019. Seriously

Multiple reports (1, 2, 3), are confirming that District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled yesterday that the deadline for filing your EEO-1 filing will be September 30, 2019. (For more on this EEO-1 circus, click here.) That’s it. That’s all I’ve got for you today. Well, unless you like HR-compliance…

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The Supreme Court just buried class-action arbitration of employment claims*

Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5cc10d55846d7897318b4581) In 2010, the Supreme Court held in Stolt-Nielsen SA v. AnimalFeeds International that a court may not compel class-action arbitration when an arbitration agreement is silent on the availability of such arbitration. Last year, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court issued another employer-friendly…

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NYC is going to ban pre-employment marijuana drug screening. How do you feel about that?

User:Jennifer Martin [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsEarlier this week, the New York City Council approved this bill, which will make it unlawful for most NYC employers to require any job candidate to submit to testing for the presence of any tetrahydrocannabinols or marijuana in such prospective employee’s system as…

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Another New Jersey court weighs in on MedMar accommodations…and it’s WILD!

Image Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/marijuana-scales-legalization-drugs-2754249/) The case is called Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. So, yeah, it’s “Wild.” And so as not to bury the lede, the court concluded that the plaintiff, a medical marijuana user, could pursue discrimination claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the LAD) against his employer. …

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NJ is now THIS CLOSE to legalizing recreational marijuana. Here’s what that means for employers.

Evan-Amos [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBig news yesterday from the Garden State.  Governor Phil Murphy (D) announced that he had struck a deal with the leadership of both the state Senate and Assembly on to legalize recreational marijuana. From the press release, here are the broad details of the plan:…

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Your employee uses medical marijuana. Her drug test is positive. But, how do you know if she was high at work?

Image Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/marijuana-scales-legalization-drugs-2754249/) “Let’s see,” I said to myself. “I want to blog about this important, brand new medical marijuana employment law decision. This is a burgeoning area of the law, and this particular decision will enlighten my readers like few others I’ve written about.” “Yeah, but unless you…

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The Human Resources FMLA (and other questionable absences) Cheat Sheet for post-Super Bowl Monday

Teo’s89 [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia CommonsIn between placing prop bets on the Super Bowl  LIII Halftime Show (courtesy of SportsInteraction) — for entertainment purposes only, of course — I read on the AP News wire, “Super Bowl Fever May Sideline Record 17.2 Million Workers on Monday.” Are you ready for…

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Another court greenlights discrimination claims for a medical marijuana user fired for failing a drug test

By xrmap flag collection – Based on image from xrmap flag collection 2.7, colors from image at World Flag Database, Public Domain, Link In the United States, medical marijuana use is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. However, the laws governing the use of medical marijuana vary…

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Need a refresher on providing break time for nursing moms at work?

Beukbeuk [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsI’ve got you covered. According to a recent New York Times article, it is “common among American employers” for companies not to “provide hourly workers with break time and a private place to pump.” Employers that don’t allow new moms time to pump at work…

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A federal judge declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. In plain English, here’s what this means for your business.

Image Credit (AllThingsERISA.com) “I thought you said ‘plain English,’ Handbook!” I did, didn’t I? Well, there’s good news, and there’s even better news. The good news is that the image that goes with this blog post is the only legalese that you’ll get from me today. The better news is that…