Back in the Summer, during one of my rare deviations from blogging about COVID-19, I slipped in a post about a bipartisan effort in Congress to end the forced arbitration of sexual assault and sexual harassment claims. Six months later, there are some real signs that this Bill will make…
I really wanted to blog about the policemen who got fired for catching Pokémon rather than criminals. But, sigh, I’ll save that for a future blog post. Instead, I’ll share some scoop from Eleanor Mueller at Politico, who reports here that three separate sources have confirmed that the White House…
Freepik, Vital Gorbachev, Smashicons edited by Bruce The Deus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If your company makes its employees sign arbitration agreements, then this post is for you. The rest of you can get an early start on happy hour find something else to read while sipping your…
CommunistSquared, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Greetings from Seattle. Before I begin my day of **checks notes** culture and refinement, I figured I’d blog first about this recent opinion from a federal court in Pennsylvania. It involves an individual — let’s just call him “Plaintiff” — who claimed that his former…
Image Credit: Robert Couse-Baker on Pxhere.com I’m willing to bet that, somewhere in your handbook, most of you have a section on military or USERRA leave. USERRA protects service members’ reemployment rights when returning from a service period in the uniformed services, including those called up from the reserves or…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay On Friday, the New York State Bar Association announced its recommendation that every employer in the state require that all workers get vaccinated for COVID-19, except those with legitimate medical conditions or religious concerns. In its August Report the NYSBA takes it a few steps…
Image by Brett Hondow from Pixabay Earlier in the week, you may have heard the news about a company assessing unvaccinated employees a $200 surcharge to offset the rising costs of health insurance attributable to COVID-19. On Wednesday, I spoke with 6abc Action News about the, err, news. Jon Hyman…
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay A little Thursday lesson on the importance of consistency, precise language, and following your rules. But before I do that, might you be interested in “Everything HR Ever Wanted to Know about Mandating COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Workplace“? If learning more about religious accommodations, booster…
Yesterday, I asked, “Will your business mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees?” Fortunately, no one went as far into the deep end as the gentleman whom Chris Cuomo interviewed on CNN 🤯. Otherwise, the poll results were about as I expected. Here they are: 6.7% – We already do 14% –…
Image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay Last week, I read the news that Sha’Carri Richardson, one of the favorites to win Olympic gold for the United States in the women’s 100-meter dash, was suspended for a month for testing positive for marijuana. As a management-side…