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Who was the worst employer of 2020? Place your vote!

Wikirishiaacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By most reasonable accounts, this year has been one hot mess. Fortunately, I’m blessed to work at an amazing law firm, FisherBroyles. Last week, the prestigious Financial Times announced that we had been short-listed for its “Innovative Lawyers – North America” awards, in…

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Can your state require you to get the COVID-19 vaccine? At least one has a pending bill…

Image by Liz Masoner from Pixabay Enough with the “Can companies require employee COVID-19 vaccinations?” articles already! Yes, they probably can, subject to disability and religious accommodations. But, what if, instead of an employer mandating vaccinations, an entire state did so for nearly all of its residents? No, I wasn’t…

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Which of these 32 items on your Thanksgiving Dinner Table reigns supreme?

Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay Traditionally, on the day before Thanksgiving, I release my list of the top Thanksgiving foods. But we’re doing things a little differently this year. It all began when I heard that Whole Foods retired my favorite Sweet Potato and Marshmallow Casserole, which I dominate…

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Lawsuit: Company managers wagered on how many employees will get coronavirus

Image Credit: Photofunia.com Imagine if one of your plant managers organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19. That’s one of the scandalous allegations in a pair of amended complaints filed in federal court last week. You…

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The “Halloween in the Workplace” HR-compliance post for 2020 feels a little different this year

Alexas Fotos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Ordinarily, this is that time of year when I recycle an old Halloween post and ensure that the best blog readers in the world are prepared for the employees that exercise poor judgment when reporting to work on Halloween. Instead, I’m building a slingshot…

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Rapping about an unemployment benefits scam does not enrapture the U.S. Department of Justice.

By Employment Development Department – Public Domain, Link Maybe Fontrell Antonio Baines, 31, who uses the stage name “Nuke Bizzle,” took it one teensy step too far. Late last week, the US. Department of Justice announced here that it had arrested and charged Mr. Baines for a scheme to fraudulently…