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If you operate a business in the New England region, maybe cut your employees a little slack on the FMLA call-outs today. Just sayin’. I’ll be back with something a little more employment-law related tomorrow.  

The pool office. I died just a little.

Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/shaking-hands-handshake-hands-3091908/) Did you know that, for the past ten years, I have served as a volunteer mediator in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Program? Separately, I’m also a private mediator, where I specialize in helping parties resolve all sorts of employment cases. Often, I’m called upon before arbitration or…

By late! [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLast Friday, I blogged about CareerBuilder’s Survey of bizarre excuses for being late to work. And, don’t get me wrong, there were some good ones in there (e.g., “I was here, but I fell asleep in the parking lot.”), but I had a sneaking…

Hey, I was going to have a big recap of yesterday’s public hearing on harassment and sexual misconduct in the workplace at which I testified before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee. There’s a lot to discuss, maybe too much for a blog post. So, I plan to write a longer article…

chris 論 [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia CommonsI can always count on CareerBuilder to help lighten the mood around here with some good fodder for a Friday post. Last month, CareerBuilder released the survey results from “This Year’s Most Bizarre Excuses for Being Late to Work.” Before I…

Hey, thanks for asking! In a word: Hella-good. Unless that’s two words, in which case, I’ll go with awesome!!! My partners are more amazing than I could have imagined! Last month, in this post, I detailed four of the reasons that I joined FisherBroyles, LLP, one of which was that…

Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/office-freelancer-computer-business-583841/) After all that’s happened in my professional career over the past several days — you can catch up here and here —  I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you, the readers. You have uplifted me with your positivity and support. I deeply appreciate every, single…

Today is my first day at FisherBroyles, LLP. [If you missed “Thank You (Part I),” Friday’s tribute to my former colleagues at Dilworth Paxson, you check it out here.] I have so much to tell you about this exciting opportunity with FisherBroyles, and my reasons for joining this cutting-edge law…

Photo by Jasmine Wallace from Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-blur-bokeh-bright-613321/ Today is my last day at Dilworth Paxson LLP. For just over 12 years, Dilworth Paxson has been my home. (It’s ok Millenials. Just breathe.) I gave notice to the firm a few weeks ago that I’d be resigning. During that meeting with our…