That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” Let’s do an FMLA quiz. We know that an FMLA-eligible employee must check three boxes: Work at a location that…
A lesson on why it’s so important to tell it like it is when firing someone. “It’s not working out.” The plaintiff in McMullin v. Evangelical Services for the Aging (opinion here) began his job as CFO in March 2014. He was 63. Hired by the employer’s CEO, the plaintiff…
My decision to sit at the computer and begin blogging at 10:48 PM on a Sunday has backfired on me, for sure. This will teach me to go out for a few drinks after my kid’s soccer game. That is, on Friday before I left work I read this headline, “Transgender…
Ready, fire, aim. That’s the approach that many employers take when seeking to enforce a covenant not to compete with a former employee. Ready, fire, aim. When there’s a even a whisper that a former employee has gone to work for a competitor, the former employer often rushes into court,…
Like requesting swiss cheese on your cheesesteak — way to go John Kerry — pretty soon, asking about a candidate’s salary history will be verboten too. {cue music – soft / hard} Last week, Philadelphia City Council read and passed this bill, which will ban employers from inquiring about salary history, and…
What the heck do pistachios have to do with the Alternative Right also known as the “alt-right” or white nationalists? Well, multiple news outlets, Philly.com (here) among others, are reporting that Emily Youcis, better known to attendees of Philadelphia Phillies games as “Pistachio Girl,” is out of a job. According to…
When defending against a woman’s sexual harassment claim, I’ve found that “she was asking for it” is generally a bad defense. So bad, in fact, that you may just want to whip out the old checkbook instead. Another crappy one, apparently, is trying to convince a judge that an industrial…
Who is that striking Solomonic sartorialist at 0:57?
In 2001, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided Bibby v. Philadelphia Coca Cola Bottling Co. In Bibby, the Third Circuit could not have been clearer about whether federal anti-discrimination law made LGBT bias at work unlawful. “Title VII does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Congress has repeatedly…
Vomitous is a word, right? What is Facebook Live? Facebook Live permits anyone with a Facebook account to whip out their smartphone and broadcast video live to their Facebook friends and followers, each of whom receive a notification when the broadcast begins. For example, right from my desk in Philadelphia, I…