whistleblower by Lorie Shaull from the Noun Project Often, readers of the blog will email me recent blogworthy HR news. Occasionally, an attorney will send me a favorable decision that s/he obtained for a client on an employment law topic that may interest readers of this blog. Today, that’s what…
Image by thedarknut from Pixabay Last week, I wrote here about how the CDC had changed its guidance on COVID-19 close contact. As a result, lots of state and local guidance became misaligned with the federal change. But now they’re catching up. For example, Sara Satullo at LehighValleyLive.com reports here…
Amy and Eric are talking COVID-19 and Thanksgiving on YouTube. Only in 2020… I had intended to keep the typing to a minimum today by sending you over to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel, where I posted this video in which my colleague, Amy Epstein Gluck, and I tried to…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Just about the only folks guaranteed to get paid in an employment discrimination case are the lawyers. Employers generally pay the lawyers representing them by the hour. Conversely, employee-rights attorneys generally representing plaintiffs in these types of cases do so on a contingency basis, meaning…
Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pennsylvania businesses with employees who report to the office will need to update their workplace policies in light of some new rules effective this week. On Tuesday, Dr. Rachel Levine announced (here) several new COVID-19 restrictions, two of…
Image by 政徳 吉田 from Pixabay Who loves you? Slide deck: A Return to Work from COVID-19: EEO and Other Employment Law Considerations – BOOM! Webinar: Covid-19 claims and lawsuits; Prepare your business today for potential lawsuits tomorrow – Let’s goooooooo! Plus, get 40 credits worth of HR virtual learning…
Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay Well, that depends. 😉 It depends on the state in which you are employed. Some states haven’t legalized medical marijuana. So, you’re SOL if you work in one of them. Others that have legalized medical marijuana have clear laws that permit employees fired for having…
vargas2040, Cropped by OsamaK / CC BY-SA You get emergency paid sick leave! You get emergency paid sick leave! You get emergency paid sick leave! Ok, so maybe Oprah had nothing to do with Public Health Emergency Leave, a bill that provides up to two weeks of paid sick leave…
Paul Sherlock / CC BY-SA Yesterday, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued this 66-page blockbuster decision, in which he concluded, among other things, that Governor Wolf violated the United States Constitution with orders closing “non-life-sustaining” businesses otherwise and directing Pennsylvanians to stay at home. A 66-page opinion does not lend itself to…
Chris Potter / CC BY An employer may find itself in hot water for firing an employee absent with COVID-19 symptoms — even a low-grade fever — regardless of whether s/he is eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. How do I know this? Well, the other…