Roman Oleinik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons If this isn’t karma, friends, I don’t know what is. Hold for a sec. Before blogging about the height of passive-aggressive behavior backfiring, let me click “refresh” on the Supreme Court’s website to see if we have a decision in the OSHA…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decision last week to shorten its recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods to five days for asymptomatic individuals (followed by masking for five more days) did not go over well with many folks. The CDC changed the rule because “science demonstrat[es] that the majority…
It depends. ‘¯\_(ツ)_/¯’ What happened? According to the British Tabloids, several people dining together contributed $100 each following dinner at a restaurant for the two waitresses who served the group. The tips totaled $4,400. Apparently, one of the diners envisioned having a “$100 club” during the pandemic and called the…
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay Last week, business groups asked the White House to delay President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees “until after the holiday season.” Also, last week, labor unions asked the White House for additional worker protections beyond mandatory vaccinations. By…
Image by S K from Pixabay Technically, Pennsylvania is a Commonwealth. But that’s not really the point of this post. So, I’ll digress. I tend to overuse the phrase “your mileage may vary” on this blog. Often, I use it when comparing the laws of different states. But, I also…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Since taking office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has committed to battling worker misclassification, i.e., treating employees as independent contractors. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can deprive workers of wages and benefits and also have tax ramifications too. In 2018, New Jersey teamed up with the U.S.…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Let’s face it. Unlike its neighbor, New Jersey, a/k/a the California of the East, not many would label the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an employee-friendly state. There’s no state-level FMLA, the whistleblower law is basically limited to public sector employers, and the Commonwealth’s anti-discrimination laws essentially mimic federal…
Gary J. Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Do you have tipped employees? If so, you’re gonna want to keep reading. If not, I’ll see you tomorrow. (Either way, before you go, make sure to register here for the return of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour on Friday, June…
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Last Wednesday, as part of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EXCEL Conference, three of us (me and two of the EEOC’s education and outreach coordinators) gazed into our crystal ball to predict some of the issues that employers will face as more employees return…
limbo by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project I still get a kick out of people using the term “salary exempt,” as in, we pay that employee a salary, so s/he isn’t eligible for overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standard Act, a salary is just one of several components…