Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed…
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Must you consider transferring a problem employee before lumping him in a COVID-19 reduction in force?
Bjornsphoto / CC BY I’m reminded of the Mötley Crüe hit Same ‘Ol Situation (S.O.S.). The actual lyrics have nothing to do with employment law — sexual harassment, maybe? — but I digress… The song title carries a little HR lesson today; namely, just because your company is going through…
Oh, by the way, the CDC has new guidance on wearing masks
Image Credit: Twitter Hopefully, your workplace looks nothing like back to school at this Georgia high school. (More on that here.) Instead, your business should have a return-to-work plan that includes social distancing (not pictured here) and mandatory face masks for employees (also not pictured here). And, speaking of face…
I have new guidance for employees struggling with substance abuse issues during this pandemic
(U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner) Technically, the new guidance is from the EEOC. But, since this is my blog, I’ll take credit for sharing it. Before I detail this new guidance, I’ve got some other big EEOC news! That is, several of my friends from…
Is it ok to use PPP money to buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex? Perhaps not.
Alexander Migl / CC BY-SA A Texas entrepreneur is learning this lesson the hard way. (If only he had read my earlier blog post) On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced here that authorities had taken a Houston, Texas man into custody on allegations that he fraudulently obtained more…
Thinking about having employees sign a COVID-19 waiver 📝? Stop it! ✋🛑
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay If I had a nickel for every time that someone asked me to draft a waiver for employees to sign to release COVID-19 workplace claims before they get coronavirus. Damn! I could get some of those premium gumballs from the peeling-paint red machines just…
A federal court removed FOUR nuts and bolts of FFCRA paid sick leave. But why?!? (And what you need to know!)
Terabass / CC BY-SA A few months ago, I wrote here about a Families First Cornavirus Response Act lawsuit. But, not just any old FFCRA lawsuit. Rather, the State of New York sued the U.S. Department of Labor in federal court to challenge the DOL’s interpretation of the FFCRAbecause it…
Can you fire an HR Manager for encouraging co-workers to sue the company for discrimination?
Cskiran / CC BY-SA Good thing I added a few extra servers today, juuuuuuuust in case I had a few extra clicks on this blog post. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals wrote 150 pages (here) to address the retaliation of claims of an HR representative (let’s call…
If your employee gets coronavirus ON PURPOSE, can he still get FFCRA leave, FMLA … BOTH?!? 🤔😤🤬
Image by Klaus Hausmann from Pixabay Sorry, I should’ve warned you to grab a fire extinguisher before your head exploded. Two of my favorite employment law / HR blogs inspire today’s post. On Tuesday, over at Ask a Manager, Alison Green posted here about a small-business owner who lamented about…
Is PPP new and improved in the new Senate stimulus package? Let’s find out…
image via Peakpx After several days of recording videos, and a few too many comments about my mustache, I’m going to give my index fingers some exercise today for this blog post. Pour yourself a double ☕ with an extra shot of 5-Hour Energy, because we’re talking PPP and Senate…