Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Many clients are stressing out about their Paycheck Protection Program CARES Act loans. It’s not so much if they will obtain the loan, but rather how will they spend the loan proceeds? The PPP Interim Final Rule that took effect on April 15 says…
d Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Back in March of last year, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (WNT) sued the United States Soccer Federation in federal court in California. The WNT asserted two claims, one of which was that the Federation violated the Equal Pay Act (EPA) by paying…
Adam Ginsburg / CC BY-SA I’m glad that you folks enjoyed yesterday’s recipe post. I got a lot of positive feedback, especially on the beer bread. That doesn’t really shock me, given the state of play right now. But, I’m not judging. Unfortunately, if this were a full-time cooking blog,…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Readers, I have failed you. For several weeks, I’ve been up to my eyeballs in coronavirus HR-compliance miscellany. Rather than spew it all into this blog — as if that’s even possible — I’ve tried to distill it into bite-sized pieces for you to consume. But, I’ve…
By Yatko – From https://www.cameleon.live/assets/logo/facebook-live.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link No burying the lede today. Join me and an extra special guest for a Facebook Live HR/COVID-19 chat this Friday at 2 PM EDT / 11 AM PDT. It will be here over at The Employer Handbook Facebook Page. Who is…
Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay About a week ago, I blogged here about the White House’s three-step plan to reopen America. Slowly, the states are following suit by unveiling their own phased programs. Locally, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania updated its “Process to Reopen Pennsylvania” over the weekend. And, yesterday,…
Image Credit: Maialisa (pixabay.com) Remember back in January, when I told you that restrictive covenants would be the most significant employment law issues for employers in 2020? Well, boy, was I wrong! COVID-19 has locked up this year’s title. However, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Yesterday, in part two of the “types of COVID-19 lawsuits that employers can expect” series, I wrote here about a Families First Coronavirus Response Act lawsuit. An employee-plaintiff alleged that her former employer interfered with and retaliated against her for exercising her rights under the…
Image by Prawny from Pixabay The paint has barely dried on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and we already have our first lawsuit. And it’s right in my backyard. The quickest of FFCRA recaps The FFCRA, which took effect on April 1, 2020, requires certain employers to provide their…
Image Credit: geralt (pixabay.com) Over the past few weeks, I’ve been compiling a Google Drive folder full of coronavirus-related employment lawsuits that plaintiffs have filed in federal courts across the country. For the rest of this week, I’m going to profile a few of them so that you know what…