By Jfacew at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Let’s say that you learn that one of your employees is testifying as a witness in a discrimination case against another company in your industry. That doesn’t sit right with you. So, you tell this employee that you’ll fire him…
By Henry Mitchell Restoration by Godot13 – Mitchell, Henry (1876) The State Arms of the Union, Boston: L. Prang & Co., Public Domain, Link City and state-mandated paid sick leave is so 2018. In 2019, the State of Maine has decided up the ante by requiring most private employers to…
Image Credit: Photofunia (http://photofunia.com/results/5cf79c07846d78c44a8b4599) Well, this just got interesting. Check out what Pennsylvania Attorney General Joshua Shapiro tweeted the other day: In March, the DOL indicated that it would raise the salary threshold to determine who would be eligible to collect overtime for working more than 40 hours in a…
Image by Ivorytowers from Pixabay Damn, I’m good! Yesterday morning, my post, “Eminem’s take on federal anti-discrimination administrative exhaustion requirements. Probably” went live. Now, scroll down to the “Takeaways For Employers” section. You’ll see some discussion there about how the Supreme Court needed to resolve an open issue in the…
Mika-photography [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons“Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted – one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?“ You sippin’ on some of Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice again, Eric? No, just some seltzer. But, it’s…
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Last week, I participated on a panel on which a few of us employment lawyers discussed the pitfalls and best practices for dealing with issues related to employee opioid and marijuana use in the workplace. Now, did we cover everything that companies want to…
Image by InspiredImages from Pixabay Continuing yesterday’s HR Compliance 101 theme, I revisited the EEOC Newsroom and found a recent release that addresses some considerations for when you have an employee that needs leave from work to treat for an illness. Today’s lesson is a pragmatic and compassionate approach to…
Image Credit: Tommy Boy (screenshot from Vimeo.com) Last week, I wavered about whether to include a line from Tommy Boy in a brief that I was drafting: “I tell ya what. If you don’t know how to fasten your seatbelt, just raise your hand and I’ll have Tommy Boy here come…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com Yesterday, I was reading this case about a woman who was fired while taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. She later sued, claiming FMLA interference; i.e., that her employer had denied her FMLA benefits to which she was otherwise entitled. An employee fired while…
By Source, Fair use, Link The Society for Human Resource Management has commented on the United States Department of Labor‘s proposed changes to the current overtime rules. Spoiler alert: SHRM likes ’em. Salary level. In case you need your recollection refreshed, back in March, the DOL indicated that it would…