Aotearoa at Polish Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsSpoiler Alert: the Federated States Of Micronesia had zero charges of discrimination Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Fiscal Year 2018 enforcement and litigation data. Here’s what you need to know. Retaliation remains the top claim. Here are…
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Imagine being forced to re-employ the person who claims that your company discriminated against her.
Public Domain, Link Many people forget that federal anti-discrimination law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, contemplates reinstatement of an employee as a remedy for discrimination. But, before I get to that, I want to thank everyone who responded to yesterday’s blog post. If I did a…
What do you think about ‘Thank You’ notes and, maybe, adding a live weekly video chat to this blog?
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/photos/thank-you-thanks-card-message-note-515514/) I have two items I want to hit you with today, on both of which I’d love your feedback. The Employer Handbook Live Stream? I’ve been toying with the idea of adding a live video chat to the blog. It would go something like this: I…
Looks can be deceiving. Morbid obesity isn’t necessarily a disability.
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5ca8a63b846d788d968b457e) (What a strange thing to write on a window.) Even in New Jersey, where employment law is ‘Mister Rogers’ friendly to employees. It was not a beautiful day in the neighborhood. In Mister Rogers’s Land of Make Believe there was an electric trolley that no one…
Will you have to provide employee pay data with your EEO-1? When’s the new EEO-1 deadline? I’ve got answers.
Since pretty much everything is a letdown after exorcisms and sex questionnaires, I’m aiming particularly low today with a simple update on when you’ll have to file your EEO-1 Report and whether you’ll have to include employee pay data with the report. (By the way, I’m sorry about the late…
There are better ways to improve employee morale than with exorcisms and sex questionnaires, I’m told.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/devil-red-demon-cartoon-satan-29973/) Howard Stern interviewed Alec Baldwin recently. Mr. Baldwin was talking about going to anger management classes and realizing quickly that, well, he’s really not that angry. At least not compared to some of the other folks required to attend anger management classes. Now, consider your most…
The Department of Labor trifecta is now complete with new joint-employer rules coming soon
TheBluZebra [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThe last thirty days have been hecka-busy at the U.S. Department of Labor. On March 7, the DOL announced a proposed rule to adjust the salary-level for overtime exemptions. I blogged about that here. Then, on March 28, the DOL announced another proposed rule, one…
On Equal Pay Day, let’s take a closer look at what’s being done to address pay disparity.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/money-finance-business-success-2696238/) Today is Equal Pay Day. What is Equal Pay Day? The National Committee on Pay Equity takes credit for originating Equal Pay Day in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages. Do women as a group make less than…
Another New Jersey court weighs in on MedMar accommodations…and it’s WILD!
Image Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/marijuana-scales-legalization-drugs-2754249/) The case is called Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. So, yeah, it’s “Wild.” And so as not to bury the lede, the court concluded that the plaintiff, a medical marijuana user, could pursue discrimination claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the LAD) against his employer. …
🚨🚨DOL plans to clarify how companies calculate overtime for employees🚨🚨
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/oil-price-gas-station-news-fuel-990357/) I remember the time that the U.S. Department of Labor showed up unannounced to the Bloggerdome. It was yesterday. And, I’m pretty sure that the five-year-old ratted me out for paying my other three kids in Cheerios for installing a marble driveway. The driveway was a…