Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/en/pride-gay-nyc-new-york-city-flag-2444813/ There is a sure-fire way to avoid the uncertainty of when and how the Supreme Court may — legal jargon in 3…2…1… — adjudicate LGBT rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And that’s to pass a law making LGBT discrimination at work…
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NJ is now THIS CLOSE to legalizing recreational marijuana. Here’s what that means for employers.
Evan-Amos [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBig news yesterday from the Garden State. Governor Phil Murphy (D) announced that he had struck a deal with the leadership of both the state Senate and Assembly on to legalize recreational marijuana. From the press release, here are the broad details of the plan:…
Three HR lessons from a supervisor’s alleged knuckle-dragging savagery.
Evieliam [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsWhat I have for you today is anything but fine. I’ve got news of a recent EEOC settlement on behalf of two female employees of a general contractor working at an auto plant. The EEOC charges that a supervisor subjected the women to sexual…
On International Women’s Day, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team sued U.S. Soccer to demand equal pay.
By [1] – originally posted to Flickr as USWNT Celebrates Uploaded using F2ComButton, CC BY 2.0, LinkFriday was International Women’s Day. It was also the day that 28 members of the United States women’s soccer team filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) in federal court alleging violations of the Equal Pay…
BREAKING-ish, sorta, not really. Yeah, you knew this was coming. The DOL officially announces overtime changes.
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/2018-alarm-clock-balance-business-612051/) Before all the Facebook creepiness, pukey-poopy emojis, and gushing over my awesome law firm, I foreshadowed some changes from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules. Yesterday, the DOL put a ring on it and made it official. Here’s where I quote…
Hey Eric! Can I spy on my former employee’s Facebook messenger account?
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/facebook-glasses-privacy-privacy-policy-267372/) Asking for a friend, of course. A bunch of your employees just resigned, set up a competing venture, plundered a bunch of your trade secrets, and have begun contacting your customers. But, hold up! Your IT administrator examined their company laptops and struck gold! He reviewed…
Your EEO-1 will now take 3.4 hours longer to complete
J.s.ross [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsYou can address your ‘thank you’ note to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. What is the EEO-1? Since 1966, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has required that employers with one hundred or more employees file with the EEOC…
So glad you asked. I’ll tell you all about my first year at FisherBroyles, the largest cloud-based law firm in the world.
“Eric, congratulations on the new gig with Fisher — it’s FisherBroyles, right?” they said with scrunched, skeptical faces that didn’t quite match their words of encouragement. I got a lot of that when, after 12 years at a large, traditional law firm, I catapulted to the first and largest full-service…
New overtime rules are coming (yes, really this time!). Here are eight things employers need to know to prepare.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/alarm-clock-clock-retro-time-watch-146469/) Remember that f**king fire drill? Back in 2016, the United States Department of Labor proposed a rule that would have made millions of workers eligible to earn overtime for the first time by raising the salary-level that exempts certain individuals from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor…
Does your company use no-hire agreements? Better call a lawyer. Maybe a criminal lawyer.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/resume-unemployed-job-unemployment-2163673/) In most states, non-competition agreements between an employer and employee are legal, as long as there is some form of consideration (like money) to support them. But, what about a no-hire or no-poach agreement; e.g., a ‘contract’ between two businesses where one (or both) agrees not…