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…
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This parking company may have assumed that a deaf applicant wasn’t right for a valet job. But, what happens when you assume? 🤔
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/attendant-car-parking-service-148647/) Imagine that you operate a valet parking service at a large hotel and you’re looking to hire a parking attendant. Your 10 am interview arrives. You say, “good morning.” He responds in sign language. He’s deaf. A deaf parking attendant?!? What do you do? What if he wants…
This, right here, will restore your faith in humanity.
YouTube Image Capture When you read an employment law blog like mine, odds are you’re going to see a post about an employer that did something bad, or at least is accused of doing something terrible. This post is different. This one’s about an employer that did something good for…
Yesterday’s United States Supreme Court Equal Pay Act decision — in a limerick.
Edward Lear [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons***cracks knuckles*** Can salary history justify different paychecks? The Ninth Circuit said that’s no “factor other than sex.” But, after the deciding vote died. The Equal Pay Act opinion ink dried. So the Supreme Court decided, it’s nixed.
It’s never too early to conduct anti-harassment training
Liz [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsLast week, my friend, Jon Hyman, had a nice post on his Ohio Employer Law Blog entitled, “If you want to stop workplace harassment, start by educating our children.“ If, after reading the title of his blog post, it’s in any way unclear what…
Was this social media editor fired for being too racist?
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/twitter-facebook-together-292994/) I haven’t covered a social media firing in a while. Here’s one I read about yesterday. It’s a doozy! Laura Wagner reporting at Deadspin’s The Concourse has more on the story (here): Yesterday, HuffPost fired a recently hired, Los Angeles-based social media editor after her managers…
On the heels of its $15/hr. minimum wage hike, the hits keep coming in NJ. This time, it’s family medical leave.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/cheering-happy-jumping-people-297419/) We get it, New Jersey, you’re the most progressive. Like, “Hold my drink, Bernie Sanders” progressive. On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) announced that he had signed into law a sweeping expansion to the state’s paid family leave program. Here are some more details from…
Sometimes you can favor women over men for a job; other times it’ll cost you $41,000
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/softball-baseball-ball-sport-game-372979/) We’re talkin’ softball. [cue music] Recently, I read about an EEOC settlement with a Maryland school that forked over $41,000 to settle a gender-discrimination claim. Here’s more from the EEOC’s press release: According to the suit, the [] School hired a male as head softball coach…
Will this time be the charm for some workplace bills recently reintroduced in Congress?
David Maiolo [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThere are a couple of new(ish) workplace bills pending in Congress. Would you like to hear more about them? Paycheck Fairness Act Late last month, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. If it passes, the Paycheck Fairness Act will amend…
The Henry Pratt Co. tragedy and six ways employers can avoid gun violence in the workplace
Image Credit: Google Street View According to multiple news reports, on Friday, shortly after the Henry Pratt Company communicated to a 15-year employee that the company was ending his employment, he began shooting. All told, he killed five employees (in a five-minute span). After police arrived, the shooter exchanged gunfire.…