Image Credit: PXhere.com (https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1291014) Last April, I was talking to an employee-rights attorney about the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act, legislation in New Jersey that Governor Murphy had just signed. That’s the law requiring pay equality across all protected classes. The attorney asked me words to the effect of,…
Teo’s89 [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia CommonsIn between placing prop bets on the Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (courtesy of SportsInteraction) — for entertainment purposes only, of course — I read on the AP News wire, “Super Bowl Fever May Sideline Record 17.2 Million Workers on Monday.” Are you ready for…
Evan-Amos [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsSenator Marco Rubio (FL-R) has introduced legislation that, if it becomes law, would be a flamethrower to many of the non-competition agreements that you have with your employees. Have I piqued your interest? It’s called the Freedom to Compete Act. You can find a copy…
By BuzzFeed – BuzzFeed Press, converted to SVG in Adobe Illustrator, Public Domain, Link You may have heard the news last week that Buzzfeed was laying off 15% of its workforce. You can read more about that here. Over the weekend, about 600 Buzzfeed employees petitioned management to pay out accrued,…
Image Credit: Pxhere.com (https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1445849) Last week, the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued this decision in which it held that an outside job applicant cannot pursue a disparate impact claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. What does this mean in plain English? Think “unintentional discrimination.” In the Seventh Circuit case, the…
Won’t you help little Ivy Meyer achieve her Girl Scout Cookies sales goal? It’s that time of year again. Coworkers have begun bombarding you with requests to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. So, in that spirit, let’s tackle: Whether unions will start organizing your workplace if you relax your no-solicitation policy…
Warning: This post has nothing to do with employment law. However, it is about the law and football. And, we’ll all have a good laugh about it. If you watched last weekend’s NFC Championship Game between the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams, you know that the Saints got…
Yep, that’s me about eight years ago posing with my first-born and an inflatable rat. His name is Scabby. The rat, that is. And he may be going away for good soon. Who is Scabby The Rat? According to Scabby The Rat’s Twitter profile — because, of course — Scabby was “born…
By xrmap flag collection – Based on image from xrmap flag collection 2.7, colors from image at World Flag Database, Public Domain, Link In the United States, medical marijuana use is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. However, the laws governing the use of medical marijuana vary…
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsToday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Many will write about how our society continues to struggle with race relations and discrimination in the 50+ years since Dr. King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech (video; text). This past weekend didn’t help.…