If you operate a business in the New England region, maybe cut your employees a little slack on the FMLA call-outs today. Just sayin’. I’ll be back with something a little more employment-law related tomorrow.
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There’s a chatbot for HR to log discrimination complaints. But, would you use it?
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/chatbot-chat-application-artificial-3589528/) If you’re scratching your heads on this one, Grasia Hald‘s post at Medium, “Chatbot 101: Everything you ever wanted to know about Chatbots” may help. Here’s a snippet: A chatbot is a software system, which can interact or “chat” with a human user in natural language (such as English,…
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The DOJ says that Title VII does not protect transgender employees, and this should not surprise you.
By Matt Popovich uh (https://unsplash.com/photos/UVe-5ZyDdAE) [CC0], via Wikimedia CommonsShout out to Chris Opfer at Bloomberg Law. Chris reported yesterday that the U. S. Department of Justice filed this brief with the United States Supreme Court in this case, in which it argues that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…
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Blackface is a bad idea for Halloween at work, and other ways that you can avoid calling me on November 1.
CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Before I get to the Halloween, I’m assuming that if you won last night’s Mega Millions jackpot, you probably have better things to do than read this blog post. If however, you did win, congratulations! And, by reading this far into the blog post, you agree…
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Three wins for readers of The Employer Handbook
Image Credit: Flickr.com (https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/27388069805) //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js And it’s only Tuesday! On Thursday at 3 pm ET, I’ll be participating in a free 1-hour webinar with my friends at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. This one is a “Roundtable Discussion: Navigating LGBTQ+ Issues in the Workplace.” CLE credit is available. You can register for the event…
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This company fired an employee on the same day that she returned from pregnancy leave … and won the lawsuit.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com Every so often — not, “if I had a nickel” often, but every once in a while — someone hits me up for my two cents on firing an employee who is on FMLA or some other form of protected leave for [fill in the reason]. And…
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Before you decide to go aquatic in your office, watch this video. 🤣🤣🤣
The pool office. I died just a little.
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This employee fired for a “caught on camera” racist tirade won’t be collecting $100,000. Probably.
Image Credit: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/KIPP-teacher-fired-arrested-racially-remarks-13300013.php?ipid=hpctp#photo-16316860 Remember yesterday’s post? If not, then out of concern for you, I suggest that you see a doctor. Because after all, we’re talking about a post from just one day ago. Either way, to get you back up to speed, yesterday I blogged about an employer that was required…
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Believe it or not, there’s a good reason why one employer must pay $100K to a worker it fired for racist Facebook posts
By Highway Patrol Images (Code 3 combination LED & rotating beacons) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsHold on, let me proofread that. Employee makes racist Facebook posts, and company must pay him $100,000. Yep, that’s it. How’s that work anyway? Everton Bailey, Jr., writing at the Oregonian, explains: An…
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The results of SHRM’s study on workplace harassment confirm that I’ll be staying busy for the foreseeable future.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/survey-poll-pencil-icon-checkbox-3286948/) “Change is taking place, but organizational culture must continue to evolve. ” That’s one takeaway from the study that SHRM released earlier this month as part of its “Harassment-Free Workplace Series.” “We have a long way to go.” That’s my takeaway from the study. Many of the statistics…