Take it from your ol’ buddy Eric. Let’s say that your employee is on FMLA… And let’s say that, while your employee is on FMLA, you learn that her husband is involved in a motorcycle gang… And let’s say that your learn that the motorcycle-gang husband claims to knows how…
Notwithstanding the lopsided outcome in last night’s game — I’m not saying that the game was over early, but, at halftime, the NFL began preparing their shipments of “Denver Broncos: Super Bowl 48 Champs” apparel to third-world countries — I’m bailing on writing a post. So, today we have a guest blog post…
I heard this story once about a law-school graduate who was looking for his first job out of school. He applied to several local Philadelphia-area law firms, and ultimately received an interview from one of them. The job interview was with two seasoned partners. According to this recent Career Builder…
Recently, I’ve focused blog posts on some quirky cases that make you think a bit. Yesterday, was the FMLA in Vegas case. Last week, was the EMT who argued that getting fired for groping a co-worker was discriminatory in light of his employer’s decision not fire an employee who…
Back in 2012, I blogged here about an employee who took her mother to Las Vegas on a vacation. The two ladies spent time playing slots, shopping on the Strip, people-watching, and dining at restaurants. The mother had terminal cancer, but had no specific plans to seek medical treatment in…
If there’s one thing I know from my blog stats, it’s that no one clicks on my posts about you’ll never believe what Justin Bieber did now! the Fair Labor Standards Act. If there was only some way that I could jazz them up to attract readers.Miley Cyrus is engaged…
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” Let’s assume that your employee breaks his leg. Doctors tell your employee that he won’t walk normally for seven months.…
I blogged about it here back in October. My epic Lil’ Za Halloween costume. Both the NJ House and Senate had proposed legislation whereby a female employee affected by pregnancy could not be treated worse than other non-pregnant co-workers, but similar in their ability or inability to work. Well, now,…
“My ears are burning…” No, not you, Bill Clinton. And not you either, Homer Simpson. I’m talking about this dude who worked as an EMT up in Pittsburgh. He was accused of grabbing his co-worker by the buttocks and placing his fingers very close to her private area. (I’d be…
On MLK Day, with a few of my co-workers and my four-year-old son, I performed community service. We went to a local center and spent a few hours making peanut butter sandwiches to feed the homeless. Actually, we spent a half-hour or so making sandwiches. Most of us spent the…