A real game changer: Paid family and medical leave. Details after the jump… * * * Hey there. Before we get into this whole paid family and medical leave thing, how about you take a few seconds and vote for The Employer Handbook in the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 Amici contest.…
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Your President/CEO may have to pay your company’s wage and hour debts herself
Well, that certainly sucks. Even worse than the time I found out that Santa Claus MacGyver wasn’t a real person. (My psychiatrist says that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I’m not so sure…) But seriously, I thought that the purpose of a limited liability company was…
GUEST POST: Hidden Substance Use at Work
Today, we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Melissa Kluska. Melissa currently writes for St. Jude Retreats, a non 12 step alternative to traditional alcohol and drug rehab. As well as writing for St. Jude’s, Melissa enjoys blogging about health and relationships. (Want to guest blog on…
FACT OR FICTION: Employers may discriminate based on family status
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.” Yesterday, I read this opinion about a white man who claimed that he lost out on a middle school boys…
Camouflage toilet paper and 9 of the other most unusual coworker holiday gifts
Leave it to Career Builder to run a survey seeking the most unusual co-worker holiday gifts. Camouflage toilet paper made the list. (Well, at least it wasn’t used, amirite?) The complete list follows after the jump… * * * According to this survey from CareerBuilder.com, about one quarter of your…
Must an employer ask if a disability is causing poor job performance?
You’ve got an employee with performance issues. Big time! Initially, rather than fire her, you make fun of her behind her back put her on a series of performance improvement plans. But, that doesn’t result in — oh, what’s the word I’m looking for? — improvement. So, you fire…
GUEST POST: What HR needs to know about how immigration law impacts firing decisions
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Emily Neumann. Emily has practiced immigration law in Texas since 2005, representing both employers and immigrants. Neumann writes a blog on immigration law (immigrationgirl.com) and shares updates on Twitter (@immigrationgirl) and her Facebook page to help her clients stay…
HR’s 2013 Performance Review (via SHRM’s #nextchat)
Yesterday, We Know Next, the muscle-bound social media arm of the Society for Human Resource Management, hosted a NextChat session on Twitter. Oh, you don’t know NextChat? NextChat is a one-hour session on Twitter, which runs every Wednesday from 3-4 PM EST on a topic du jour — that’s the…
Employers may force employees not to file class actions
As my buddy Rubo used to say: “It’s like school on Saturday; no class.” Read all about it — yesterday’s BIG federal appellate court decision; not my buddy — after the jump… * * * Through December 20, you can vote for this hella-awesome blog in ABA Journal’s Blawg 100…
Pregnancy isn’t a workplace disability, but how about morning sickness?
An employee-plaintiff who claims that she was discriminated against under the Americans with Disabilities Act due to her pregnancy alone, will lose her ADA claim 10 times out of 10. This is because pregnancy is not a disability under the ADA. But what if that same employee plaintiff with an…