This week has been particularly dooziful — that’s a word, look it up — with employee social media tomfoolery. You’ve got the employee asking to be fired on Facebook, HMV employees hijacking the company Twitter account to live tweet firings, a restaurant employee posting snarky customer meal receipts and, two words,…
In 2011, New Jersey passed a law banning discrimination against the unemployed. Will PA follow suit in 2013? The ball is rolling…. The PA House introduced its own unemployment-discrimination bill on January 22, 2013, and you can view a copy of it here. Cliff’s notes version: Employers CAN’T use…
I’ll give you a hint. The lede from this KTVK report is: “A single sentence posted on Facebook changed Amy McClenathan’s life forever.” According to KTVK, Ms. McClenathan made the Facebook post because she was having a rough day near the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death. So, I won’t…
Kudos to this blog for the drop in discrimination claims. Yeah, I’m giving this blog credit, and so is my mother — probably. {Mom couldn’t be reached for comment and, strangely, the EEOC press release touting the new FY12 charge statistics is silent about this blog} The year-end data shows…
An employer must accommodate the sincerely-held religious beliefs of its employees unless the employer demonstrates that doing so would cause undue hardship for the business. Undue hardship?!? What the heck is that? And how can you make sure that your managers are prepared to address — let alone spot —…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled today that President Obama lacked the power to make three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board. You can read a copy of the opinion here. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a two-member Board is powerless…
From my perspective, Glassdoor.com’s Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions For 2013 is one lobbed softball after another. Then again, I’m the guy who, as the interviewer, used to ask law students to name their favorite Supreme Court Justice of all-time. {Totally a trick question. The only acceptable response is, “Judge…
The self-congratulatory comments I left below the picture of my awesome seven-story beeramid. My candid review of Cinemax’s After Dark lineup from Arbor Day 2011. My plea to George Carlin to go beyond the self-imposed boundaries of seven dirty words. A new app called FaceWash promises to…
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.” Your new employee at local pizzeria has what we’ll call a “facial deformity.” So, rather than having him work the…
What makes retaliation the most common discrimination claim in America? I suspect it’s because other forms of discrimination (e.g., race, gender, disability) are more difficult to prove and don’t always result in an adverse employment action, such as termination of employment. And since most people like to keep their jobs,…