I’m a fairly easy-going guy. My buttons don’t get easily pushed, I’m not easily riled, and I rarely get angry. But, when I get fired up….look out, sucka! One thing that really gets me going is when others fail to accept accountability for their mistakes and do nothing to fix…
Nah, brotha. This isn’t Jeopardy. That’s the question that the Supreme Court has decided to answer. Meyer, what are you talking about? Who cares? Well, you should… The Supreme Court has twice held (here and here) that, under Title VII, an employer is vicariously liable for workplace harassment by a…
You’re looking to hire a new salesperson. Scott Salesperson comes in to interview. He currently works for your top competitor. “Scott, do you have a non-competition agreement?” “No.” “Scott, do you have a confidentiality agreement?” “No. In fact, I have a list of my own customers that I could sell…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Kristie Lewis. An expert in the construction industry, freelance writer Kristie Lewis offers tips and advice on choosing the best construction management colleges. She welcomes any questions and comments you might have at Kristie.lewis81@gmail.com. And if you want to…
Less than one week to go before the 2012 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition kicks off. I’ll be there. And here’s where we can meet up: Monday night you can find me discussing cutting-edge HR/employment-law issues at The Official #SHRM12 TweetUp & Afterparty powered by SHRM & Glassdoor. And if you…
As y’all know, the National Labor Relations Board has taken quite a beating recently in the courtroom. First, the Board was forced to delay requiring employers to post a union-rights poster in the workplace. Then, a federal court voided the Board’s “quickie” union-election rules. But, this Board is resilient. This…
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a company must pay overtime to non-exempt employees who work over 40 hours in a particular workweek. Non-exempt, huh? That implies that the FLSA also contains various exemptions from overtime pay for employees who meet those requirements. Indeed it does. One of those exemptions…
I’m a firm believer that discussing religion (or politics) at work is a recipe for disaster. On this blog; however, if it’s employment-related, then that’s how we roll… And, after the jump, we roll into Oklahoma and discuss whether it’s ok for a lighting company to require that it’s employees…
That according to a a new survey from The National Partnership for Women & Families. The survey compared how state-based rights and protections compare to the 12 weeks of leave for new and expecting parents provided by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the protections provided by the…
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.” So, let’s get right to it. In Pearce-Mato v. Shinseki, decided earlier this week, a Pennsylvania federal court reminded us…