I’ve beaten it to death on this blog. The National Labor Relations Board created a rule that will require most private-sector employers to post this notice, in a conspicuous location, informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, which includes the right to form a union. Here’s…
Remember back in July 2011 when I told you that a miniature horse might be reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act? Giddy-up! I whinny! Ok, I’ll quit horsing around. (I mare or may not be referring to a printed-out list of horse puns as I type this…) More…
Last week, Jon Hyman at the Ohio Employer Law Blog was on point with this good post discussing a recent National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge decision. The case involved what the NLRB General Counsel believed was an overly-broad social media policy in two regards: It banned employees from…
It was either the Mr. Rogers approach or the Seinfeld approach. In the end, I chose Jerry to add some levity to what is otherwise going to be a very boring blog post. You’ve been warned. According this report released last month from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the…
It’s Maryland. (Now if only they would do something about this). Details after the jump… * * * Earlier last month, I mentioned here that Maryland was one of three states — CA and IL were the others — considering legislation to ban employers from request social media passwords from employees and…
A severance agreement helps to allow businesses to ensure that former employees don’t sue. The concept is fairly simple: in exchange for $X, the former employee agrees to release the company from every claim under the sun from the beginning of time through the date the former employee signs the…
On Employment Legislation: Just when you thought you had the employment law landscape figured out, along comes pending legislation that could change everything. From age discrimination claims to workplace flexibility to unionization and labor organizing, new bills in the House and Senate may change the way you run your business.…
Unfair treatment because of one’s language may be related to race or national origin discrimination. Indeed, language may be used as a covert basis for discrimination. But that’s not always so. A recent case and some helpful nuggets on English-only rules after the jump… In a recent NJ case, the…
Now in autotune. (Betcha didn’t expect that). Yesterday, we were rapping (without the benefit of autotune) about immigration status and unlawful discrimination and concluded that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of immigration status (although national-original discrimination is unlawful). And…
I had this song in my head for about two hours on Sunday. Then I listened to the Trent Reznor version, ick…. This blog post has a point, right? Oh yeah, discrimination. A little reminder from a recent Eight Circuit case, Guimaraes v. SuperValue, Inc., that when it comes to employees with…