Below are summaries of four pieces of legislation of which employers should take note: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Senator Tom Harkin (IA-D) introduced this bill last week. It would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. and lower the burden of…
I’ll tell you why, after the jump… The National Labor Relations Board stresses that employees must be able to discuss their jobs freely. The National Labor Relations Board, which helps administer the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, believes that social-media policies are overly broad if they unfairly restrict…
Early in my legal career, a colleague taught me the expression: pigs get fed; hogs get slaughtered. Essentially, be agressive. But push too hard, and you may lose it all. Some PA companies require their new hires to sign an agreement requiring them to arbitrate any claims that arise out…
Will office pools be legal in Pennsylvania this year? One State Senator is trying to make it so. Jealous, New Mexico? Yeah, you’re jealous. Details after the jump… Philly.com reports here that Pennsylvania State Sen. Lisa M. Boscola will introduce legislation to make small office pools legal in the Keystone…
Over the weekend, I read this story by Laura Hibbard at the Huffington Post about a phony job flyer handed out by two men in red blazers posing as Chick-Fil-A employees [link to video] on the campus of New York University. The phony flyer states: Remember Chick-Fil-A is a Christian…
Because it’ll cost you your job. Dale Gibson of The Triangle Business Journal reports here that a waiter at The Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC posted on the internet a copy of Peyton Manning’s credit card receipt from a recent dinner there. Manning may not have a job, but he…
I usually save my best posts for Monday, but what the heck… We are expecting our third child in August.
Back in December, I wrote here about a federal court in Louisiana recognizing that a morbidly-obese plaintiff may have a physical impairment which, if it substantially limits one or more major life activities, would bring that plaintiff within the scope of the ADA (the pre-ADAAA version). As an update to…
Allegedly, of course. Say it ain’t so, Paula. RadarOnline.com reports here — how many times to I get to type that?!? — that a former employee of one of Paula Deen’s restaurants has accused both the TV chef and her brother of race discrimination and sexual harassment. You can find…
On Monday I had the privilege of presenting “Social Media for HR: Practical Guidance from a Generation Y Attorney” to a packed house at the SHRM 2012 Employment Law and Legislative Conference in Washingon, DC. I killed (naturally) and the audience of attorneys and HR professionals was fantastic. During the course…