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I have no idea. I was hoping that one of you could help me out. Oh, wait, I’m supposed to be the expert here. Ok. Fine. I’ll play some music and dish the deets — hint, it has something to do with the picture — after the jump… * *…

 And just in time for Christmas. The National Labor Relations Board announced today that it has again extended the deadline for covered employers to post this notice, advising employees how to form a union, among other things. The new deadline is April 30, 2012. The NLRB decided to further delay the…

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits covered employers from discriminating against job applicants and employees on the basis of a disability. What is a disability, you ask? A disability is “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.” If your employee suffers from…

Better yet, what can your business do to capitalize? I’ve got answers to these questions after the jump. Let’s start with more social networking (duh!) Avi Savar writes here in Forbes that, next year, your employees will be constantly be broadcasting their whereabouts to their friends and your competition: Yes,…

I need to come clean with y’all. TMZ.com is one of my guilty pleasures. Don’t hate! And you should have seen the beaming smile on my face on Monday when when I got some blogging gold as TMZ ran a story about a former college professor at NYU who claims…

A NJ court recently held that a business can force an employee to arbitrate FMLA claims — even if the arbitration agreement that the employee signs does not contain a specific FMLA waiver.   How does this all work? Well, according to the NJ Superior Court in Flores-Galan v. J.P.…

And, then, there are those that allegedly do. It is on those occasions that this blog can practically write itself. Take, for example, AutoNation. According to a complaint recently filed in California state court — well, let’s just say that AutoNation better have some good lawyers. A copy of the…

I’m taking the day off. I think I deserve it. So, after the jump, we have a guest post from Angelita Williams. Angelita writes on the topics of online courses. She welcomes your comments at angelita.williams7@gmail.com. (BTW – If any of you lovely readers are interested in guest posting here at…

That was the question that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals faced in an opinion released yesterday. I’ll provide the answer and some analysis after the jump… * * * If you don’t know, then you don’t pay. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), among other things, establishes minimum wage…

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 today’s question: Let’s say I have a former employee who files a charge of discrimination…