In today’s post, I had planned to dispense some wage-and-hour tips for employers seeking to adjust hourly pay rates. And then the employment law gods spoke to me and said, “Eric, this blog is about the clicks, not curing insomnia.” Ok, then. Let’s go with this recent federal court decision…
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Bless their hearts for thinking that their employer discriminated against them for hosting a Christmas party
Two women who worked for a home healthcare company in Tennessee claimed that their religion motivated their employer to fire them. But from the jump, the plaintiffs had a problem. The complaint that they filed in court belied their claims. According to the Sixth Circuit’s opinion, the defendant hired the…
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I’m unsure if we can top this past Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. My FisherBroyles partners, Justin Nahama and Amy Epstein Gluck, were fountains of insight and warmth on how companies can improve employee wellbeing. You can watch the replay here on The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel…
EEOC Poster mystery SOLVED! (Plus, don’t forget about today’s free Zoom at Noon ET.)
I got an email last night from a U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission Commissioner. That email explained why the new “Know Your Rights” Poster that the EEOC touted in a new release was nowhere to be found for much of the day yesterday. The EEOC uploaded a version of…
The EEOC released a new mandatory workplace poster. Or did it?
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had released an updated version of the existing “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster. The EEOC’s release touts a web page for the poster, which provides information about the poster and where to post it. There’s even supposed…
Give this manager a gold star!
GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, we discussed why employers must adopt comprehensive, well-known anti-discrimination policies. That way, victims know what to do to get their complaints of harassment addressed. Today, we’re going to focus on the importance of a prompt employer response that is reasonably designed to…
I told you so.
I read another federal court opinion last night that reaffirms how important it is for employers to have effective antiharassment policies in their employee handbook. Before I tell you about the facts of the case, I’ll skip right to the punchlines: “The employer’s promulgation and dissemination of an antiharassment policy…
Join me on Zoom on October 21 at noon ET as we discuss your employees’ mental health and wellness. It’s FREE!
Oooooh…this one is going to be really good! There’s usually a certain formula when I invite other attorneys to join me to chat on The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. We pick an employment law topic, dissect it for an hour, and sprinkle in some audience Q&A. For example,…
We’re talking labor unions on Zoom at Noon ET today with Jon Hyman. Join us. It’s FREE!
TBH, I didn’t expect this edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour to overwhelm the Zoom servers with a massive audience. Often, when I write about labor (rather than employment) on this blog, the clicks are, err, less click-y. But, between Amazon and Starbucks, the overall rise in union…
There’s retaliation, and then there’s beating up the complainant and sending him to the emergency room
The Fair Labor Standards Act makes it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees who complain about violations of the FLSA. However, I don’t think the drafters of the law considered physical assault as a form of retaliation. But the U.S. Department of Labor is now suing two employers and…