Mikhail Vasilyev, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Good questions; I thought maybe you knew. Ok, fine, I’ll tell you. It depends. Har de har har, Eric. You’re a funny lawyer guy! But, seriously, it does depend. Heck, I’d tell you the same thing if you were my client. And I’m not…
people transfer by Musmellow from the Noun Project The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental impairments of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability. Technically, both courts and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consider reassignment to a vacant position…
United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons While not quite as outrageous as slavery, ignorance, or misogyny, today’s edition of “Don’t Do This” will apply most practically to readers of this blog. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor officially withdrew its “Independent Contractor Rule.” The DOL had…
vodka by Oksana Latysheva from the Noun Project The headline in the Toronto Sun read, “Sex-partying drywallers fired: Contractor.” Meanwhile, the Daily Star went with “Builders sacked after video of boozy birthday party with stripper goes viral.” And I thought to myself that since I’m running this “DON’T DO THIS”…
Image Credit: Google Street View Today’s edition of “DON’T DO THIS” comes from an unlikely source: The Howard Stern Show. Yesterday afternoon, while catching the replay of The Howard Stern Show in the pick-up line at my kids’ school (#responsibleparenting), I heard them discussing a private school in Florida that…
Image by analogicus from Pixabay Common sense dictates that, as human beings, we refrain from certain activities. For example, neither cuddling with a porcupine nor housebreaking a skunk are good ideas. You don’t need a lawyer to tell you that. As an attorney, when my clients come to me for…
Image by councilcle from Pixabay For the third time in the past year, I am blogging about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Why? Because last week, Senators Murkowski (R-AK), Casey (D-PA), Cassidy (R-LA), Shaheen (D-NH), and Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the PWFA in the Senate. On September 17, 2020, the…
Image Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/marijuana-scales-legalization-drugs-2754249/) It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten to blog about the Americans with Disabilities Act and accommodating an individual with a disability and a marijuana card who uses doctor-prescribed marijuana off the clock. Better dust off the cannabis scales of justice for this one. The ADA…
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shout out to the White House for providing plenty of blog fodder this week. On Tuesday, I told you about President Biden’s plan to unionize, like, everyone. Yesterday, the White House ordered that federal contractors…
Image Credit: CDC.gov Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clarified when fully vaccinated folks for COVID-19 can ditch their facemask. But it also included a few instances when unvaccinated folks can safely skip a face mask too. As a reminder, the CDC considers people “fully vaccinated” for…