flex muscle by liz borchert from the Noun Project I knew that my training and day-to-day employer counseling were good. But damn! Ok, it wasn’t so much me as it was a global pandemic, but either way, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just reported its Fiscal Year 2020 stats,…
Image Credit: Pixy.org Me? I would’ve picked door number one. Hey, before we get into this cluster of a lawsuit, ICYMI, check out the recording of Friday’s The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour, which you can access here and over at The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. Don’t let the door…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Spoiler alert: No. (Well, actually, it depends.) Certainly not under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which sunset on December 31, 2020. Even for covered employers that voluntarily provide FFCRA benefits through March 31, the answer is still no. There’s nothing in the FFCRA that…
maternity ward by Made by Made from the Noun Project Worse yet, the employer is a hospital!!! Now, remember that what I’m about to share with you are allegations from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission press release, which the EEOC will eventually have to prove to be true. But,…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com In 2019, the House of Representatives made history when it passed the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBT rights bill. More than just workplace rights. The Equality Act would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law for the workplace, to clarify that discrimination based…
Image Credit: @NJGov on Twitter Well, it depends. ***ducks rotten tomatoes*** Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills into law, “legalizing and regulating cannabis use and possession for adults 21 years and older (A21 – “The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act”) and decriminalizing…
pregnant woman by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project If you missed The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour on Friday, head on over to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel — be sure to subscribe while you are there — and check out the replay. Among the topics that Robin Shea…
Image by Alexander Ignatov from Pixabay Did you know that each time you pay someone less based on their gender, it is a separate violation of the law? “In other words,” said the Seventh Court of Appeals in this opinion, “a new cause of action for pay discrimination arises every…
pregnant couple by b farias from the Noun Project Yesterday, I told you that a man couldn’t bring a pregnancy bias claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But, a bunch of you actual and aspiring employee-rights attorneys had ideas to prove me wrong. You…you’ve got…
Photo by form PxHere One of your employees shows up at Human Resources with a laundry list of complaints. It must be one of those days that end in a “y.” This employee — let’s call him ‘Plaintiff’ because we know that’s how the court will refer to him eventually…