Chris Potter / CC BY An employer may find itself in hot water for firing an employee absent with COVID-19 symptoms — even a low-grade fever — regardless of whether s/he is eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. How do I know this? Well, the other…
The Employer Handbook Blog
VLOG time! The EEOC dropped some new-ish COVID-19 guidance for employers.
Connetmiller / CC BY You can either read it here. Or, you can relax with a morning scotch latte and watch me explain it in this latest video from The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. (Click here to subscribe). Either way, enjoy! P.S. – If you missed yesterday’s blog post about…
The government plans to change how it trains employees on issues of race
\\\ This two-page memo from the Executive Office of the President made several headlines on Friday. Here’s a sampling: White House Orders End Of ‘Un-American’ Racial Sensitivity Training At Federal Agencies (Huffington Post) Trump orders stop to ‘White privilege’ diversity training in federal government (Washington Times) Trump Bans Diversity Training, Claiming…
Lawsuit: Former college baseball coach hijacked team Twitter account, created spoof account, bashed school.
Image Credit: https://www.pikist.com/free-photo-sdkka As an employment lawyer and blogger, I’ve seen and heard a lot. But, I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around this one. How could this even happen? Yesterday, a college sued its former baseball coach in federal court. The reason the case is in federal…
Which states have offered workers the most protections during this COVID-19 pandemic?
Map of USA with state names.svg: Wapcapletderivative work: Pikne / CC BY-SA Hint: It’s not Alabama, which is dead last. By the way, if you’re a little confused about the state map at the top of this blog post, it’s Estonian. We embrace all cultures and national origins here at…
Can a non-employee sue under Title VII as the target of the retaliation against his child?
Image Credit: https://pixy.org/528010/ I’ve got a hypothetical situation for you. ABC employs Sally. Sally’s father, John, is a third-party vendor who sells widgets to ABC. One day, Sally files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against ABC, claiming to be the victim of gender discrimination. Eventually, Sally resigns and…
How can employers police employee requests for FFCRA leave for remote schooling?
Image Credit: Alexas_Fotos (pixabay.com) I love my readers. But there are many added perks of being a client. For example, you get the daily blog posts. Plus, I toss in free weekend updates. (Yes, I sleep, but rarely.) In this past weekend’s update, I detailed how the U.S. Department of…
Here is a page from the COVID-19 ADA accommodation playbook
By John Dorwin – <span class=”int-own-work” lang=”en”>Own work</span>, Public Domain, Link In its recent COVID-19 Americans with Disabilities Act guidance, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission encouraged that employers be flexible in determining accommodations for employees during the pandemic. Some suggestions included temporary job restructuring of marginal job duties, temporary…
Jacob Blake, racism, and what it means to be on the right side of history
Image by Jody Davis from Pixabay On Wednesday evening, the players on the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks shocked us all. They voted not to play their scheduled playoff game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake. Mr. Blake is a 29-year-old African-American man whom a Kenosha,…
PUMPED! NJ gyms get the green light to re-open on September 1 💪💪🏋️🏋️♀️
Image by Pexels from Pixabay On Tuesday, a prescient reader emailed me to suggest a blog topic. He wondered what the labor and employment law implications would be if a bunch of athletes refused to play a scheduled game in protest of social/racial injustice. And then, yesterday, the Milwaukee Bucks…