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November 13, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

I had one date circled — one date between now and the end of the year.

Later this week, on November 17, Netflix releases Marvel’s The Punisher. If you’ve ~~dorked out~~ gotten culture with any of The Defenders series, then, like me, you’ve been chomping at the bit for this release. But, if you need some enticement, check out the official trailer for Marvel’s The Punisher. It opens with Frank Castle as an early contender for Father Of the Year, teaching his kid Metallica on an acoustic guitar. Seconds later, Castle’s entire family is dead and he’s talking about infiltrating a covert CIA operation. And, at the 1:22 mark of the trailer, we have this exchange between Frank Castle and a sidekick:

Sidekick: You and me, we want the same thing. So, work with me.

Frank Castle: On one condition. I’m gonna kill ’em all.

Sidekick: Yeah, I can live with that.

Dammit, Netflix! Stop twisting my arm! Cause, it hurts so good.

***blows smoke and starts chewing bubble gum cigarette***

Now, if you’re going to circle one other date on the calendar, may I suggest December 7? Yep, I’ve buried the lede long enough. Continue reading

A new SHRM-endorsed House bill promotes paid employee leave across the country

November 6, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is touting this bill, known as the “Workflex in the 21st Century Act” (you can view it here) as “a first-of-its-kind combination of guaranteed paid leave and increased options for flexible work arrangements.”

Could your business withstand a tsunami of individual wage and hour claims?

November 2, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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And here you thought you were so smart by getting all of your employees to agree to class-action waivers and binding arbitration of all employment-related claims.

Maybe not so much. Continue reading

7 last-minute ways for HR to be the wettest of wet blankets on Halloween

October 30, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Tomorrow is Halloween.

Slacking this year, my family made our last-minute trip to the farm on Saturday for pumpkins. The kids held it together for the most part, except when it was every boy and girl for himself/herself in the “cornbox.” Fortunately, there were plenty of cider donuts available to encourage good behavior and a well-timed crash right before bedtime. 😉

Fortunately, we did not procrastinate on other Halloween preparations. Continue reading

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October 5, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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This military hospital’s social media cluster-you-know-what checks all the wrong boxes

September 22, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Originally, I was toying with titling this post, “What Employers Can Learn From Military Nurses Who Pose Newborns Dancing to 50 Cent, Give Them The Finger, And Then Snap A Video And Photo Captioned, ‘How I currently feel about these mini Satans.’”

But, yesterday’s blog title was so long already. Continue reading

A recreational marijuana user was blowin’ hella smoke with these FMLA arguments.

September 13, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Remember that scene in Animal House, the one where Donald Sutherland is sitting around with Katy and the some of the Deltas, smoking pot and discussing solar systems and atoms on the fingernail of a giant being? Continue reading

Your company’s generous parental leave benefits could actually trigger a discrimination lawsuit

September 5, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Just before the Labor Day weekend, I blogged here about an Americans with Disabilities Act complaint filed in federal court by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that should have employers scrutinizing their leave policies and procedures.

Today, I’ve got news of another EEOC lawsuit filed in my backyard in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As I explain below, this one will have you reaching for a different leave policy — parental leave — to ensure no that there’s no hatin’ on the fellas. Continue reading

I’ve got two FREE HR-compliance seminars next month to help you address an aging workforce

August 28, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is determined to make the ADEA “more relevant than ever.”

Translation: If your workplace doesn’t get its act together soon, come 2018, you’re gonna be like this if the agency or a plaintiff’s lawyer comes calling.

Fortunately, help is on the way. Continue reading

Federal judge to EEOC: Your wellness-program incentive rules are kind’ve a big dumpster fire

August 23, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Well, maybe not in those words exactly. But, the judge did have some scathing words for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s take on wellness-program incentives. Continue reading