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The Employer Handbook BlogOn Friday, New Jersey will lift most COVID-19 mask restrictions. But, most businesses may be like, “WTH!”
New Jersey businesses, I’m warning you in advance not to hurt the messenger. Continue reading
These are the red-light / green-light rules to filing a federal age discrimination lawsuit
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Over the weekend, I read this Sixth Circuit decision about a litigant who claimed that an employer discriminated against him based on his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
But this was not your ordinary age bias case. Continue reading
Does federal law require employers to provide leave from work to a woman recovering from a c-section?
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Pregnancy accommodations continue to trip up even the most seasoned HR professionals. Let’s see how you would handle this scenario.
Why did a transgender employee who needed leave from work lose claims for both sex and disability discrimination?
Sometimes it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Continue reading
IRS to CDC: Hold our drink. Check out the new 41-page COBRA subsidy resource for employers
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I imagine that drink to be Ensure or Ovaltine, possibly Caffeine Free Coke Zero if things get nuts. Continue reading
OSHA to CDC: We hear you, dawg. We’ll update our face mask guidance too.
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Dawg, Eric?
Clearly, I’ve been watching too many American Idol and Pimp My Ride reruns. Continue reading
Before I get into that new CDC mask guidance, I owe you two more tips to avoid FMLA abuse
I still don’t regret buying this Krusty The Clown buff. Not one bit.
On Monday, I’ll give you a thorough breakdown of yesterday’s CDC guidance for fully vaccinated individuals, including some initial thoughts on how to revise return-to-work/COVID-19 workplace policies.
But now I want to pick up where I left off yesterday with two more tips to combat Family and Medical Leave Act abuse. Continue reading
A federal appellate court just hooked you up with three tips to erase FMLA abuse
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(Although, technically, I’m the one hooking you up because you’re reading them here in this blog post. But, who’s counting?) Continue reading
What do adult toys and X-rays have to do with protecting trade secrets?
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I’ve been revising a lot of NDAs recently — not to be confused with N.W.A.s. Although, sometimes, I do listen to N.W.A. while updating nondisclosure agreements.
My curious legal listening habits notwithstanding, there is a practical employment law point I’d like to make here. And it involves sex toys.
Really, Eric?!?