A rapidly changing legal landscape is making the application, interview and screening processes increasingly complicated – and potentially dangerous for … Read more
IRS Ruling on Health Care Law Has Implications For Same Sex Employees
This week’s announcement that the federal government will give the same tax treatment to legally married same-sex couples as they do to heterosexual … Read more
Worker Fired For Not Following Rules – Even When Taking FMLA Leave
By Eric B. Meyer In that employee handbook of yours should be a page — maybe a few lines — on an employee’s responsibility to notify you … Read more
9 Things You Absolutely Must Do if You Have an OSHA Inspection
By Howard Mavity Readers already know to take photos whenever an OSHA Compliance Officer takes shots, and a few other standard labor lawyer … Read more
We Need Lobbyists
What’s the difference between the recruiting industry and North Korea? North Korea has a lobbyist in Washington. So does Ultimate Fighting. But no lobbying … Read more
Labor Dept. Gives the Word on FMLA and Same Sex Marriage – Sort of
By Eric B. Meyer Do you have 50 or more employees working with 75 miles of one another? If you do, check out the United States Department of Labor‘s … Read more
The Legal Risks of Accessing an Employee’s Facebook Account
By Eric B. Meyer There are 11 states with social media workplace privacy laws making it illegal for an employer to require that an employee or applicant … Read more
Even When Supervisors Foul Up, OSHA Has to Prove Their Case
By Howard Mavity Employers are not guilty until proven innocent. Napoleonic justice is not the law of the land. To make out an OSHA citation, OSHA has the … Read more
Pennsylvania Bill Would Ban Sexual Orientation Discrimination on the Job
By Eric B. Meyer Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have laws banning workplace discrimination in the private sector on the basis of sexual … Read more
How to Keep Workplace Investigations From Going Wrong
By Eric B. Meyer What could possibly go wrong with a sham workplace investigation? Well, if it means that the employee diagnosed with anxiety and … Read more