This week, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law Senate Bill 127, which prohibits employers from using information found on credit reports to make a … Read more
Oregon Gets New Social Media Law; A Federal Law May be Next
By Eric M. Meyer Last week, before the Memorial Day weekend, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law a bill which prohibits employers from requiring or … Read more
What Happens When Worker Posts “Fire Me…Make My Day” on Facebook?
By Eric B. Meyer Employee posts “FIRE ME…Make my day…” on Facebook. And guess what? Yep. And not even the Associate General Counsel … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A Little Help Coping With Workplace Rules & Regulations
I’ve attended quite a few HR and talent management-related conferences this spring, but the one that really got my brain going came wrapped up in the … Read more
EEOC Settles First Lawsuit Under Genetic Nondiscrimination Act
Employer liability for violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is no longer theoretical. The EEOC has announced its first-ever GINA … Read more
Sex Jokes, Sexual Harassment Make For a Bad Workplace Combination
By Eric B. Meyer When offering respect in the workplace training for employees and supervisors, I emphasize that an employee who laughs at sex jokes in the … Read more
Wages, Salaries & Overtime – Oh My! 4 Myths About Employee Pay
By David Hackett “We get up at 12 and start to work at 1! Take an hour for lunch and then, at 2, we’re done! Jolly good fun!” In the 1939 classic The … Read more
The Challenge in Dealing With OSHA in a Multi-Employer Settings
By Howard Mavity It’s not our fault — it’s their fault. I’m not talking about kindergarten playtime or its “adult” equivalent — … Read more
Colorado Now the 8th State With a Workplace Social Privacy Law
By Eric B. Meyer Over the weekend, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill making Colorado the eighth state to have a social media workplace privacy … Read more
OSHA’s New Enforcement Approach: Regulation by Shame
By Howard Mavity When Jordan Barab famously admitted that OSHA was utilizing large penalties accompanied by harsh press releases to “motivate” employers to … Read more