By Eric B. Meyer This case is so captivating that, at 35 pages long, it held my attention for 24 of them. Winning! I’ll whet your whistle with the … Read more
The Top 12 Immigration Mistakes Employers Made in 2012
By Shannon Stevenson Give your company the gift of an immigration audit this year – it may just keep your company off the government’s naughty list. Here … Read more
Beware the Outdated Form: Updating Older Non-Compete Agreements
By Linda K. Stevens Non-compete covenants appear in an increasing number of employment-related contracts. The language used in these covenants has become … Read more
Court Grants Access to Plaintiff’s Social Media in Discrimination Case
By Eric B. Meyer Many times on this blog (e.g., here, here, and here), I’ve discussed the discovery of a plaintiff’s social media information … Read more
Washington’s New Marijuana Law: Here’s the Good News for Employers
By Erin O. Sweeney On Election Day, the state of Washington became a national trailblazer when voters approved a state initiative legalizing the … Read more
Post-Election Wage-Hour Laws: What You Should Be Watching For
By John E. Thompson Now that the election is behind us, employers should consider what they might anticipate in the field of wage-hour law, which is … Read more
Ugly Obama Re-Election Comments on Facebook Get 2 Employees Fired
By Eric B. Meyer To all the haters of social media policies: If nothing less, the social media policy reminds employees that if they act like a fool … Read more
EEOC’s New Focus: Workplace Discrimination Against Domestic Violence Victims
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a new Q&A Fact Sheet on domestic/dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. What’s it … Read more
How Facebook Photos of Drinking Ruined an Employee’s FMLA Claim
By Eric B. Meyer About a year-and-a-half into Sara Jaszczyszyn’s employment with Advantage Health Physician Network, she began taking intermittent … Read more
Handling Intermittent Leave (and Not Intermittently Losing Your Mind)
During my webinar last week, I addressed the following question: An employee is demanding intermittent FMLA for migraines basically whenever she feels like … Read more