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
Will Your Social Media Policy Pass NLRB Scrutiny? 2 Tips That May Help
By Eric B. Meyer Notwithstanding three social media advice memoranda, and another ruling from the National Labor Relations Board slamming Costco’s … Read more
Court Upholds Employer’s Overtime-Reducing Work Week Change
By Ted Boehm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (based in St. Louis with with jurisdiction over Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, … Read more
NLRB Wades Into Debate Over “At-Will” Employment Disclaimers – Again
By Eric B. Meyer Just Google it. The National Labor Relations Board has been drawing a lot of attention for its heightened scrutiny of at-will employment … Read more