By Eric B. Meyer Does an employer have to provide a reasonable accommodation to a pregnant employee to allow her to perform the essential functions her … Read more
Employment Law Basics: Living With the ADA and the ADAAA
Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don’t have to be. As a public service, from now until my special Halloween webinar Answers to … Read more
NLRB Backs an Employer in Its First Facebook-Firing Decision
By Eric B. Meyer Look out for that flying pig! No, it’s true. The National Labor Relations Board actually sided with an employer on a social-media … Read more
Tired of H-1B Visa Problem, Microsoft Puts Its Money Where It’s Mouth Is
Who says you can’t throw money at a problem? Faced with the chronic issue of too few H-1B visas and the unwillingness of Congress or the Obama … Read more
California Law Bans Employers From Requesting Social Media Passwords
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, California became the third state to pass a law that bans employers from requesting online user names and passwords from … Read more
Survey: 50% of All Companies Have Hired Workers With a Criminal Record
A CareerBuilder survey released today says 51 percent of human resources managers report their company has hired workers with a criminal record. It’s an … Read more
Can Pot-Smoking, Liquored-Up Employees Qualify For Workers Comp?
In a recent installment of You Be the Judge, I asked you to weigh in on two workers’ compensation cases. The question: Who gets benefits? Here’s a quick … Read more
Changing Attitudes: Why Employers Need to End Pregnancy Discrimination
In a 2008 interview with the Ladies Home Journal, Barack Obama stated that, “The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it … Read more
Labor Department Cranking Up Compliance Pressure on “Joint-Employers”
By John E. Thompson Readers will recall that, in 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it would pay particular attention to multi-party … Read more
Beware Draconian Settlements With the U.S. Department of Labor
By John E. Thompson The scope of potential punishments in federal Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Labor apparently is … Read more