By Eric B. Meyer Among other things, the Family and Medical Leave Act affords an eligible employee up to 12 weeks of leave from work in 12-month … Read more
How Do You Handle Wage Payments for Deceased Employees?
By Aurelio J. Pérez The death of an employee is an unfortunate fact of life for businesses. Nonetheless, employers may be ill-prepared for the inevitable … Read more
Survey: 20% of HR People Say They Pay Men More Than Women For Same Work
By Eric B. Meyer So, do we really have a gender pay gap? Or is it just a myth? Well, first let’s talk about this study. Recently, “more than 3,200 workers … Read more
Dealing With Dementia: Is It Really Not Covered Under the FMLA?
By Eric B. Meyer The Family and Medical Leave Act allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for, among other reasons, … Read more
A Reminder You Still Need to Be Careful About Secret Workplace Recordings
By Eric B. Meyer Remember last month when I told you about how the National Labor Relations Board concluded that an employer could not maintain a workplace … Read more
Caught Fibbing About FMLA Leave? It Might Be the Vacation Photos That Did It
By Eric B. Meyer If you take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, go on vacation, and then post your pictures on Facebook, the odds are that your … Read more
The Critical Importance of Stamping Out Harassment in the Workplace
Harassment is a form of discrimination based on a protected class that is prohibited by law. Harassment in the workplace has seen a renewed focus because … Read more
A Yelp for Help on Social Media Costs Her a Job — at Yelp
By Eric B. Meyer On Sunday, my Google Alert for “Fired AND Facebook OR Twitter” yielded several related stories that scratched my itch: “I can’t afford to … Read more
You May Need This Someday: 9 Steps to Drafting an EEOC Position Statement
By Eric B. Meyer If you’ve ever had to address an EEOC Charge of Discrimination, you know that drafting a good Position Statement, in which the specific … Read more
Employment Law Implications of Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s Death
By Michael J. Lotito and Ilyse Schuman For the last three decades, Justice Antonin Scalia served as a staunch and reliable conservative voice on the U.S. … Read more