It starts out innocently enough. One of your employees receives an email from a co-worker with a hilarious description of a difficult client. Amused, they … Read more
Do You Have to Pay an Employee for Mandatory Alcohol Treatment?
By Eric B. Meyer Are you required to pay an employee for mandatory alcohol treatment? More specifically, as posed in this recent federal court decision, … Read more
A Lesson in Why You Can Never Tolerate a Supervisor’s Racial Slurs
By Eric B. Meyer Even a few stray remarks can land your business in hot water…as one employer recently learned. A cashier at a store in Mississippi … Read more
What to Avoid to Keep From Getting Sued Over Your HR & Safety Policies
By Howard Mavity I have written several recent posts and spoken on the National Labor Relations Board’s wholesale attack on a wide range of employer … Read more
Why Your Handbook Needs to Be Clear on Taking FMLA Leave
By Eric B. Meyer A few missing words in your employee handbook words may open your FMLA floodgates, and you wouldn’t want to make the same egregious … Read more
In France, Controversy Brews Over Job Ad That Says, “If Possible, Not Jewish”
A job ad on graphic-jobs.com, placed by a company called NSL Studio, has been taken down, after one line in the ad said non-Jewish candidates are preferred. Read more
Do Employees Have a Legal “Right” to a “Predictable” Schedule?
By John E. Thompson U.S. Wage and Hour Division Administrator David Weil reportedly has said that the Division is “looking very actively at” … Read more
Senate Committee Told EEOC Must Provide Guidance on Wellness Plans
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Ilyse Wolens Schuman Recent actions by the Equal Employment … Read more
Court: Demanding a Social Security Number Isn’t Religious Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Remember that blog post I had from July of last year, the one you contemplated getting tattooed on your back? Yeah, you know the one … Read more
Four New Ban-the Box Laws Became Effective This Year
By Philip L. Gordon and Zoe M. Argento With the start of 2015, new ban the box laws became effective in Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Montgomery and … Read more