The Employer Handbook

• newLet’s rank the top Thanksgiving foods for 2022
  Before you put away your robes and gavels, I need to judge one more thing: the annual Thanksgiving foods competition. It’s that time of year when I ask the best blog readers in the world (that’s you!) to rank the best Thanksgiving foods. Thirty-t…
  - 2 days ago, 23 Nov 22, 12:30pm -
• 82% of you wannabe judges disagreed with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  In yesterday’s blog post (and on LinkedIn), I asked you to adjudicate a white man’s discrimination claim. Specifically, you had to decide whether a white utility water meter reader who was fired for inaccurately reporting homeowners’ water mete…
  - 3 days ago, 22 Nov 22, 11:30am -
• Are these two employees comparable? Today, you be the judge to help decide this discrimination case.
  A white man who worked as a utility water meter reader sued his employer for racial discrimination after he was fired for inaccurately reporting homeowners’ water meters. In support of his claims, the plaintiff compared himself to a black coworker…
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Ohio Employer's Law Blog

• NBC News takes the unprecedented step to release its internal Matt Lauer harassment report
  Image by Max Goldberg via Wiki CommonsYesterday morning, NBC News released the complete report into its months long investigation of Matt Lauer.I was astounded by NBC’s transparency. It is extraordinarily rare for a private company…
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• Sympathetic does not always equal protected under the ADA
  Photo by Pexels on PixabayToday’s opinion is a lesson straight out of the school of hard knocks. No matter how sympathetic the plaintiff or how harrowing his plights, the law is the law and sometimes it’s just not on his side.When…
  - 9 May 18, 11:34am -
• Should employers still test for marijuana?
  Photo by Michael Fischer from PexelsOhio’s medical marijuana program is set to be fully operational by September 2018. Ohio will join 28 other states, and the District of Columbia, in which doctors can legally prescribe marijuana to treat c…
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The Employer's Lawyer

• When Rhetoric Comes to Town
  By now, if you haven’t heard about Donald Trump’s statements on Muslims and his plan to prevent Muslims from entering the country, as well as the vehement support he is receiving from an astonishing number of people, you may be living under a roc…
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• Beware the FMLA Equitable Estoppel Claim
  Imagine that your company has 40 employees, one of whom is subject to hospitalization for a medical condition and requires surgery. He is out of work for several weeks and in his absence, the company realizes that it gets along fine without him. As a…
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• Don’t Bet on the Jury Verdict
  As some of those who follow me on Twitter know, I had jury duty in September. Like most people, it wasn’t something I was looking forward to (and I even tried to get out of it on the basis that no one would pick a lawyer for a jury). Well, it turn…
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Connecticut Employment Law Blog

• Are You Ready For Some “Football”? World Cup Fever Returns
  It’s been a long 8 years for fans of the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team (not nearly as long for fans of the amazing women’s team). But the World Cup begins on Sunday with the first match. In 2010, I did a post about how the World Cup would likely dis…
  - 7 days ago, 18 Nov 22, 9:59pm -
• The AI You Use May Be The AI You Get Sued Over
  A few months ago, I wrote about how artificial intelligence was being introduced in the workplace. At the ABA Annual Labor & Employment Conference last week, a whole panel discussion was devoted to the legal ramifications of using artificial intell…
  - 10 days ago, 15 Nov 22, 12:19pm -
• Managing Leaves of Absences with Deadlines and Triggers
  Last week, I attended the ABA Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference — something I’ve written about on this blog pre-pandemic (remember when?). There were many good programs and I’ll try to talk about some of the other topics in an upcoming…
  - 12 days ago, 14 Nov 22, 2:51am -

FMLA Insights

• Need a Few Hacks and Cheat Codes to Survive the FMLA and ADA? Click Here
  One of the best parts of my job is the chance to talk shop with other employment attorneys who, like me, work in the trenches with employers to help them comply with the FMLA and ADA. So, when my friend Eric Meyer reached out to me to join him last F…
  - 3 days ago, 22 Nov 22, 6:20am -
• Free Webinar! Employee Fitness for Duty Exams: Navigating the FMLA and ADA Traps to Keep Employers Compliant
  Join me for my annual FMLA/ADA webinar, which comes to you, as always, free of charge! When: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time) Online registration: Click here Employers increasingly face situations where they are concer…
  - 16 days ago, 9 Nov 22, 7:15am -
• Save the Dates for my Annual FMLA Webinar and Three-Day FMLA Master Class!
  This ain’t no trick, FMLA friends! Save the date for not just one, but two FMLA events on the horizon. My Annual FMLA webinar will be held Wednesday, December 14 For 10+ years, I have held an annual webinar covering current FMLA and ADA issues impa…
  - 25 days ago, 31 Oct 22, 5:26am -

Labor Relations Today

• Need a Few Hacks and Cheat Codes to Survive the FMLA and ADA? Click Here
  One of the best parts of my job is the chance to talk shop with other employment attorneys who, like me, work in the trenches with employers to help them comply with the FMLA and ADA. So, when my friend Eric Meyer reached out to me to join him last F…
  - 3 days ago, 22 Nov 22, 6:20am -
• Free Webinar! Employee Fitness for Duty Exams: Navigating the FMLA and ADA Traps to Keep Employers Compliant
  Join me for my annual FMLA/ADA webinar, which comes to you, as always, free of charge! When: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time) Online registration: Click here Employers increasingly face situations where they are concer…
  - 16 days ago, 9 Nov 22, 7:15am -
• Save the Dates for my Annual FMLA Webinar and Three-Day FMLA Master Class!
  This ain’t no trick, FMLA friends! Save the date for not just one, but two FMLA events on the horizon. My Annual FMLA webinar will be held Wednesday, December 14 For 10+ years, I have held an annual webinar covering current FMLA and ADA issues impa…
  - 25 days ago, 31 Oct 22, 5:26am -

Employment and Labor Insider

Delaware Employment Blog

Lawffice Space

• Time Off to Vote Laws
  Tomorrow is election day! One more day to scroll past your Facebook friends' torrent of insufferable political posts.CNBC compiled a 50-state survey: A state-by-state guide to where you’re guaranteed paid time off for voting—and where you aren’…
  - 18 days ago, 7 Nov 22, 1:37pm -
• DOL proposes new independent contractor rule
  Ah, one of the joys of being an employer (or employment lawyer) . . . the way the law just magically changes depending on who is president. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is 84 years old, and yet we still don't quite know how to determine who is…
  - 39 days ago, 17 Oct 22, 1:00pm -
• NLRB Proposes New Joint Employer Rule
  Welp, this is one of those pendulum issues . . . it swings back and forth depending on the administration. Earlier this week, President Biden's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (News Release | NPRM).…
  - 78 days ago, 8 Sep 22, 12:46pm -