The Employer Handbook

• newWhen it comes to COVID-19 this season, the National Football League means business — literally. And you should too.
  Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last season, COVID-19 breakouts on several teams threatened to cancel several National Football League games. However, this year, with the vaccinations widely available, the NFL will be cracking down on te…
  - 30 mins ago, 26 Jul 21, 10:30am -
• 44 million more reasons to properly define essential job functions and explore reasonable accommodations. And it’s the SAME EMPLOYER!!! 😲😨🤯
  booledozer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, I posted about a $250K Arkansas federal jury verdict against an employer for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Well, you’ll never believe this! Earlier in the month, another federal…
  - 3 days ago, 23 Jul 21, 10:30am -
• Organized labor’s favorite 12-foot inflatable protest balloon prevails — red eyes, fangs, claws and all.
  Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board issued this decision in which it found that a union did not violate the National Labor Relations Act by displaying a 12-foot inflatable rat with red eyes, fangs, and claws. You and I know him as Scabby th…
  - 4 days ago, 22 Jul 21, 10:30am -

Ohio Employer's Law Blog

• It’s Official: Google is Ending FeedBurner Email. Here are Your Next Steps.
  Google has announced that Feedburner's email services will end in July 2021. Here's a guide for you to help you plan your move to a new email service as painlessly as possible.      
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• 3 Ways to Earn (Even More) Money with Your Emails
  Learn how you can turn your emails into revenue streams.Growing an audience is one of the most exciting and engaging things you can do online. Through a variety of many different outlets, including email, you’re able to offer value to like-mind…
  - 16 Mar 21, 1:30pm -
• New: Schedule Your Emails Multiple Days a Week or Month
  More hassle-free set it and forget it email campaigns at your fingertips.The beauty of automated RSS-to-email campaigns is the set it and forget it factor, knowing your email campaigns will be sent as scheduled with your new content – that was…
  - 12 Mar 21, 2:45pm -

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…
  - 9 Dec 15, 7:44pm -
• 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…
  - 10 Nov 15, 2:23pm -
• 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

• newNew Connecticut Law Bars Requests for Date of Birth or Graduation Dates on Employment Applications
  Continuing my deeper dive this week into new laws from the General Assembly, today’s post tackles Public Act 21-69, which goes into effect October 1, 2021. The law amends existing law by making it a discriminatory practice for an employer or an e…
  - 3 days ago, 23 Jul 21, 11:48am -
• Legislature Tweaks Law to Allow Employees to Carryover Some Harassment Prevention Training
  As I continued my deep dive into all the new items of legislation, today will focus on an act that amends the law regarding training and statute of limitations for complaints . Public Act 21-109 (Senate Bill No. 1023) makes some changes to the affi…
  - 5 days ago, 21 Jul 21, 11:03am -
• The New (But Really Limited) Overtime Exemption
  If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know that certain workers are classified as “exempt” from the overtime requirements. The most well-known of these are the white-collar exemptions of executive, administrative and professional personne…
  - 6 days ago, 20 Jul 21, 11:55am -

FMLA Insights

• What Federal and State Leave Laws Apply to Your Remote Employee?
  The FMLA was enacted in 1993, way back when fax machines had just begun ruling the world and we were only learning how to send an email to a friend. When the law was passed, FMLA didn’t contemplate a remote workforce, let alone one that would be ha…
  - 18 days ago, 8 Jul 21, 5:56am -
• A Trifecta of Free Webinars in July: Brush Up on FMLA Misuse, PFML Developments, and ADA/Return to Work Issues
  Christmas in July might just exist after all! Give yourself and your loved ones the gift of three riveting — and, more importantly, free — webinars throughout the month of July that will tackle all things FMLA, ADA and paid family and medical lea…
  - 25 days ago, 1 Jul 21, 5:38am -
• Can an Employer Grant FMLA Leave, but Also Discipline an Employee for Failing to Timely Report the Absence?
  I’ve often wondered — in fact, even discussed with clients — whether an employer could safely approve an employee’s FMLA-related absence and discipline the employee because he failed to timely report the absence. I’ve theorized that an empl…
  - 38 days ago, 18 Jun 21, 6:09am -

Labor Relations Today

• What Federal and State Leave Laws Apply to Your Remote Employee?
  The FMLA was enacted in 1993, way back when fax machines had just begun ruling the world and we were only learning how to send an email to a friend. When the law was passed, FMLA didn’t contemplate a remote workforce, let alone one that would be ha…
  - 18 days ago, 8 Jul 21, 5:56am -
• A Trifecta of Free Webinars in July: Brush Up on FMLA Misuse, PFML Developments, and ADA/Return to Work Issues
  Christmas in July might just exist after all! Give yourself and your loved ones the gift of three riveting — and, more importantly, free — webinars throughout the month of July that will tackle all things FMLA, ADA and paid family and medical lea…
  - 25 days ago, 1 Jul 21, 5:38am -
• Can an Employer Grant FMLA Leave, but Also Discipline an Employee for Failing to Timely Report the Absence?
  I’ve often wondered — in fact, even discussed with clients — whether an employer could safely approve an employee’s FMLA-related absence and discipline the employee because he failed to timely report the absence. I’ve theorized that an empl…
  - 38 days ago, 18 Jun 21, 6:09am -

Employment and Labor Insider

Delaware Employment Blog

Lawffice Space

• newLawffice Space has moved to MailChimp (make sure I'm not going to your spam folder)!
  Google is shutting down Feedburner email subscription service, which I have used since launching Lawffice Space 12 years ago. So, I transferred all of the email subscribers over to MailChimp. Everything should be pretty much the same on your end (exc…
  - 1 day ago, 25 Jul 21, 12:45am -
• Another NLRB win for Scabby the Rat
  Scabby the RatLabor and employment law can be weird sometimes... like, there's an entire line of cases about the right of employees to bring a giant inflatable rodent named Scabby the Rat to protests. Yesterday, the legendary blow-up critter got anot…
  - 4 days ago, 22 Jul 21, 12:46pm -
• Biden Executive Order Takes Aim at Noncompetes
  On Friday, President Biden issues an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The executive order addresses a lot of issues, including a shot at noncompetes:To address agreements that may unduly limit workers’ ability to ch…
  - 14 days ago, 12 Jul 21, 2:16pm -