The Employer Handbook

• BUSTED! Feds charge a man for allegedly FAKING COVID-19 to skip work!!!
  Parker Brothers, Atari / Public domain I’m not sure if I ever told you this before but, true story, back in the day I used to represent labor unions. That’s right; I was on the side of organized labor. But a few years later, I switched jobs and b…
  - 4 days ago, 22 May 20, 10:30am -
• Wait, what?!? We’ve got ANOTHER coronavirus-related lawsuit where THE PLAINTIFF IS A LAWYER.
  Image Credit: publicdomainvectors.org (Public Domain) Earlier this month, I told you about an attorney who claimed that her former employer wrongfully discharged her for refusing to violate a stay-at-home order. Now, we’ve got another lawyer-plaint…
  - 5 days ago, 21 May 20, 10:30am -
• OSHA wants your company to record COVID-19 illness at work. But, it’s not as harsh as it may seem.
  U.S. Government/Gobierno de los Estados Unidos / Public domain The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s COVID-19 requirements. Among them, its enforcemen…
  - 6 days ago, 20 May 20, 10:30am -

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…
  - 10 May 18, 11:21am -
• 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…
  - 8 May 18, 11:49am -

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…
  - 5 Nov 15, 2:55pm -

Connecticut Employment Law Blog

• Reductions in Force: The Two OWBPA Provisions You Need To Remember
  Lately, I’ve been talking with more employers about permanent reductions in force. It’s not fun. And it’s not something I thought we’d be talking about 3 months ago, and yet it’s not foreign to me either. In fact, I spent several of my earl…
  - 5 days ago, 21 May 20, 12:54pm -
• Outdoor Recreation Sector (including Mini-golf) Added to Business Reopening
  Let the mini-golf begin. As I noted in an earlier post, Executive Order 7PP allows for outdoor recreation businesses to reopen subject to rules that were to be promulgated by the DECD. Those rules have now been released and overall, they’re pretty…
  - 7 days ago, 19 May 20, 5:06pm -
• Partial Reopening Remains (Mostly) On Track; New Executive Order Clarifies Path Forward
  Last night, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7PP which, for the most part, confirms what many of us have been expecting for the last week or so.   As I’ve said before, the first round of reopening businesses remains on track for tomorrow (M…
  - 7 days ago, 19 May 20, 12:33pm -

FMLA Insights

• newMy FMLA Blog Turns 10 Today! A Look at the Best and Worst of the FMLA in 10 Years of Writing
  Today, my little FMLA blog turns 10 years old. Ten years ago, at a time when very few people knew what the heck a “blog” was, including me, I took a chance that HR and leave of absence professionals and attorneys might need some help answering th…
  - 4 hours ago, 26 May 20, 5:35am -
• FFCRA FAQ: Must an Employee Enroll their Child in a Summer Program as a Precondition to Taking FFCRA Leave if the Program is Cancelled?
  Are you working from home during the pandemic? Me, too. Are you having trouble keeping your kids off Fortnite and Minecraft, and literally every other screen in your house? Me, too. Do you still love your children? Me, too. For the most part. But wit…
  - 4 days ago, 22 May 20, 1:55pm -
• DOL Latest FAQ on FFCRA: Might Employers Who Use Temp Agencies Actually Be on the Hook for Paid Sick and Paid FMLA Leave?
  Are you an employer covered by the the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and do you use temp employees? I’ve got something to share with you. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been giving presentations to employers on the FFCRA [who has…
  - 11 days ago, 15 May 20, 12:42pm -

Labor Relations Today

• newMy FMLA Blog Turns 10 Today! A Look at the Best and Worst of the FMLA in 10 Years of Writing
  Today, my little FMLA blog turns 10 years old. Ten years ago, at a time when very few people knew what the heck a “blog” was, including me, I took a chance that HR and leave of absence professionals and attorneys might need some help answering th…
  - 4 hours ago, 26 May 20, 5:35am -
• FFCRA FAQ: Must an Employee Enroll their Child in a Summer Program as a Precondition to Taking FFCRA Leave if the Program is Cancelled?
  Are you working from home during the pandemic? Me, too. Are you having trouble keeping your kids off Fortnite and Minecraft, and literally every other screen in your house? Me, too. Do you still love your children? Me, too. For the most part. But wit…
  - 4 days ago, 22 May 20, 1:55pm -
• DOL Latest FAQ on FFCRA: Might Employers Who Use Temp Agencies Actually Be on the Hook for Paid Sick and Paid FMLA Leave?
  Are you an employer covered by the the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and do you use temp employees? I’ve got something to share with you. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been giving presentations to employers on the FFCRA [who has…
  - 11 days ago, 15 May 20, 12:42pm -

Employment and Labor Insider

Delaware Employment Blog

Lawffice Space

• What are the OSHA recordkeeping requirements for COVID-19 in the workplace?
  As we shift to the re-opening phase, check out this new enforcement guidance from OSHA: Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). There's a lot for employers to take in - but, I'd like to highlight the guidan…
  - 6 days ago, 20 May 20, 12:56pm -
• SCOPA: New analysis of independent contractor classification for unemployment compensation
  Oh great, one of my favorite topics . . . the 30,000 different tests for employee versus independent contractor classification, each with a few hundred different factors. Okay, perhaps that's an exaggeration. But, seriously, take a look at the existi…
  - 8 days ago, 18 May 20, 12:21pm -
• DOL publishes FAQs on Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
  The guidance on the COVID-19 response just keeps pouring in. DOL published this handy guide: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 – FederalPandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Program Reporting Instructionsand Qu…
  - 15 days ago, 11 May 20, 4:05pm -