The Employer Handbook

• newThe “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing” plaintiff lost her discrimination case. Go figure.
  Image by StockSnap from Pixabay It’s bad enough when a federal judge refers to a plaintiff-employee’s behavior towards her manager as “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing.” And, I apologize that I didn’t have enough room in the ti…
  - 24 hours ago, 21 Jan 20, 11:30am -
• newA bipartisan federal bill proposes to require nursing mom protections for all female employees.
  Pete unseth [CC BY-SA]The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide new moms with reasonable break time and a private place to pump breastmilk. Well, not all new moms; just the non-exempt workers; i.e., t…
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 11:30am -
• At last. At long last, New Jersey has finalized its regulations supporting its Earned Sick Leave Law
  Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Late in October 2018, New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law (ESLL) took effect. Under the ESLL, employees can accrue one hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to 40 in a year. In November 2018, the…
  - 5 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 12:20pm -

Ohio Employer's Law Blog

• We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policy
  
  - 29 days ago, 24 Dec 19, 8:20pm -
• The Worst Way to Grow your Email List — And What You Should Do Instead
  “Double your list overnight!” “Automatically add 1,500 subscribers to your email list in a matter of minutes!” “Tired of waiting for subscribers to come along?? We have just what you’ve been waiting for!” Flashy taglines like these are…
  - 48 days ago, 5 Dec 19, 5:57pm -
• Supercharge and Protect your Podcast Feeds
  Announcing Procaster by FeedBlitz Built for professional podcasters, Procaster extends FeedBlitz’s established RSS feed service, enabling power publishers to: ● Keep thousands of episodes live with extra RSS feed capacity● Securely deliver prem…
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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…
  - 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

• newDo We Have to Allow Dogs in Our Workplace? Maybe. Maybe Not.
  
  - 2 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 4:12pm -
• Asking About Age on Job Applications? New Bill Will Aim to Prohibit It
  The EEOC has long advised that asking about date of birth on job applications was a particularly bad idea. The ADEA does not explicitly prohibit an employer from asking an applicant’s age or date of birth. However, such inquiries may deter older wo…
  - 5 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 3:17am -
• New Joint Employer Rules Adopted by USDOL; Connecticut Employers Should Tread Carefully
  The United States Department of Labor today released new regulations that dramatically change the existing rules on when two businesses are “joint employers” under federal wage and hour laws. I’ve previously discussed the changing rules in some…
  - 8 days ago, 14 Jan 20, 1:08am -

FMLA Insights

• A Recap of our Webinar: Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse
  Thanks to those who attended my webinar last week with Matt Morris on “Stop the Madness! Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse.” A link to access the recording can be found here, and the presentation PowerPoint slides c…
  - 34 days ago, 19 Dec 19, 6:59am -
• Free Webinar: Stop the Madness! Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse
  When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time) Online registration:  Click here The Family and Medical Leave Act is generally considered to be an employee-friendly law, and employers have often felt helpless to do anything bu…
  - 71 days ago, 12 Nov 19, 6:41am -
• Note to Employers: Stop Designating Lengthy Approval Dates on Your FMLA Designation Forms
  I spend a decent part of my day reviewing FMLA forms, certification and correspondence. Exhilarating, for sure.  When it comes to FMLA notices, do you care hear about one of my big pet peeves?  [You: Not really interested, Jeff, but we have the fe…
  - 76 days ago, 7 Nov 19, 12:26pm -

Labor Relations Today

• A Recap of our Webinar: Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse
  Thanks to those who attended my webinar last week with Matt Morris on “Stop the Madness! Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse.” A link to access the recording can be found here, and the presentation PowerPoint slides c…
  - 34 days ago, 19 Dec 19, 6:59am -
• Free Webinar: Stop the Madness! Effective Ways to Protect Your Organization Against FMLA Abuse
  When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time) Online registration:  Click here The Family and Medical Leave Act is generally considered to be an employee-friendly law, and employers have often felt helpless to do anything bu…
  - 71 days ago, 12 Nov 19, 6:41am -
• Note to Employers: Stop Designating Lengthy Approval Dates on Your FMLA Designation Forms
  I spend a decent part of my day reviewing FMLA forms, certification and correspondence. Exhilarating, for sure.  When it comes to FMLA notices, do you care hear about one of my big pet peeves?  [You: Not really interested, Jeff, but we have the fe…
  - 76 days ago, 7 Nov 19, 12:26pm -

Employment and Labor Insider

Delaware Employment Blog

Lawffice Space

• New FLSA joint employer final rule from DOL
  The Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule regarding joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (press release | actual final rule). I suppose the headliner is the 4-factor test for analyzing whether a putative joint…
  - 9 days ago, 13 Jan 20, 1:21pm -
• SCOTUS will take another crack at ministerial exception to employment discrimination claims
  Almost 8 years ago, a unanimous Supreme Court recognized that the First Amendment's Religion Clauses create a ministerial exception to the ADA in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC. The Court held that a "called" teacher, who performed "important religious functi…
  - 26 days ago, 27 Dec 19, 2:58pm -
• NLRB changes course on employee right to use employer's email system for NLRA-protected activity
  Folks, you're not gonna believe this . . . the Trump administration NLRB just issued an opinion overturning an Obama administration NLRB decision (which itself had overturned a Bush administration NLRB decision). I'll give you a second to catch your…
  - 34 days ago, 19 Dec 19, 1:23pm -