Archive: September 2013

Ragan.com recently asked this question: “When should you fire an employee for his tweets?” As a management-side employment lawyer you’d th...

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I’m not going to lie; it’s nice when an organization recognizes my blog. The ABA Journal has honored me for the last three years by includin...

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In a story that reads more like an un-filmed script from The Office instead of an actual workplace, the EEOC announced that it has settle...

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Jobvite recently the results of its 2013 Social Recruiting Survey . According to Jobvite, almost all recruiters are using some form of socia...

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Wade Groom, a salesperson at Lacoste’s Midtown NYC store, posted this photo of his paycheck to his Instagram account. Included with the ph...

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For the uninitiated, the Insane Clown Posse are rappers. They wear clown makeup, and perform songs titled, “Santa’s a Fat B**ch,” “Cherry Pi...

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Every now and again I like to provide you an update on my upcoming speaking engagements. If you are attending one of these events, please st...

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It’s been almost a year-and-a-half since I started my relationship with Workforce.com . Most days, Workforce.com republishes my blog at The ...

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Do you employ home health aides, personal care aides, or certified nursing assistants? Do you pay them less than the minimum wage, or less t...

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One repeat question that I seem to receive is whether employees have a right to see their personnel files. At least in Ohio, the answer is “...

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This coming January will mark the five-year anniversary of the ADA Amendments Act. The ADAAA expanded the definition of a “disability” by ...

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Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Top 5 tips for employers when managing pregnant employees — from Employment I...

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Yesterday’s post on OSHA’s bathroom rules generated an interesting reader question: can an employer deduct bathroom time from an employee’s...

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Do you know that OSHA protects the right of employees to go to the bathroom? OSHA’s sanitation standard states: Toilet facilities, in toi...

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Consider the following two posts, each made by an employee on his respective personal Facebook page, during non-working time. Commenting o...

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Two ADA lawsuits filed by the EEOC over the past two weeks illustrate the risk that employers take when they fail to talk to employees about...

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Cable car rides, hiking and biking to and over the Golden Gate Bridge, sailing the harbor, reuniting with my college roommate, the “Full Hou...

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A couple of years ago, I asked the following question: Are your employees recording you?   In that post, I discussed an ABC News story, whic...

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We love our pets. This year, it is estimated that we will spend more than $55 billion on them. More than $14 billion of that total will be ...

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Ever since the Supreme Court invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act in U.S. v. Windsor , there has been a lot of hand-wringing over what th...

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