Archive: February 2016

Today is Leap Day, an every-fourth-year occurrence that adjusts for the astronomical anomaly that it takes the Earth 365.25 days, and not ...

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I realize that these Friday posts have started taking on a decided rock ‘n’ roll feel. It's a hobby, what can I say. If you prefer, you ...

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Consider the following language in a non-solicitation agreement: Neither PARTY will directly solicit for employment a current or former...

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By now, you’ve likely heard about the employee fired by Yelp for her very public blog post directed at her former employer’s CEO, criticizi...

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Back in the day, if an employee wanted to obtain a copy of an employer’s EEOC position statement, the employee had to go through a process u...

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Two recent EEOC cases illustrate the importance of employers engaging in the ADA’s interactive process to determine if one can offer a disab...

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Last Saturday night Norah performed to a crowd of 1000-plus inside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We weren’t allowed backstage, but heard...

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File this under posts I wish I’d written. Yesterday, the Harvard Business Review published A Step-by-Step Guide to Firing Someone . Firing ...

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“ Do hugs belong in the workplace? “ is the headline of a story on Cleveland.com that caught my attention. The hug just may be on its way...

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Let’s say you have an employee approved for intermittent FMLA for migraine headaches. Let’s also say co-workers of said employees find her...

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I was on my way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to watch my daughter perform at the High School Rock Off when my phone started going nu...

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Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

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Yesterday , I suggested that harassment prevention is a 365-days-a-year job for employers. Apparently, some employers still need to learn...

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I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s not a visceral hate; it’s more of a disgustful annoyance. And, no, it’s not because I’m not romantic. Quite th...

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On Saturday my 7-year-old made his first reconciliation. To what could a 7-year-old possibly have to confess? If you list the 10 big ones,...

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Politico New York reported last week that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1430, petitioned the NLRB to represent 6...

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So we’re in the car Wednesday night, and I mention to the fam that I’m excited because, today, a new Starbucks is opening downstairs from ...

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Earlier this week, an employee out on FMLA leave posed the following question to the Evil HR Lady : While I am out for surgery, I was inf...

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For lack of more artful description, Ohio’s employment discrimination law is a mess. It exposes employers to claims for up to six years, r...

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Today is Groundhog Day, which, because of the eponymous Bill Murray movie, has become synonymous with repeating the same mistakes over, an...

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If your company has 100 or more employees, you should be very familiar with the federal government’s EEO-1 survey . The EEOC requires that...

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