Archive: January 2019

All the way back in October 2014 , I wrote about an Illinois Jimmy John's franchisee that had required all of its employees to sign a No...

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How frigid are the temperatures going to be in Northeast Ohio today? Just about everything is closed . Even the post office suspended mail d...

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One of the questions that clients ask me most often is, "________ is out on a medical / pregnancy leave (or just returned); can we fire...

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The distinction between employees and independent contractors is one that still confounds employers. It is a vitally important distinction, ...

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Big week in our house, as our 12-year-old daughter just had her first official press. Cleveland's Scene Magazine interviewed her for th...

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I spent my day yesterday mediating a case before the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. The mediation took place in a conference room on the 8th ...

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Union membership numbers for 2018 are out , and while most employers should be encouraged, Ohio employers might think otherwise. In Ohio, ...

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I'll let the EEOC do the heavy lifting on today's nominee for the Worst Employer of 2019 (the 4th thus far): A federal jury re...

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As the debate over the meaning of "joint employer" continues to rage at both the NLRB and in the federal courts , Ohio has jumped...

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OSHA is now using camera-carrying drones to investigate outdoor workplaces. The good news? Use is intended to be limited to areas that are...

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A federal court jury in Miami has awarded a hotel dishwasher $21.5 million after concluding that her employer failed to honor her religious ...

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Gillette is facing a lot of praise, and a lot of backlash, over its recent ad slamming toxic masculinity culture .

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The NLRB is the federal agency that saw the widest expansion of employee rights during the Obama presidency. And the doctrine that expanded ...

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If, like me, you believe that Title VII's definition of "sex" includes sexual orientation and gender identity, then what do yo...

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We are contemplating spending Spring Break in Rome. For those who've been, what's you best tip for first-time visitors? Sights not t...

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2019 is officially the year that my Worst Employer contest went international. How do you motivate your employees to hit their sales goa...

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The Equal Pay Act requires that an employer pay its male and female employees equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but...

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In Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk , the Supreme Court held that the FLSA only requires employers to compensate employees for time spen...

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Today is the start of the first full week of 2019. Which means it's a perfect time to take a step back and review your efforts at HR and...

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It's been a bit since I've posted any of my kids' music, so here's Norah covering Elle King's Ex's and Oh's (on...

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According to a scathing report by The New York Times , employees nationwide are accusing Planned Parenthood of engaging in rampant pregnancy...

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Welcome to 2019. New year, same old employers earning themselves nominations for my annual race to the bottom. Darryl Robinson, the only...

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