Archive: May 2019

I ❤️ that my daughter’s band is now selling its own merch. Here’s what I read this week.

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No law causes employers more compliance headaches than the Fair Labor Standards Act. On its face it’s simple—pay employees no less than a...

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An employee complaints to HR that her supervisor has been sexually harassing her. The allegations aren’t pretty, and, if the investigation...

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Earlier this year, the Senate took up the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act . It would, among other things, prohibit employers from ...

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How do we raise our girls to become confident women? It’s a question I think about a lot as a dad to an almost teenage girl. 🙋‍♀️ We enco...

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On Tuesday, I posted something that I did not imagine would be all that controversial,  You just found out you hired a sex offender. Now w...

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“ Why is everyone suddenly using the C-word ,” asks Stan Carey in The Guardian ? He blames  Game of Thrones  (video very  NSFW—you’ve bee...

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A reader sent me the following question. I worked for a grocery store. Can a child molester be employed by the grocery store? I reporte...

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From the legaladvice subreddit : So background, I have IBS and sometimes have to go the bathroom multiple times per work day. My superv...

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Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba (China’s answer to Amazon), claims that he has cracked the formula to a happy and productive workforce. ...

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Thanks to, among other states , Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio (sorry about that last one), the debate over abortion is raging. Suppose you ar...

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A recent op-ed in the USAToday argues that the federal government should outlaw noncompete agreements because they trap workers in abusiv...

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Laws protecting whistle-blowers from retaliation have a long and storied history in the annals of American law. Indeed, according to  The...

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Gaslighting —  the manipulation of someone by psychological means to question their own sanity. It’s a term you’ve likely heard of. But,...

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Big thanks to  Kristi Birkeland for the comment of the week , in response to yesterday's 12th blogiversary post . If I ever I get ...

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Twelve years ago today I launched the Ohio Employer Law Blog. On May 9, 2007, I published, The Song Remains the Same — Has Burlington No...

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Workplace harassment isn’t illegal unless it is harassment because of some protected characteristic (sex, race, age, religion, national or...

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If you haven’t yet watched this week’s episode of Game of Thrones , consider yourself warned. There are spoilers below. Turn back now if y...

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Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech…. So reads the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Take note that it does...

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#DontSpoilTheEndGame Really! DON’T SPOIL ENDGAME. A Friendswood, Texas, Domino’s employee learned this lesson the hard way. He was cited...

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A cautionary tale on why employers should conduct thorough  background checks on employers. In late 2013, Kristl Thompson, Ashley Raby, ...

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Handshakes could be BANNED under new workplace rules to avoid expensive sexual harassment claims So reads a  headline in The Sun . No...

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