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Showing posts with label employment policies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employment policies. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Is it time for a new NLRB rule on handbook policies?

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Last week, in William Beaumont Hosp.  [pdf] , the NLRB issued yet another  decision holding that an employer’s work rules unreasonably inf...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

NLRB judge shoots down employee separation agreement as overly broad

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Employers prefer finality when they pay an employee severance at the end of employment. One way employers sure up this finality is by obta...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Is your employee handbook a contract of employment? Well, does it have a disclaimer?

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Employee handbooks come in all shapes and sizes. For example, some employers have policies that create a probationary period for employees...
Monday, March 7, 2016

NLRB narrows employer property rights in key solicitation decision

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One of an employer’s best tools to stave off labor unions and their organizing campaigns is a no-solicitation policy . It keeps employees f...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Can an employer prohibit an employee from job hunting during FMLA leave?

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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...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

U.S. Chamber takes on the NLRB’s Theater of the Absurd

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If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, what I am about to tell you should not come as a shock—I’m not a huge fan of the curr...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Are you prepared for an active shooter at your workplace?

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Today’s post was going to be about accommodating different holiday traditions at work, but that post will have to wait. Yesterday, San Berna...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Should you allow employees to shop online from work?

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Today is Cyber Monday, the day online retailers promote their (alleged) deepest holiday discounts. It is estimated that more than 125 mill...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Everything you want to know about employee holiday pay (but are afraid to ask)

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Yesterday I said that I’d be back next week, but then I checked the analytics for my site and noticed a huge spike for a post that digs dee...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

What can go wrong when co-workers date? A lot.

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True confession time. I watch The Voice. It’s not like it’s at the top of my DVR, but, my remote always seem to stop on NBC between 8 and 10...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

NLRB provides employers a roadmap to a legally compliant off-duty access policy

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Can an employer lawfully limit non-employees’ access to its facility? On its face, such a question might seem silly. After all, an employer ...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Employment policies are more than words on paper; they are a lifestyle

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is in the news. In one breath, she announced that she is expecting twins, but will not be availing herself of her co...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Recordkeeping policies: how long is too long?

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Yesterday we examined a recordkeeping issue specific to potential adverse impact claims under Title VII. Today, I want to cast the net a li...
Monday, April 27, 2015

NLRB signs off on employer social media policy as legal

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It’s not news that employer social media policies are on the NLRB’s radar. What is newsworthy, though, is when the NLRB considers a social m...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

When English-only policies and federal labor law collide

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It’s been nearly 8(!) years since I first wrote about the legality of English-only workplace rules . If you scan the archives, all of my cov...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

NLRB judge’s analysis of T-Mobile’s handbook is of note for the provisions she concluded to be lawful

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Yesterday, I examined, in detail, the NLRB’s General Counsel’s memo on employer policies . Today, I’m going to examine a recent decision by ...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Analysis of the NLRB’s guidance on employer rules (or, meet the new boss … same as the old boss)

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It’s been nearly two years since then-acting NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued his office’s guidance on social media policies under S...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

BREAKING: NLRB Office of General Counsel issues report on employer rules

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Today, the NLRB Office of General Counsel issued its report on employer handbook rules under section 7 of the NLRA. It’s a meaty 30-page rep...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Love has no boundaries—except at work

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Some of you may recall that I serve on the editorial advisory board of Workforce Magazine . I also pen a monthly column for the mag. Since w...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Five for ’15: The legal issues that need to be on your radar

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Personally, December is my favorite time of the year. I love the joy and togetherness of the holiday season. Professionally, however, I love...