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Friday, August 30, 2024

WIRTW #728: the 'season 3' edition

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This week marks a first in the three-year history of The Norah and Dad Show — the podcast I co-host alongside my 18-year-old daughter. It...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

How many chances does an employee get under a "Last Chance Agreement"?

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When is a Last Chance Agreement not a "last chance" agreement? When the 6th Circuit reviews it, apparently. In Moore v. Coca Cola ...
Monday, August 26, 2024

The 80/20/30 Rule is official a zero

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The Department of Labor's "80/20/30 Rule" for tipped employees is dead. That Rule broke down the work of tipped employees into...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

This is what allyship looks like

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"Please know that there is a more than insignificant chance that a lesbian prepared your food last evening. A gay man might have mixed ...

The FTC's noncompete ban is DOA

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It was only a matter of time before a federal court blocked the FTC's noncompete rule , which would have banned virtually all noncompete...
Friday, August 16, 2024

WIRTW #727: the 'college' edition

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Saying goodbye is never easy. It's that much more difficult when you leave your child. Yesterday, we dropped our oldest off at college f...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

The interactive process is a two-way street

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The interactive process for disability reasonable accommodations is a two-way street, requiring participation from both the employer and the...

Don't weigh your female employees

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Local restaurant owner Bobby George — famous for allegedly not hiring Black people, breaking Covid safety rules, and instituting a "Las...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Don't retaliate against unionizing employees

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"You're fired!" That's what the Dallas Black Dance Theatre said to its entire company of dancers a mere months after they ...
Monday, August 12, 2024

Discrimination for "religious nonconformity" IS religious discrimination

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"Prayer is the exclusive way to prevent Covid infection." That's what Brad Amos says his bosses at Ramsey Solutions told him a...
Friday, August 9, 2024

WIRTW #726: the 'lobstah' edition

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I've been to a dozen concerts this summer. With the exception of Alanis Morissette, each was norah marie . My summer of music comes to e...
Thursday, August 8, 2024

Don't 💩 where you 🍽️

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There's nothing inherently illegal about a boss being in a romantic relationship with a subordinate. There's something very illegal,...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

The risks in treating inside salespeople as "exempt"

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If you employ inside salespeople, you need to pay attention to Su v. Webb Co.   This case examined whether Webb, a wholesale distributor of ...
Friday, August 2, 2024

WIRTW #725: the 'sandwich' edition

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It's been a crazy month. We spent last weekend helping my parents unpack and organize their new apartment in the senior living community...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Off-duty social media is just as actionable as sexual harassment as on-duty misconduct

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"An employer cannot be liable for what an employee posts online while off-the-clock. Personal time is personal time; it's irrelevan...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Bevisförstöring is not the name of an IKEA bookcase; it's Swedish for spoliation of evidence.

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A federal judge recently ordered IKEA to pay $566,731.53 in attorneys' fees and costs as a part of sanctions for deleting employee emai...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

"DEI hire" is the new N-word.

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After President Biden dropped out of the 2024 campaign and elevated his Vice President, Kamala Harris, as the presumptive Democratic nominee...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

What does Project 2025 mean for employers? Labor law edition

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Today is the 3rd and final part of my series on what Project 2025 means for employers. Today, I examine its proposed impact on the National ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

What does Project 2025 mean for employers? Wage and hour edition

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In part 2 of my series on what Project 2025 means for employers and employment law, let's examine its proposed impact on wage and hour l...
Monday, July 22, 2024

What does Project 2025 mean for employers? Discrimination edition

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I promise this post is not political … but we do have to talk about  Project 2025 . Project 2025 is an initiative organized by the Heritage ...
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