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 ...

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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...

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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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Our summer is sadly winding down. Vacation is over. I have one kid leaving for college in less than four weeks, and other starting his high-...

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A female HR supervisor attends an out-of-town leadership retreat with some co-workers. They observe her at the hotel bar telling off-color j...

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Can an HR software vendor be held liable for the alleged discriminatory hiring decisions of its customers? According to one federal court, t...

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"I am not taking this training because it's a joke … making non-white colleagues all victims and turning white colleagues … into vi...

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I love to travel for two primary reasons: to see things and to experience things. On my vacation to São Miguel in the Azores Islands, I saw ...

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Dwight Jackson, a Black man, claims that the Shinola Hotel denied him a job interview because of his race. He knows this, he says, because ...

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I'll be back with a fresh spirit and fresh content on July 10. This lawyer is officially on vacation. Here's what I read this week t...

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During Joyce Morgan's employment at Convenient Food Mar, her co-worker, Todd Wise, subjected her to sustained and prolonged sexual haras...

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Does recovery following surgery qualify as a "disability" under the ADA? Well, it depends. Consider, for example, the recent court...

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"What do you say to teachers who don't share your religious views?"  "Don't look at it." That was the exchange ...

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Being as active as I am on social media has allowed me to amass some pretty cool friends over the years. I recently had the chance to sit do...

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News broke earlier this month that Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire founder of Chobani yogurt, purchased the assets of Anchor Brewing after it...

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Latrice Crispell, a 23-year employee of FCA working as a floater on its truck assembly line, suffered from major depression and anxiety, whi...

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Today, the EEOC's  regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act  go into effect. Thanks to two very recent federal court o...

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"I'm going to kill you." "You're a dead man." That's what Mario and Jaime Lopez, two of the owners and manag...

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Until yesterday, I had never heard of a "trad-wife" or of Lilly Gaddis. A trad-wife is a burgeoning trend of women embracing tradi...

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As seen on the legaladvice subreddit: "My company just told us about a new policy where any meeting or training that is held over the l...

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Q: What do you win for coming in 6th place in 2023's Worst Employer contest? A: 20 years in federal prison. That's what Stavros Papa...

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Samantha Howard worked as a pharmacist for Boswell Regional Health Center. She suffers from Type I diabetes along with hypoglycemic unawaren...

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Last summer, my family and I fell in love hard with Portugal. So, this summer we are going back, sort of. In a little over three weeks we l...

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Some numbers to consider on June 6, 2024, the 80th anniversary of D-Day: 75 million: the number of people who died during WWII. 420,000: the...

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"How about just being a human being in a situation like this!" "Find a way to help her, be a human being!" "Can we ...

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"I'm struggling and need some time to get back to normal. Working 53 hours my first week back is hard for me physically." That...

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Tomorrow, Norah, will graduate from high school. Earlier this week, we attended the Senior Brunch, an annual tradition at  her school  celeb...

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"Why would you want a man's job?" Why do you want to take a job away from a man?" Those interview questions are at the ce...

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"Only U.S. Born Citizens [white] … [Don’t share with candidates]." That's the text of a job listing that an Arthur Grand Indus...

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"Do you want to bring a backup guitar with you?" That was the question I ask my daughter as we load up the car to leave for her Su...

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Jury trials are often won or lost based on the instructions and verdict forms the court provides the jury. Jury instructions outline the leg...

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Innovate or die. I held out long enough, but it's time for me to learn how to use ChatGPT and incorporate it into my legal practice. Tha...

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Can an employer-sponsored health plan legally deny coverage for gender-affirming care to a transgender employee simply because the employee ...

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"We have some sad news to share. A process that began last year has reached its conclusion. Today was the last day of service for both ...

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I love donuts. At 51 years old, however, I try not to eat them too often anymore. The weight just doesn't come off quite the way it used...

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A law firm fires its HR Manager a mere days before she is set to return to work from maternity leave. It says it fired her for "cause,...

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15 different Black employees complain that their health-care employer maintains a racially hostile work environment. The allegations include...

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News recently broke that the DEA intends to reclassify cannabis from a Scheule I drug to a Schedule III drug. That reclassification would pe...

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On June 5, 2014,  Rhett Miller , founder, front person, and lead singer of Old 97's , promised my daughter (then a mere 9 days past her ...

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"When used responsibly, AI has the potential to help improve compliance with the law. Without proper human supervision, however, these ...

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An attorney celebrates a paralegal's 50th birthday by decorating her office party with a wheelchair, fake pill bottles, and adult diaper...

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"Sex-based harassment includes harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity, including … repeated and intentional use of a...

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Another successful  Craft Brewers Conference is in the books.  I spent a few great days speaking (on how to craft a harassment-free craft b...

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"This is a business, not a place to act in a way that disrupts coworkers or makes them feel unsafe…." Those were the words of Goog...

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There's more than one way to skin a cat … or at least that's what many employers are hoping. Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission...

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"No one wants to see a picket line on Sesame Street," said Writers Guild President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. Earlier this week, Writer...

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In a unanimous decision , the Supreme Court held that an employee alleging a discriminatory job transfer need not show the suffering of a ...

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From this point forward, if an employee needs an unpaid leave of absence to obtain and recover from an abortion, you better give it her. I r...

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One bourbon, one union election, and one bargaining order … is what an NLRB ALJ told Woodford Reserve Distillery last week. The judge held ...

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Next week I'll be at the Craft Brewers Conference  at the Venetian in Las Vegas — a four-day gathering presented by the Brewers Associat...

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"If I ignore harassment, it will go away" … is the 100% incorrect response to harassment happening in your workplace. It's als...

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