This is an update on a previous blog whereby I informed you that California was on the brink of requiring employers to provide sick days to their employees. Over the holiday weekend, California became only the second state to guarantee Read More »
A recent Federal case was recently decided that confirms that employers need to have an effective complaint procedure in place to investigate complaints of harassment. At a minimum it may help to reduce your liability if you are proactive instead Read More »
Reimbursing employees for expenses has been the source of confusion for employers. One area, not generally considered, is reimbursing employees for the use of their personal cell phones for company business. Well, the bell has been rung. Last week a Read More »
Last week, a federal appellate court took a sledgehammer to the mailbox rule (mailing a letter during the normal course of business are deemed received by the addressee), finding it to be a relatively weak indicator that the addressee actually Read More »
The Top 12 employer harassment mistakes In my continuing quest to make sure that none of our clients ever get sued — or, if that fails, never lose a lawsuit — here are the most common employer harassment mistakes. Are Read More »
Recently the California Supreme Court continued its trend of issuing employee-friendly decisions, this time in a case involving the commissioned salesperson exemption. In Peabody v. Time Warner Cable, the plaintiff was a commissioned salesperson who sold advertising spots for Time Read More »
The EEOC has found that female employees can be discriminated against based merely upon their intent to become pregnant! Recently, a high-level female executive who has a two-year-old son, told her manager she was trying to get pregnant. The manager Read More »
This is wild! An employer was sued for sexual harassment. The allegation was based upon facts that included the supervisor telling the plaintiff that he could save her job if she “f****d” (I am quoting here!) him and then proceeded Read More »
Since President Obama came into office we have been preaching to employers to be careful about their hiring and termination procedures because the EEOC made it very clear that now that they have a “friend” in the White House they Read More »
The EEOC filed a disability-discrimination lawsuit against Walgreens on behalf of a diabetic employee who had stolen a bag of chips. The employee alleged that she took the chips off the shelf to stabilize her blood sugar level during a Read More »
