Last month, the new chair of the EEOC, Charlotte A. Burrows, was the keynote speaker at a conference regarding new research on criminal recidivism. The EEOC has been mostly quiet on the topic of criminal background checks and Title VII since the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Depending on where you are, it may not be as helpful as it looks. We recently got our first federal court decision addressing whether an employer had the right to require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The court’s answer was yes. The Houston Methodist...
On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., No. 20-255 (2021), holding that a student’s off-campus social media posts critical of her school constituted free expression protected by the First...
Sending a clear message to employers and employees alike on the prickly subject of mandatory vaccination programs, Texas federal Judge Lynn N. Hughes just dismissed outright a lawsuit brought by 117 employees of a Houston hospital, challenging their terminations for...
On June 14, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court provided an answer to the long-standing question of whether “use-it-or-lose-it” vacation policies are permissible under the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA). In the case of Nieto v. Clark’s Market, No. 19SC553, the Colorado...
I’ve often wondered — in fact, even discussed with clients — whether an employer could safely approve an employee’s FMLA-related absence and discipline the employee because he failed to timely report the absence. I’ve theorized that an employer could pull off both...
Original post on June 1, 2021 (“Making the Workplace a Safer Place: A Job for New York’s HERO Act”) Key takeaways for New York employers from the NY HERO Act, as amended: The NYS DOL must publish a model safety standard by July 5, 2021. 30 days thereafter, New York...
On January 21, 2021, President Biden enacted the Executive Order “Protecting Worker Health and Safety” which tasked OSHA with developing safety measures to help protect workers as the nation continued its post-pandemic reopening. On June 10, 2021, in response to that...
Happy days are here again! How much do you know about summer workplace fun in ’21? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear right after each question, so you can cheat all you want — we’ll never know. And if you make it to the end,...
Meet Dr. Sherri Tenpenny. She calls herself the “most knowledgeable and outspoken physician on the adverse impact that vaccines can have on health.” The Center for Countering Digital Hate, on the other hand, identifies her as number four among its...
