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What the SCOTUS Healthcare Ruling Means For Your Business

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zU1y_0Geo There’s been a lot of commotion recently over the upheld health care mandate – some say it will destroy the economy, while others say it’s a dawn of a new era of equal access for American healthcare.  Neither is

#blyDEA No. 34 – Develop a Social Media Workplace Policy or Else

Yesterday I attended a session at SHRM entitled “Social NOTworking,” hosted by Jody Katz Pritikin, attorney with Proactive Lawsuit Prevention. It was an eye-opening look at recent case law on the topic of workplace social media use. Jody gave the

What You Need to Know for Feb. in Human Resources and Employment Law

Here’s the latest:   1.            Fun with FMLA – How does an employee who is not eligible for FMLA make a viable claim for FMLA interference and retaliation?  By showing that while the request for time off (for impending motherhood)

New Employment Law Info: NLRB Delays, The IRS in Sheep’s Clothing, and Medical Marijuana

WELCOME to the MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT LAW LEGAL BRIEF FOR HR.  HERE ARE SOME “TRICKS and TREATS” in STORE for EMPLOYERS: No Need to Post . . .  Yet – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has delayed the deadline for posting

The Month’s Hottest Employment Law Stories in Review

New NLRB Notice – Unless challenges are successful, most of you have yet another mandatory poster in your very near future.  The NLRB issued a final rule on August 25, requiring subject employers to post a notice effective November 14,

July Employment Law Legal Brief: The Month’s Hottest Stories in Review

Here’s what is “hot” all around the U.S.: Hire Power – Hot on the heels of the EEOC’s open forum on employer discrimination against the unemployed, Congress has introduced a bill to make it unlawful for employers to (a) refuse

May ’11 Employment Law Legal Brief

Contractor Conundrum Continues – The federal Employee Misclassification Prevention Act (EMPA) of last year has been replaced with a more ominous-sounding Payroll Fraud Prevention Act (S 770).  One of the EMPA record-keeping headaches has been removed, but this bill again

Employment Law Legal Brief: March ’11 in Review

Here is what’s new in employment law across the nation… 1.  New Meaning of “File” – Savvy employers know that retaliation claims are on the rise in part because a motivated plaintiff may find that claim easier to establish than

Social Media Workplace Policy Part II: Do’s and Don’ts

Earlier this week, we discussed the current prevalence of social media in commerce and its current importance to business prosperity and functionality.  We also discussed the legalities of designing a social media workplace policy.  Now, we’re going to delve into the

Employee Rights: The National Labor Relations Board and Facebook

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Last month, we informed you about the complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) against an employer that allegedly terminated an employee for making derogatory remarks about her supervisor on the employee’s Facebook page. The complaint alleged, inter alia,

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