For the holiday, here are some links to interesting articles. Some of the topics have been touched on by this blog before, and some are new. In any event, have a safe and happy holiday weekend. Check back next week for more links and analysis. With the immigration bill moving…
First up this week, Colorado passed an expansive law that prevents the use of a job applicant’s credit history in hiring or employment decisions. The law is broad, basically applying to every employer outside the law enforcement profession, and almost every employee and job applicant is covered by the law. …
Here are some links to interesting articles from this past week, along with a little commentary. First, the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog looks at developments from the continuing debate regarding how much access employers should have to employee’s social media sites and posts. The article is in reaction to a…
Here are a few links to some interesting employment law articles. I’ve also posted another link to some additional information from the Department of Labor’s recent guidance regarding how the Family and Medical Leave Act applies to adult children. The Employer Handbook has a good article that should remind employees…
Turning again to employment law and social media, here is a look at a recent NLRB decision that held that comments posted on Facebook are protected to the same extent as comments made at the “water cooler.” Littler Mendelson provides an interesting look at the recent case Hispanics United of…
The FMLA Insights blog has an interesting post about FMLA leave during the holiday season. The post lays out a hypothetical scenario where an employee requests vacation leave, has the request denied, and then instead calls in sick and requests FMLA leave- a situation the employer feels is a dubious…
As we have seen recently, the intersection of social media policies and employment law is a growing area of discussion and litigation. The extent to which employers have access to information employees post to social media sites is fairly controversial, and some states have taken steps to pass legislation that…
A recent NLRB decision struck down a clause in an employer’s social media policy that prevented employees from using social media on company time. In the case, the employee challenged two provisions of the company’s employee handbook. The first, which we have seen before, prohibited employees from making disparaging comments…
With the use of real-time social media posts becoming ubiquitous, employees need to be increasingly aware of the possibility that what they post on Facebook or Twitter may be discoverable in a potential discrimination or harassment lawsuit. In a recent EEOC case, the Commission filed suit on behalf of 20…
With no big news items recently, I wanted to post a roundup of a couple of interesting developments that have come out this week. One recap looks at changes on the horizon in Mexican labor law that may help to mobilize the country’s workforce, and the other discussion builds on our…