Your employee alleges discrimination or harassment, or conduct that s/he believes is otherwise illegal. Most of you know that you shouldn’t fire the employee or take some other adverse action in response. I’ve posted about that here. That’s retaliation, and it’s illegal. In a discrimination case, you could pay big bucks for both the discrimination […]
Stop Asking About Salary History!
Did you know that Tuesday April 10 was Equal Pay Day? Equal Pay Day came into being in 1996 to raise public awareness of the difference between men’s and women’s pay. I’ll come back to this point shortly. Today I want to talk (or, more appropriately, write) to you about the subject of salary history […]
Looks Like The Supreme Court Put the Brakes on Overtime for Auto Service Advisors
Employers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have to pay their workers for all time worked–except when you don’t. Wait. Employees can work and not be paid? Well, not exactly. Let’s do a quick review of the General Rule: You have to pay your workers for all hours they work. For hours 1-40 […]
Note to Self: You Can’t Keep Your Employees’ Tips
If you employ “tipped” workers, I have good news and not-so-good news. OK, maybe it’s not really good news, but it’s interesting. The sort of good news is that Congress passed a budget and so the federal government was not shut down. (Yawn– I know). If you’re an employment law nerd like me, you find […]
Oooh Baby! EEOC Reminds Bosses that Dads Get Parental Leave Too…
With all the talk about a paid Family Medical Leave law and paid maternity leave, it’s easy to lose sight of one key group of people: working fathers. Your company probably has family medical leave, and maybe even maternity leave policies. If your company is more progressive it may have a paternity leave or parental […]