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On June 15th, the Supreme Court decided in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. The Court unequivocally held that firing someone...
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) discriminated against older employees by laying them off at greater rates than people under 40. And, when it came time to rehire them, the older employees were...
On June 5, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020. As I previously blogged, Congress established the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This $669...
Does your organization have a social media policy? There may be situations in which an employee makes an unwelcome social media post on their own account. Can you fire someone for what they say on their own social media accounts? In many cases, you can. The fact that...
Now that businesses are beginning to re-open, many employees will likely be hesitant to return to work. Can an employer force an employee to physically come into the office? What if an employee wants to continue teleworking? The answer to questions such as these...
COVID-19 has made 2020 an undeniably hard year for employees. Luckily, the Maryland legislature recently passed 4 new pro-employee laws that will go into effect on October 1, 2020. Mandatory Mini-WARN Act As I previously blogged, the federal WARN Act requires that...
According to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the companies that produced the television drama “Criminal Minds” failed to address a sexually hostile work environment that went on for 14 years at the show. The DFEH, California’s main...
Telework has exploded in the era of COVID-19, and many Americans will likely continue working from home long after the virus-related shutdowns have ended and businesses are reopened. With teleworking on the rise, now is the perfect time for employers to make sure...
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Congress established the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a $669 billion-dollar loan program designed to help small businesses continue to pay their employees. The most attractive feature of the...
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is an opportunity to close skills gaps by hiring workers who are often overlooked: people with disabilities, those with criminal histories, veterans and the long-term unemployed. Employers can get a tax credit of between $1,200...