On April 15, 2024, the EEOC issued its long overdue final regulations enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The regulations went into effect Tuesday, June 18, 2024. In broad terms, the PWFA is the ADA for pregnancy.  The PWFA … Continue reading →

Over the years, I have seen FLSA violators commit silly acts that everyone reading this newsletter knows to be unlawful.  The classic error is paying straight time for overtime, or, the far more aggressive, cash paid off the books for … Continue reading →

Summary of Employee Rights under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act of 2020 Covered Employers. The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“Emergency FMLA”) applies to employers with less than 500 employees. Employee Eligibility Requirements. Employees who … Continue reading →

Balancing coaching and discipline is a challenge in the workplace. I thought about this recently during a trip to Cooperstown, New York, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame and week-long summer baseball tournaments. My son played on his team … Continue reading →

Age discrimination occupied my thoughts recently since turning 50 last month. I remember one of the first cases I worked on with my mentor in the practice of law. Man in his mid-40s claimed age discrimination against his Fortune 100 … Continue reading →

In November, Hilton Grand Vacations fired an employee who posted a picture on a Facebook group page that depicted lynching Florida State head coach Willie Taggart following FSU’s 41-14 loss to Florida. The administrator of the Facebook page determined the … Continue reading →

EEOC Disappointment: Long Awaited (and unhelpful) EEOC Guidance On May 9, 2016, the EEOC issued long awaited guidance regarding leaves of absences as a form of reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (the “ADAAA” or “ADA”, … Continue reading →

Today’s newsletter is a recap for those who could not attend my October 21 lunch and learn presentation on intermittent leave.    The FMLA allows employees to take intermittent leave; that is, to take time off in separate blocks of time … Continue reading →

On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Young v. UPS, what could have been a landmark decision on the rules for accommodating pregnant workers under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”).   But the Court punted on … Continue reading →

Layoffs are dominating the business news since West Texas Crude dropped in half.    The world’s three biggest oilfield service firms — Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes — have announced a combined 22,000 layoffs in recent months according to a recent … Continue reading →