09 Mar Business Ownership, Employees, Human Resources Federal Appeals Court Holds That It Is Illegal For Employers To Discriminate Against Transgendered Individuals August 14, 2023 By BappyNur On March 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion holding that transgendered indiv...Continue reading
09 Jan Business Ownership, Human Resources Interns: Do you have to pay them? August 14, 2023 By BappyNur Some of the confusion regarding this issue may have been clarified by the Department of Labor’s recent announc...Continue reading
04 Jan Business Ownership, Human Resources Can directing social media employment ads to a “targeted” audience be illegal discrimination? “We are about to find out.” August 14, 2023 By BappyNur Many employers utilize Facebook to advertise open positions. Facebook’s format allows an ad to be directed to ...Continue reading
19 Dec Business Ownership, Employees, Human Resources December 14, 2017: A banner day for employers at the NLRB August 14, 2023 By BappyNur As you have probably read, the now more employer-friendly NLRB recently overruled its 2015 decision in Brownin...Continue reading
28 Nov Human Resources Sexual Harassment: a primer for small employers August 14, 2023 By BappyNur As everyone who has not been on a deserted island for the past month knows, there has been somewhat of an expl...Continue reading
14 Nov Human Resources Pre-employment assessments or tests: potential traps for the unwary employer August 14, 2023 By BappyNur Some employers utilize a test or assessment tool in an attempt to predict how well an applicant might perform ...Continue reading
19 Oct Human Resources A yoga studio gets twisted up with wage and hour law August 14, 2023 By BappyNur Corepower Yoga owns and operates yoga studios nationwide. The company had a program entitled “Yoga for Trade,”...Continue reading
05 Oct Human Resources If you receive an EEOC charge….Be Careful! August 14, 2023 By BappyNur DZNPS employed many electricians at its power station in Waterford, CT. One of them, GM, filed a Charge with t...Continue reading
28 Sep Human Resources Employee who attended Beyonce concert while on FMLA has to face the music August 14, 2023 By BappyNur MJ was a marketing manager for BNSF, a railway company, and had been so employed since 2002. She was having so...Continue reading
20 Sep Human Resources Unintended Consequences and Your Employee Handbook August 14, 2023 By BappyNur The National Labor Relations Board, “NLRB,” could find well-intended rules in your employee handbook to be unl...Continue reading