Hiring a weasel is generally a bad idea. There are exceptions, but not many. So, this happened. Matthew Donlin was a general manager for Petco who took FMLA leave in February 2016 for a medical condition that led to occasional flare-ups. By May of 2016, Donlin’s doctor...
An announcement by the USCIS has let the surprisingly rapid output of all new scam targeting employers. Shortly after the feds announced that they would be ramping up I-9 audits, a rash of fraudulent emails began to appear in the inboxes of various companies. Well designed and...
When everything is sexual harassment, nothing is A tremendous explosion has erupted in the media and entertainment sphere, an explosion of revelations about bad behavior by high power individuals, both male and female (bust mostly male). None of it is surprise really, except the reactions. Since when did any of...
There is an old truism in the legal industry. It goes ‘hard cases make bad law’. Essentially this argument says thatby definition hard cases are the exception, not the rule. And making laws based on exceptions is a guaranteed method of screwing over everyone else. This...
It is rare to hear of a case where the court ruled in favor of the basic precepts of the rule of law. Generally courts have a reputation for making their decisions based in the precepts of angry rejected college professors. A terrible situation which...
So, this came across my eye. Another day, another court battle centered around a non-union employer that allegedly retaliated against employees who successfully launched a union-organizing campaign. Was giving them sub-par raises of $666 an “unmistakable” attempt to brand the organizers the AntiChrist or the Devil. As...
The key driving factor for wages is employer competition. When companies are competing for your talent, they will attempt to outbid one another in order to secure your talent for themselves. This changed under the FDR administration, when it was declared illegal to pay employees more...
It is always interesting to note the yin and yang in any given situation. When the statement is that we will allow to not do something, the implication is that until now we were forced to do whatever it was that we are now easing...
The DOL may as well have a sign hanging over the door to its front office, one that reads, WE DETERMINE WHO WILL GET PAID WHAT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND SO HELP THE ONE THAT EVEN THINKS HE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO PAY. Honestly, you...
I recently came across an article detailing the problem of toxic workplace culture and ways to fix them. The subject matter was rather important, so I read it, but the author makes a number of claims that need to be clarified. The issue I am...
Emerging signs of sanity in government? Fear not, the government is as insane as ever. The anomaly here was one of the few normal judges scattered throughout our court system actually getting put on the case. So, what happened here? Well, according to general news sources, the...
It reads like it was written for businesses that only existed before 1860 A little catch from the DOL rulebook. Any time the DOL accuses your company of breaking federal pay laws, it’s a major headache. But when the mistake is clearly unintentional and the feds slap you...
