It's not as large as you'd think.
One of my favorite workplace advice columnists, Karla Miller of The Washington Post, had a good one yesterday about an employee who was having to bring her 10-year-old daughter to work....more
The case will go on.
And we should be getting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court very soon.
Aimee Stephens, the individual plaintiff/intervenor in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, died yesterday of kidney...more
The EEOC clarifies its position on COVID-vulnerable employees.
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reissued guidance on employers' responsibilities with respect to employees who have medical conditions...more
Some good coronavirus news.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a notice today saying that it intends to delay the collection of 2019 Component 1 data until March 2021.
Employers will be required to...more
We're back in business, baby! (Sorta.)
Life in general may be returning to normal after our two-month exile, and many employers are starting to bring their employees back to work. Are you ready? How much do you really know...more
Online snark can be an unfair labor practice.
If you're going to joke on Twitter about what you'll do to employees if they unionize, be sure to add something -- anything -- that makes it clear you were joking....more
PUA, FPUC, PEUC -- TMA (Too Many Acronyms)!
I use acronyms when I have to (especially "EEOC"), but I'm not a fan.
The federal CARES Act has some very important provisions related to unemployment benefits for people who have...more
Breaking news.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its guidance on COVID-19 yesterday to say that employers could test employees for the virus before allowing them into the workplace, and that the testing...more
National origin, race, age, pregnancy -- and coronavirus.
Dear Readers:
No, I have not quit blogging!
As you can imagine, we at Constangy have been consumed with getting up to speed on new laws like the Families First...more
A mixed bag for employers, but not bad.
On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Labor issued a temporary rule interpreting the expanded FMLA and paid sick leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The DOL...more
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor issued a temporary rule interpreting the expanded FMLA and paid sick leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The DOL intends for the rule to be effective until...more
As most of our readers are aware by now, employers who are required to provide expanded Family and Medical Leave or Paid Sick Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act are entitled to federal tax credits of 100...more
On Friday and Saturday, the U.S. Department of Labor added to its initial FAQs about the expanded leave and paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
The Emergency Family and Medical Leave...more
As we have reported, the U.S. Department of Labor has said that it would take a 30-day non-enforcement position with respect to the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...more
And my best guesses as to the answers.
As most of our readers know, the U.S. Department of Labor issued some guidance this week on the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act,...more
Some of them, anyway.
NOTE FROM ROBIN: This was originally published as a legal bulletin on March 25.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor published three pieces of guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response...more
3/27/2020
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Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor published three pieces of guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act provisions relating to expanded leave under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Department of Labor issued a joint communication on Friday about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
For the first 30 days after the...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is now law!
On Friday the U.S. Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and President Trump reportedly signed it into law last night. Parts of the law expand...more
The scoop on the House version, passed this weekend.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act.” The bill, passed by a vote of 363-40 (with one abstention and 26 not...more
Test your knowledge!
How much do you know about alcohol use and abuse in the workplace? Take our quiz and find out! Sure, everyone is giving all the attention to marijuana these days, but the laws surrounding alcohol are, if...more
Some are old, and some are new. Some are "red," and some are "blue."
President Trump has announced his nominations for three seats on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and two seats on the National Labor...more
(Still 100 percent guaranteed non-partisan.)
The Democrats' debate this week in Charleston, South Carolina, brought to light two workplace pregnancy horror stories, neither of which may have actually happened. But they...more
(Not a political endorsement.)
As you know, this blog is non-partisan, even if it kills us. But I couldn't help feeling sorry for Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday night when his fellow Democratic presidential candidates piled...more
Back for 2020!
NOTE FROM ROBIN: For the past two years, Employment & Labor Insider has been honored to feature a guest Valentine's post from the renowned advice columnist Dr. Loveless. I am delighted to announce that the...more