After a storm, I usually get lots of calls and emails about employers making employees work in conditions they deem unsafe. In general, you don’t have to work in unsafe conditions, so I’m re-posting this for those affected by Florence.
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If My Office Is Closed Due to Hurricane Florence, Do I Get Paid?
It’s time, unfortunately, to re-run this popular and necessary column. I hope you make out okay in Hurricane Florence and suffer no damage. However, you may be wondering if you’re getting paid.Whether you’re entitled to be paid when the office
New EEOC Miami Policy: No Opportunity For Employees To Respond
In the bad old days, after an employee filed a Charge of Discrimination, employers would file a position statement and then one of two things happened: either the investigator would read a summary of the position statement quickly over the
Is It Legal To Record A Conversation At Work?
In light of Omarosa’s recordings of conversations with her bosses at the White House, I thought I’d discuss a question I’m asked all the time in my law practice: Is it legal to record a conversation at work?Unfortunately, there’s no
Can You Be Fired For Taking Vacation? Yep.
I’m on vacation, and so are many Americans. You shouldn’t have to worry about your job while you’re on vacation. Or should you? A recent survey found that 49% of Americans are taking no vacation this summer. Sadly, 52% did
Can You Rescind Your Resignation? Papa John’s Former CEO Wants To Know
In light of the recent brouhaha over Papa John’s founder/CEO’s use of the n-word, subsequent resignation, then statement that he regretted resigning, I thought I’d address this issue I encounter frequently: can you rescind your resignation?The answer, sadly, is
Give Thanks And Support To Labor Unions Before It’s Too Late
The Supreme Court, hijacked by conservatives when they refused to allow President Obama to appoint a Justice during his term, has predictably put another knife in the back of labor unions. The Republican plan is to eliminate unions altogether. They
How To Bring Back Unions? Give Unionized Companies A Tax Cut
If there is one thing that will make a huge difference in the fight for worker rights, it’s unions. Yet unions are under attack. Employers try to bust unions and prevent unionization. They do everything they can to make
Harvey Weinstein’s Contract Is An Admission Of His Propensity To Sexually Harass
In the land of what-the-heck-were they thinking, I give you page 10 of Harvey Weinstein’s contract, Paragraph i, which is basically an admission that the company’s board and management were aware of his propensity to sexually harass. I can’t believe
Roseanne, the NFL, and Employee Free Speech at Work
There are two big stories in the headlines involving employee speech and the consequences thereof. If you haven’t heard of both, welcome back from the coma. The most recent was Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet rant, which resulted in the