Fed Ex wants its employees with medical restrictions to stay out of work until they are “100% healed.” Until medical restrictions were completely lifted, employees were forced to take unpaid medical leave, and some eventually terminated. It is certainly a … Read More
Remember last year when the Federal Trade Commission created a rule banning non-compete restrictions nationwide? There were lawsuits, lots of them. We watched and waited. With the September 4, 2024, effective date for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule rapidly … Read More
EEOC and Social Media: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s most recent Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace threaded the needle on when social media outside the workplace rises to a hostile workplace: Conduct that can affect the terms … Read More
The Law: This week, Massachusetts became the 11th state to mandate pay transparency by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges. H.B. 4890. The bill also mandates reporting pay data for certain employers. Here is a brief summary of what you … Read More
Feeling the heat? You are not alone. Excessive heat is a serious health problem in the US and growing. Heat kills more people each year than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined, according to the National Weather Service. In 2021, President Biden … Read More