Helping Employers in Employment Law Matters and Labor Relations
An Amazon facility in Staten Island.* One REI store in NYC. Forty Starbucks stores out of 15,000 plus nationwide–so far. The union organizing gets headlines for sure, but is this a union movement? Maybe. A better indicator is the increase … Read More
It is not always easy. It requires slowing down and taking time: LISTEN. Most of us have read or heard about the man awarded $450,000 for an unwanted surprise birthday party. Sure it makes good copy (old school for clickbait) … Read More
And as usual, I have nothing to wear! Seriously, this year the data collection time period for 2021 is short and hopefully sweet. The EEOC has been trying to be more user friendly. Fingers crossed. Do you have to … Read More
If you are hiring in Massachusetts, you should absolutely apply for the Hire Now grant money. You can use the $4000 per hire for new hire costs, bonuses and tuition reimbursement. But once this money runs out, that’s it. This … Read More
Remember all those quarantine rules? I before E except after C–oh sorry. The nuns went hard on that one. The CDC has a Quarantine and Isolation Calculator that could prove useful. Please note: it is not for people who are … Read More
On March 15, 2022, there was a lot of noise that women had reached what men earned in 2021. Hurrah! It was the earliest Equal Pay Day since its inception in 1996. Women are reported to make 83% of what … Read More
Yesterday, the Baker/Polito administration announced a grant program for hiring and training new employees. WHAT: The new program provides eligible employers with a $4,000 per employee grant, which can be used to cover training costs or as a signing bonus … Read More
The hybrid workweek is seeing a few hiccups, to put it mildly. It seems no one wants to commute to the office on Mondays and Fridays. Polled workers want to be in the office when everyone else is there (FOMO*). … Read More
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Oh those Irish. Always having fun, drinking too much, ending up in the Paddy Wagon, then going to confession! Hold on! Who thinks that way in 2022? That is the thing about unconscious bias–it is sneaky. … Read More
With its two-year anniversary, the COVID pandemic has been examined ad infinitum. Yet a constant theme has emerged in the workplace: the majority of remote workers do not want to go back into the office full time (if at all). … Read More
Long ago in a land far away… Well, just a few years ago but in COVID time, sexual harassment had a moment. Not a moment but a movement.* The #metoo movement gathered steam and there were some big fish–Harvey Weinstein, … Read More