Weis Markets allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and fired her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program (EAP), according to... Read more »
Takeaway: While closeness in time between protected activity and adverse action can be a factor to show an employer’s bad motive, it is not by itself enough to establish causation, especially if... Read more »
I t’s no surprise that job candidates lie to get ahead. According to a recent survey from Resume Builder, a resume services company headquartered in Seattle, 32 percent of Americans admit to... Read more »
Weis Markets allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and fired her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program (EAP), according to... Read more »
Employers in Maryland and Virginia should be aware of new laws that affect noncompete, confidentiality, nondisclosure, and nondisparagement provisions in pre-dispute agreements that are provided to employees at the onset of or... Read more »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two new sets of FAQs, called Volume 2 and Volume 3, to help employers correctly submit their 2022 EEO-1 forms. The guidelines, published on... Read more »
In the past, when employees got a cough or cold, they would often push through and go into work anyway because they didn’t want to use up their sick days. But when... Read more »
Takeaway: Manipulating or falsifying evidence can result in severe penalties for an employee, including dismissal of claims and sanctions. An employee’s sexual harassment claims based on forged text messages were dismissed, and the... Read more »
Forget howling monsters or vampire attacks. More than half of U.S. job seekers are most spooked about being ghosted: that mysterious radio silence from a recruiter or hiring manager who had been... Read more »
More than 70,000 child care providers may shut their doors in the coming months, as funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act has expired. Day care owners cite burnout and low... Read more »
