According to some business owners and Wall Street pundits, US employers can’t hire enough people because unemployment benefits are too high. We’re paying people not to work, they say.
Archives for June 15, 2021
Young workers fear they must return to offices to save their careers
Managers hoping to lure employees into offices may find their youngest and newest staff are their strongest allies.
Should There Be A Religious Exemption For Title IX?
The Washington Post generated some buzz this Wednesday when it reported that the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice will “vigorously” defend the Title IX exemption for religious colleges.
Power and Peril: 5 Takeaways on Amazon’s Employment Machine
An Amazon worker tries to return from a Covid-related leave and is mistakenly fired.
Do you know how much your coworkers are making? This study has bad news for workers who find out
In some cases ‘pay transparency reduces the bargaining power of employees,’ according to research circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Amazon, sued repeatedly for lost wages, avoids paying workers for long waits and walks
Eleven years ago, an Amazon worker sued the company for screening him at the end of his shifts at its warehouse to make sure he wasn’t smuggling inventory out the door.
Employment In America: A Shifting Workforce
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Three Successful Ways To Practice Empathetic Leadership In The Workplace
Nearly every C-suite executive and team leader can acknowledge that empathy — the ability to temporarily see a situation from another person’s perspective — is a powerful leadership tool.
D.C. Circuit Flips NLRB; Employer’s Alleged ‘Baseless’ Statements of Opinion Lawful
“Absent threats or promises, § 8(c) [of the National Labor Relations Act] unambiguously protects ‘any views, argument or opinion’ – even those that the agency finds misguided, flimsy, or daft,” the D.C. Circuit has held. Trinity Services Group, Inc. v. NLRB, No. 20-1014 (D.C. Cir. June 1, 2021)
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Connecticut Passes Law Requiring Disclosure of Wage Ranges to Applicants and Employees
On June 7, 2021, Governor Lamont signed House Bill Number 6380, which requires employers to disclose to applicants and employees the salary ranges for positions. Significantly, the law also expands Connecticut’s prohibition of gender-based pay discrimination to require equal pay for “comparable,” as opposed to “equal,” work. The bill,
Cal/OSHA Releases Latest Revised Proposal for Re-adoption of COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
On June 11, 2021, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Standards Board) released its latest set of proposed revisions to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (Revised ETS). The Standards Board will vote on the Revised ETS at its June 17 Standar
Dear Littler: May We Ask Our Employees About Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status?
Dear Littler: We are a retail chain on the West Coast and are almost back to pre-COVID-19 operational levels. Now that vaccines are widely available, we’re hoping our workforce (and the public!) will soon be fully vaccinated. We’ve been hearing a lot of conflicting information about what we may
JENNIFER SHAW APPEARS ON “THE AFTERNOON NEWS” WITH KITTY O’NEAL TO EXPLAIN CAL/OSHA’S NEW REGULATIONS
Jennifer Shaw appeared on “The Afternoon News with Kitty O’Neal” to discusses the new workplace regulations proposed by Cal/OSHA.
CalOSHA Releases New Revisions to the ETS
For those of you still on the edge of your seats after last week’s Cal/OSHA activity, the saga continues!
Cal/OSHA Board Reverses Course
At its emergency meeting yesterday, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board withdrew the amended Emergency Temporary Standards.