One of the common calls I get goes like this: “I was just fired on my day off. They didn’t give me a reason. They won’t meet with me. This can’t be legal.” It sucks. It feels like you couldn’t have possibly done something wrong if you weren’t even at…
Hey folks, I maintain a very busy and probably too loud presence on Twitter, found @erlichlawoffice, but this blog has gone long underserved and ignored. I’m going to fix that with posts coming this week and more to come soon. Generally, I’ll write the posts, but some might come from other…
Earlier this month, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a lawsuit against Diallo’s of Houston, a nightclub and party venue, alleging that Diallo’s violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) when it demanded an employee provide medical documentation that she was not HIV-positive, according to The National…
The Fairfax County Police Department will be performing “re-engineering” training of its entire force to ensure that officers understand and comply with a new use-of-force policy, according to NBC Washington. Fairfax County’s use-of-force policies have come under scrutiny recently after the county police shot and killed an unarmed man named…
The Hawaii state legislature is considering a bill that would make it more difficult for employers to access the social media profiles of their employees and prospective employees. HB 1739 recently made it through the Hawaii House and was recently heard before the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee, which recommended the…
After last week’s passage and signature of North Carolina’s House Bill 2, which discriminates against transgender individuals, North Carolina and other states who have adopted or are considering similarly discriminatory laws have come under intense scrutiny and pressure from businesses opposed to laws that discriminate against members of the LGBT community.…
The clock is always ticking if you’re an hourly employee One of the most frequent stumbling blocks for clients is tardiness. Whether it’s coming to work on time or coming back from breaks in a timely fashion, we cannot stress this enough: you must be on time for work. Even…
On December 22, 2014 a federal judge struck down a new provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that would have entitled most home-care workers to minimum wage and overtime just ten days before that provision was to take effect, according to Bloomberg BNA. As it stands, the FLSA…
This month’s most popular and interesting articles covered some very important topics ranging from employment law and worker’s rights to the state of the ‘American Worker.’ More expansively, we also explored the stagnancy of international wages, and urge you to take a look at a short video that illustrates the…
Lauren Greene, former New Media Director and later Communications Director for Blake Farenthold, a congressman from Texas and the owner of the domain name “www.blow-me.org” filed suit against her former boss in D.C. federal district court on Friday, December 12. The complaint alleges that Congressman Farenthold created an “uncomfortable work environment,” according to the Washington Post,…