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All the ??hot?? takes on how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could shape employment law

The Employer Handbook

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Respect to the employment law bloggers, reporters, and others who wasted no time trying to read the tea leaves to predict what Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record as a jurist would foreshadow should he ascend to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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All the ??hot?? takes on how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could shape employment law

The Employer Handbook

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Respect to the employment law bloggers, reporters, and others who wasted no time trying to read the tea leaves to predict what Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record as a jurist would foreshadow should he ascend to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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3 Steps to Protect Information While Leveraging Social Media

HR Daily Advisor

The number of companies maintaining a corporate presence on social media rose from 34% in 2008 to 77% in 2013 according to SHRM Survey Findings: Social Networking Website and Recruiting/Selection. partner with the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP., Garrison , Esq.—partner Adopt a social media policy or guidelines.

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Your employee uses medical marijuana. Her drug test is positive. But, how do you know if she was high at work?

The Employer Handbook

“I want to blog about this important, brand new medical marijuana employment law decision. This is a burgeoning area of the law, and this particular decision will enlighten my readers like few others I’ve written about.” Don’t get smoked like this employer. (I Image Credit: Pixabay ([link].

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Employers and the IRS face backlash over biometrics

Business Management Daily

But problems lurk in state privacy laws. Illinois was one of the first states to enact a biometric privacy law in 2008. However, despite some rather clear directives to employers, employers still seem to get caught in its net with regularity. Texas and Washington have laws strikingly similar to Illinois’ law.

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Did you know that even temporary impairments like a back injury can qualify as disabilities?

The Employer Handbook

Before Congress amended the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2008, the Supreme Court held that an impairment must be “permanent or long term” to qualify as a disability. Back in the day, it could be difficult for a plaintiff claiming disability discrimination even to prove that they had a disability.

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3d Cir: Even where old folks are treated fairly, OLDER folks can bring age-bias claims

The Employer Handbook

Instead, let’s hear more about the facts of this case from that Third Circuit jawn opinion: In 2008, the automobile industry began to falter. The RIF of relevance to this case occurred on March 31, 2009, and terminated the employment of approximately one hundred salaried employees in over forty locations or divisions.