#WorkforceWednesday®: Staples Sued Over MA’s Lie Detector Notice, NJ’s Gender-Neutral Dress Code, 2024 Voting Leave Policies - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? Tattoos, Piercings, and Leggings, Oh My! Is It Time To Review Your Workplace Dress Code?
Stare Decisis: Dress Codes, Union T-Shirts and the NLRB
#WorkforceWednesday: The Union-Friendly Biden NLRB, California's FAST Act, and Pay Transparency in California - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VI-119 - What Did You Miss This Summer?
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 266: Preparing for Virtual OCI (w/Sadie Jones)
Illegal or ill-mannered? Title VII meets Ms. Manners
Labor & Employment Podcast Series: Enforcement of Face Coverings
Handbooks ‘R’ Us
“My coworker smells!” and other HR dilemmas
III-41- Things That Make You Go “Hmmm” in Employment Law
I-20 - Special Holiday Party Episode
Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Polsinelli Podcasts - Can Your Employee Wear That to Work? EEOC Updated Guidelines
The Minnesota legislature recently passed a bill that will prohibit discrimination against a person based on hair texture and hair styles that are associated with race. Approximately 20 states have passed similar measures,...more
While many employers maintain “Professional Dress and Hygiene” policies in their Employee Handbooks – or as stand-alone policies – managers, supervisors, and human resources personnel are rarely trained on how to implement...more
An Employee Handbook Should Fit the Current Workplace Model - Following Covid-19 shutdowns, many employers have moved to a hybrid workplace, where a section of the employees works remotely for all or part of their...more
Employees showing support for social justice movements are starting to wear their advocacy positions on their sleeve – or on their face coverings or t-shirts. Who gets to decide what is offensive and what is not, and how...more
Does size matter? Should your handbook cover underwear and love notes? Does using a random handbook you found online create problems? This episode delves into the good, the bad, and the ugly of employee handbooks. This...more
The Washington State Legislature has passed an amendment to the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) to prohibit discrimination based on hair textures and hairstyles historically linked to race. Washington’s House...more
• The New York State Equal Pay Act (EPA) now will apply to all protected categories (including race, national origin, religion, etc.) rather than just gender, dramatically expanding the reach of the statute. • New York...more
Is it advisable to make decisions based on employees’ physical appearance or to post a “be pretty” rule? Well, of course not. Not only is there zero evidence that physical attractiveness has any correlation to talent or...more
You are probably familiar with the concept of transgender status and, even if you haven’t already addressed such a situation at your workplace, you probably have a rough idea of how you would handle a situation involving an...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Although there’s no right or wrong time to do a handbook update, we recommend them annually. Might as well take the opportunity when operations are typically slower, summertime, to give your handbook a...more
Dress codes—a helpful workplace rule or a trap for the unwary? A recent Forbes article (High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes: Urgent Action Needed, Say U.K. MPs) relates the story of Nicola Thorp, who was sent home from her...more
As we advised almost a year ago, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently been subjecting dealership handbooks to increased legal scrutiny. Whether or not your dealership is unionized, your employment policies...more
In Boch Imports, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the employer, a car dealership, violated the National Labor Relations Act because the dealership’s social media and dress code policies were...more