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Fear of Covid-19 At Work: How to Apply For Disability Benefits Through Your Employer
In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide we discuss how to apply...
The Workplace of Tomorrow: A New Path
Employers should seriously consider the current “relationship” they have...
Employee Survival Guide Podcast Episode: Supreme Court Says Sex Discrimination Includes Homosexuality and Transgender Status
This episode of the Employee Survival Guide discusses a landmark U.S....
How to Negotiate a Severance Agreement With Your Employer
This episode of the Employee Survival Guide discusses a very important...
Removing Unwanted Noncompetition Employment Agreements
In this edition of the Employee Survival Guide you will learn the real...
They Denied My Unemployment Claim…Now What?
The good news is that the enhanced unemployment benefits available in response to COVID-19 provides unprecedented and...
WSJ Article- When Co-Workers Test Positive for Covid-19: What You Need to Know
The Wall Street Journal (July 13, 2020) reported the following story with an interview with Employment Attorney Mark...
The Workplace of Tomorrow III: A New Path
By Fran Slusarz About a million years ago, I remember hearing that the Star Wars epic was meant to track the rise and...
The Employees’ Field Guide to Protesting: What you Need to Know Before the Rally
By Fran Slusarz It always surprises people when they learn that they really don’t have a right to say whatever they...
Supreme Court Says Sex Discrimination Includes Homosexuality and Transgender Status
By Mark Carey and Fran Slusarz, The Supreme Court just issued a ground-breaking Bostock decision making it unlawful...
The Workplace of Tomorrow II: Dystopia Rising
By Fran Slusarz, Last week, or 347 news cycles ago, I wrote that the post-COVID workplace will not be as bad as we...
The Workplace of Tomorrow: Not as Silly as They Predicted, Not as Bad as You Fear
By Fran Slusarz, Mid-century was the golden age of futurism and if you are of a certain (ahem) age, you spent far too...
Watch Out for Parasitic Layoffs: Companies are Dropping Headcount to Boost the Bottom Line While No One’s Paying Attention
By Fran Slusarz, It happens in every economic downturn. Companies that are doing just fine, thank you, go through...
What If They Opened the Economy and No One Came? Or, Why It’s Still Mostly Groundhog Day
By Fran Slusarz, With all 50 states set to lift at least some restrictions as we head into Memorial Day weekend, it is...
Does Your Large Employer Owe You Paid Sick Leave and Enhanced FMLA Leave?
By Fran Slusarz, If you are as outraged as I am by the well-capitalized hospitality industry and publicly traded...
They Denied My Unemployment Claim…Now What?
The good news is that the enhanced unemployment benefits available in response to COVID-19 provide unprecedented and...
What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued the following critical guidance that lawyers and judges...
What You Need to Know Before You Return to Work
By Fran Slusarz, Even though the majority of Americans think it is too soon, states across the nation are declaring...
Scared To Return To Work During Covid-19?
Even after weeks of quarantining and social distancing, we continue to read about alarmingly high statistics related...
Whistleblower Laws Help Healthcare Workers Do What’s Right AND Keep Their Jobs
By Fran Slusarz The news is alarming. More than 760 residents of Connecticut nursing home have died from COVID-19....
