By: Amy Epstein Gluck
“It’s not fair!”
“He cheated! Mom, he’s cheating!”
“I’m not playing anymore.”
The above might be a common refrain in households everywhere (well, pre-Fortnite, Minecraft, etc.) as siblings attempted to best each other by amassing money and property in Hasbro’s iconic game, Monopoly.
But Hasbro created and recently announced a new game—Ms. Monopoly, which, thanks to my mom, […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
As we continue to counsel clients large and small about how to prevent sexual harassment in this #MeToo era, I recently read about this project, “Not on the Menu,” the brain child of one restaurant owner and her staff during a problem-solving meeting after a customer put his hand up one employee’s […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
As the late, great Amy Winehouse sang:
They tried to make me go to rehab
I said, “no, no, no”
Employers, if an employee seeks leave to go to rehab, your refrain is more likely to be, “yes, yes, yes.”
Why?
If an employee seeks help to treat an addiction, said employee is likely protected by the Americans […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently entered into a consent decree with a Tex-Mex restaurant in Gainesville, Virginia (up to an hour from the DMV—without traffic) settling a lawsuit alleging that restaurant employees, including other servers and kitchen staff, subjected a gay male server to “unwelcome harassing and offensive behavior” that included […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
Your anti-discrimination, -harassment, and -retaliation policies must be enforced to be effective. It’s likely that this is no news flash, but in practice, people tend to forget.
Case in point: yet another public memo to a household name company demonstrating that all that glitters may not be gold.
What am I talking about? Well, […]
By Amy Epstein Gluck
Hello, and happy end of summer!
Like Rich, I am excited to participate in an EEOC panel in Baltimore at the EEOC Training Institute’s seminar about the Future of HR.
Details:
Where: Crowne Plaza Baltimore at the Inner Harbor, 105 W. Fayette Street
When: August 26, 2019, at 9 a.m.
Topic: The Future of HR is Today!
What […]
By Amy Epstein Gluck
Employers, do you have a workplace violence prevention plan?
If not, you may want to consider creating one regardless of your size.
After the shooting in Virginia Beach, I wrote about recognizing signs of possible impending workplace violence.
I also promised to provide additional information for employers and HR to consider, but, like everyone else, I […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
Did you know that California passed a law last year that establishes voluntary standards for workplace mental health?
No? I didn’t either, and we should talk about this.
What Kind of Law?
Under the law, the state is creating guidelines to help companies strengthen access to mental health care for their employees, put strategies and programs […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
As I arrived at a jam-packed, standing room only sports bar on a Sunday morning, I wondered what a U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) victory would mean to the lawsuit filed by the team, which is scheduled to go to mediation after the USWNT’s 4th World Cup.
What will it mean for the women’s […]
By Amy Epstein Gluck
Equal pay is getting a lot of press these days. Indeed, it seems to be a “Hot HR Topic.” (Yes, that IS a thing! OK, just for employment law nerds.)
There’s a federal law requiring employers to provide equal pay for equal work, and, employers should know that most states have equal pay […]