Can I be fired based on a video?
I am a flight attendant. I was videotaped by a passenger while I was pouring company wine into a container. Can they fire me [...]
About Ann Kiernan
Ann Kiernan has litigated claims of wrongful discharge and discrimination before state and federal courts and administrative matters before the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, representing both employers and employees. Ms. Kiernan co-hosted The Employee Rights Forum, a weekly radio call-in show reaching up to a half-million listeners in the New York metropolitan area, and her articles on employment law have been published in many books and magazines. Both as a firm partner and as a director, Ms. Kiernan gained solid experience in management and human resources compliance. She has worked with Fair Measures since 1997.Our CEO is requiring we submit all FMLA applications to him before submitting to our leave administrator. Is this legal?
Ann Kiernan replies: As long as the CEO is not retaliating against employees who take FMLA or interfering with their rights, this appears to [...]
Employer OK to Fire Worker Who Pushed Gender Stereotypes
If you’re a regular eNews reader, you’ll remember our discussion last fall about the Google memo. You know, the one where the Google engineer [...]
What are employee rights during performance reviews?
Is it permissible, by law, for a manager to have another manager sit on an employee’s performance review? Is it permissible, by law, for [...]
Help! My boss won’t do anything about harassment!
I went to my boss about another employee that was sexually harassing me inside and outside of work. He was making sexual remarks, touching [...]
Can my manager tell people that I am on leave of absence?
I manage an apartment complex. Can my supervisor send out a letter to all the residents of the complex I manage saying that I [...]
Social Media Ads Shut Out Older Applicants
A nationwide class action filed in federal court in California charges that hundreds of employers around the country, including T-Mobile, Amazon.com, Cox Communications, Inc., [...]
What are applicant rights to drug test results?
Last week, I interviewed for a job and had drug screening done. They called me 2 days later and told me that I failed [...]
Can an employer take lunches off overtime pay? What is the penalty?
Ann Kiernan replies: The law does not require the employer to provide a paid lunch period. But it does require that employers pay for [...]
Do office rules apply outside the office?
We are a small company with 8 full-time employees, all men. Recently, we had an end of Summer party at the beach on a [...]