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Mandatory Company Holiday Party?

Quite a few people are “Googling” whether their company can make attendance at the company holiday party mandatory. The general answer is yes, but if they do they should pay you for your attendance just like any other mandatory company meeting (unless you’re in an exempt position). For that reason, many companies will make the party optional, but strongly “encourage” you to attend. Which brings up another practical point: Even if the party is optional, what signal might you be sending if you refuse to go? Office politics are already confusing and brutal, so dont compound that by shooting yourself in the foot. An exception to the general rule regarding mandatory attendance would be that if you object to the company holiday party on bona fide religious grounds, the company may have an obligation to reasonably accommodate you, which may include allowing you to skip the party. Some people are also “Googling” dress code for company holiday parties. Start by asking HR, and looking at any company policies. In the end, since it is a company event, you cannot go wrong with business attire.

For more on company holiday party issues, hit the link.

http://www.reidkellypc.com/news/the-company-holiday-party-hr%E2%80%99s-role-as-party-planner/

Angela drafted me into the party planning committee. Her memo said that we need to prepare for every possible disaster. Which to me, seems… excessive

Planning the Company Holiday Party: An Employment Law Guide for HR | #EmpLaw #HR

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As a labor & employment law firm, Reid Kelly, P.C. writes this entry to raise awareness of some of the employment law protections afforded victims of domestic violence under NYC law. Domestic violence

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Employment Law Protections for Victims

Don’t assume your employees will exercise good judgment in picking their costumes. Adolf Hitler, Ku Klux Klan, black face, scantily dressed characters, costumes making fun of employees specific protected characteristics (age, handicap, race, religion, etc.), should all be strictly prohibited. Im not making this stuff up. These are all cases involving allegations about halloween behavior and/or costumes: Taylor v. Renfro Corp., 84 F. Supp. 2d 1248, 1250 (N.D. Ala. 2000) (male employee made inappropriate comments on the “tail” on female employee’s cat costume); Devane v. Sears Home Improvement Products Inc., 2003 Minn. App. LEXIS 1514 (Minn. Dec. 23, 2003) (male employee gestured to his groin telling female employee in a doctor costume “it hurts”); Tindle v. Caudell, 56 F.3d 966, 968 (8th Cir. 1995) (employee wore blackface, an afro wig, and carried a watermellon).

http://www.reidkellypc.com/news/halloween-office-party-avoid-horrific-lawsuits/

#HR Halloween OfficeParty

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On May 6, 2015 Mayor De Blasio signed into law Intro. 261-A, a Bill that prohibits employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies from using or requesting an applicant’s consumer credit history, and prevents them from discriminating agains

(via BREAKING: NYC Bans Employer Use of Credit Checks in Employment Decisions)

A great post by an employment lawyer re our relationship with #HR | We Dont Talk Anymore

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UPDATE: The mayor signed the bill described below on April 20, 2015, thus making it law. A link with video is here. BREAKING: On March 31, 2015, the New York City Council (“Council”) passed a bill requiring the New York City Commission on Hu

NYC Mayor Signs Bill to Resume Investigating Employment Discrimination Using Testers | #EmpLaw

Just a quick note to update THIS old post and indicate that employees in New York are now protected from retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) if they make an oral complaint to a company supervisor. Back in 2011 I blogged on the U.S.

Oral Pay Complaints To Supervisors Are Now Protected From Retaliation Under The FLSA In The Second Circuit.

The Daily Employment Law Bulletin, by Reid Kelly, P.C. Law: Todays breaking employment law stories selected by attorneys at Reid Kelly, P.C. law firm

Given that the industry already has a known and respected union in place (the Newspaper Guild, now rebranded as the NewsGuild), and we are seeing signs at Gawker and Politico that internet journalists are indeed interested in representation, I would be surprised if the NewsGuild, emboldened by the new “ambush election” rules, doesn’t launch an organizing drive at both media outlets and more.

http://www.reidkellypc.com/news/why-internet-journalists-may-organize-after-all/

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Credit checks for employment unfairly lock New Yorkers out of jobs for a whole set of unfair reasons. Divorce, healthcare debt, student loans, identity theft, simple errors,” said Councilman Brad Lander

http://observer.com/2015/04/city-council-passes-bill-banning-credit-checks-in-hiring/

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