January 24, 2017 Paid family leave was one of the few policy areas where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agreed during the campaign, so there’s a good chance that Congress will consider paid family leave proposals under President Trump. Here are seven questions everyone should be asking. How much — and what kind of — paid leave is provided? Under the Family Medical […]
January 13, 2017 When President Barack Obama exits the Oval Office for the last time, he will leave behind a pro-employee legacy that includes greater workplace inclusion and notable progress in fighting wage discrimination, but his administration didn’t accomplish all of its goals. Because many of Obama’s signature workplace initiatives, including enhanced overtime protections for
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December 22, 2016 On Tuesday, Washington, D.C., became the latest municipality to institute a generous paid family leave policy, with eight weeks’ child-care leave and six weeks to look after sick relatives, continuing a trend of employee-friendly local and state regulations that management-side attorneys believe could accelerate as the incoming Trump administration effects a more
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December 9, 2016 The Washington, D.C., City Council just voted on a paid leave bill that would be one of the most generous in the nation. Thanks to the city’s demographics and its unique position as the nation’s capital, this vote could be a major turning point for the country. Called the Universal Paid Leave Act, the bill
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November 29, 2016 The United States is the only developed country not to offer paid leave to mothers and fathers of newborn children. During the 2016 presidential campaign, the issue of paid leave was very prominent in Hillary Clinton’s platform, and President-elect Donald Trump eventually proposed a paid-leave plan as well. Based on his rhetoric
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November 23, 2016 What to do if you are being harassed? Tom Spiggle, founder of Spiggle Law Firm, told Forbes that there was a series of actions people can do if they’re being sexually harassed at work. 1. Talk to an experienced sexual harassment lawyer. Spiggle said that one obstacle women encounter when meeting with Human
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November 8, 2016 In recent weeks and months, we’ve read disturbing headlines with all sorts of arguments from alleged sexual abusers sharing that the women claiming they were touched inappropriately or abused were either lying, too ugly to be harassed, or planted by another group or faction. For women all around the world, sexual misconduct
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September 1, 2016 Zika is in the news, the mosquito-borne illness that is linked to birth defects in children born to infected women, and so is this week’s missive from employment attorney Tom Spiggle of Spiggle Law Firm. “Employers are in a tough spot when dealing with the Zika virus and pregnant workers,” he writes.
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July 28, 2016 Our nation passed a historic milestone when Hillary Clinton formally accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for president. Americans disagree about how much her gender has helped or hurt her so far in this campaign and we will continue to debate this very important topic through November and beyond. But there
June 23, 2016 Airbnb has a discrimination problem on its hands. Last month, in an ugly, racist exchange, an Airbnb host in North Carolina said he canceled a guest’s booking because she was black. Another customer hit the company with a lawsuit, claiming he was rejected for a booking in 2015 when a host saw
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