Salary.com Compensation & Pay Equity Law Review

Roundup: Employee files; Work meetings; March Madness; DEI test; Intersectionality and discrimination

Newsletter volume 2.12 March 25, 2024

Salary.com Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review

Our editor, employment lawyer Heather Bussing, is tracking legislation, cases, and analysis to give you the latest critical HR topics.

This week we're answering the questions:

Is all the work involved in maintaining employee files really worth it?
Is there really an employer who didn't pay employees for work meetings?
How do we deal with March Madness distractions at work?
How well do you understand DEI?
Do employment lawyers ever admit they're wrong?

Will adding intersectionality to discrimination laws make a difference?

March 19^th, 2024

Maintaining Employee Files Is Worth the Time

Employee files—you need them. Employee files are important for compliance and reporting, operations and performance management, and handling claims, investigations and risk. And this article does a great job of explaining why and what does and doesn't go in an employee file.

March 20^th, 2024

Work Meetings Are Paid Time

What's worse than unnecessary work meetings? Not getting paid for them. Don't do that. Here's why.

March 21^st, 2024

What does a Cheech and Chong song have to do with employment law? Absolutely nothing. But it's NCAA basketball March Madness and even the most sportsball averse get caught up in the men's and women's tournaments. And that means big distractions at work.

March 22^nd, 2024

DEI Is Tricky

With DEI, we sometimes get things wrong. The important thing is to keep learning and stay open to new perspectives.

March 25^th, 2024

Adding Intersectionality to Discrimination Laws

Mixed motive cases involve both discriminatory and nondiscriminatory reasons for the action; intersectionality cases involve multiple discriminatory reasons for the action. But as a practical matter, the employer almost always claims that it had a nondiscriminatory reason for its decision.

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