Roundup: Employee files; Work meetings; March Madness; DEI test; Intersectionality and discrimination
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?
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.
Work Meetings Are Paid Time
What's worse than unnecessary work meetings? Not getting paid for them. Don't do that. Here's why.
We've Got a Basketball Jones
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.
DEI Is Tricky
With DEI, we sometimes get things wrong. The important thing is to keep learning and stay open to new perspectives.
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.
