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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark addresses the issue of oversharing at work.  He explores the pros and cons of oversharing. Obviously, oversharing can be damaging to other employees, i.e. mental nervous conditions and coworker abuse, a sexual harassment comment or ageist comment. But oversharing can also be used as a tool to set up your employer and protect your rights, causing your employer to go on the defense, and enhancing your severance package.  In the alternative, oversharing can be used to prolong your job and prevent the employer from firing you when you overshare, i.e. complain of discrimination in a time stamped email.  Again, another tactic your employer does not want you to know about.   

Links to sources in the podcast episode:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-bringing-your-whole-self-to-work-is-too-much-8a590034?st=5vnv97uogual3g0&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Awareness_Month
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-stop-oversharing-your-boss-get-ahead-by-linkedin-news/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/15/business/pregnancy-discrimination.html

Link to blog article on the same subject: https://capclaw.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-oversharing-personal-information-at-work/

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark attacks the DEI initiative and argues that employers just do not want any DEI initiatives to succeed because it is bad for business.  Mark wastes no time blaming employers for the DEI fiasco now experienced by employees nationwide. 

Links to sources in the podcast episode:

https://www.patreon.com/profvrandall?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
https://hbr.org/2022/01/the-angry-black-woman-stereotype-at-work
https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/situational-depression
https://hbr.org/2022/12/the-failure-of-the-dei-industrial-complex

Link to blog article on the same subject: https://capclaw.com/employers-dont-want-dei-to-succeed/

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide,  Mark discussses the recent federal government action to provide millions of working Americans new Freedom of Speech rights at work by banning pre and post dispute confidentiality agreements and nondisparagement agreements in severance agreements employees receive when they are terminated. The new rules apply to both private sector employees and unionized employees.  This is a huge development favoring employees. 

Links to sources for podcast:
https://capclaw.com/employees-now-have-new-freedom-of-speech-rights-at-work/
https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/who-we-are
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-rules-that-employers-may-not-offer-severance-agreements-requiring
https://www.nlrb.gov/guidance/key-reference-materials/national-labor-relations-act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_Out_Act
https://capclaw.com/podcast-speak-out-act-a-federal-ban-on-predispute-confidentiality-agreements-regarding-sexual-harassment-and-sexual-assault-victims/
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/speak-out-act-compliance.aspx
https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/nondisclosure-nondisparagement-agreement-states.aspx
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2016/09/03_cohen/
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-memo-with-guidance-to-regions-on-severance
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-general-counsel-issues-memo-with-guidance-to-regions-on-severance


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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark prepares your layoff first aid kit and instructs you about what should go into it.  He will discuss (10) ten steps you need to run through when you receive your layoff notice and severance agreement.   Mark offers quick advice from years of handling severance negotiations for thousands of clients.  There is a method and you need understand it to maximize your financial severance gain.   

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark confronts and explains one of the most overused and most misunderstood employment law phrases out there.  What is a hostile work environment anyway?  Mark wants to end the confusion once and for all. After you listen to this episode you will know what is and what is not a hostile work environment.   

Links mentioned in the show:
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-glossary/pages/hostile-work-environment.aspx
https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark explores the recently enacted federal ban on predispute nondisclosure agreements regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace. The Speak Out Act bans or voids any and all predispute agreements from prohibiting anyone for complaining about sexual assault and sexual harassment.  These agreements are not to be confused with severance, settlement agreements- so called postdispute nondisclosure agreements, which the law does not apply to.   Listen to hear Mark explain the reality of the federal ban and how employers have attempted to get around these federal and state bans on nondisclosure of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims by victoms.  Mark anticipates the problem is not going to go away.

Speak Out Act.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-speak-out-act-voids-predispute-nondisclosure-and-nondisparagement-provisions
ban on forced arbitration
National Women's Law Center, April 2020 Fact Sheet: Limiting Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Agreements That Silence Workers: Policy Recommendations.

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide Mark discusses what things you can take and not take with you after being laid off or terminated for cause.   There is a common misperception among employees about what exactly an employer owns. Mark explains that work for hire means anything you do for the employer belongs to the employer. Many employers make employees sign Nondisclosure and Confidential Agreements to protect company information.  Listen and find out the quick and easy answers to this very real and large problem many employees experience.  The most important item companies cannot control is each employee's individual intellectual property, i.e. their work experience and know how.

This episode was prompted by a Wall Street Journal article Mark read dated March 16, 2023 captioned: Worried About Layoffs? What Files You Can Take With You—and How to Do It

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide, Mark addresses the important topic of healthcare claim denials because the medical treatment is deemed by the health insurance carrier as "Not Medically Necessary".  This is the state of healthcare insurance practice across the country and employees are not being told a thing about this practice of claim denials- until now. 

Mark is an ERISA benefits attorney, as well as an employment attorney, and he walks through the steps you need to go through when you get a denial letter from a health insurance company.  He provides the quick insight you need to get the claim approved, especially when the healthcare treatment is needed in an emergency situation.  Mark explains the insurance game and how to beat it.  If you listen to the episode, you will avoid the insurance game and get the benefits you are entitled to ASAP.  

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In this episode of the Employee Survival Guide Mark tackles job loss, grief, and professional identity.  He realized after so many years counseling clients, he had never written about job loss and the grieving process.  Mark not only provides the steps for healthy grieving a job loss, but he also provides examples from former clients.  Job loss and grief of losing your job must be better understood and talked about more openly.  You will get that insight here. 

Here are the links to the Sources used in this episode:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/10615806.2019.1619703?needAccess=true&role=button
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354410/1
https://www.vumc.org/health-wellness/news-resource-articles/stress-and-job-loss
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/10615806.2019.1619703?needAccess=true&role=button
https://www.vumc.org/health-wellness/news-resource-articles/stress-and-job-loss
https://capclaw.com/contact-us/

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The U.S. Government reports that individuals who have “recovered” from Covid-19 do not have a physical disability under federal disability discrimination laws. However, this conclusion is not accurate, and you need to know why.

In an Article on November 18, 2022, I reported that 60% of the U.S. population, 191 million people, have a disability called either Long Haul Covid-19 or “Recovered” from Covid-19. The following information will support this legal and medical conclusion and how businesses, insurance carriers and the federal government do not want to acknowledge it. A new study covering 5 million Americans also supports the conclusion that Covid-19 resides in the body post-infection and can lead to substantially increased risks of further medical consequences upon reinfection.

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-adds-new-section-clarifying-when-covid-19-may-be-disability-updating-technical
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02051-3
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-adds-new-section-clarifying-when-covid-19-may-be-disability-updating-technical
https://www.covid.gov/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/05/fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-accelerates-whole-of-government-effort-to-prevent-detect-and-treat-long-covid/
https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/civil-rights-covid19/guidance-long-covid-disability/index.html
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/eeo-laws-employees-affected-zika-virus
https://capclaw.com/contact-us/

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