March, 2016

Legal or illegal, companies don’t have to tolerate LGBT discrimination at work

March 3, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Yesterday, I blogged here about the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‘s first lawsuits challenging sexual-orientation discrimination as sex discrimination. While part of the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan to address emerging and developing issues, getting federal courts to agree that sexual-orientation discrimination is unlawful under Title VII is an uphill battle.

But, that doesn’t stop American businesses from creating and enforcing their own rules in the workplace against LGBT discrimination.

The EEOC is taking businesses accused of anti-gay bias to federal court now

March 2, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is officially stepping into the ring and taking the fight to private-sector employers whom the EEOC believes has discriminated against workers on the basis of sexual orientation. Yesterday, the EEOC announced (here) that it had filed two complaints in federal court against employers whom it alleges engaged in anti-gay bias.

Oh, it’s on now!

You mistakenly offered FMLA leave to an ineligible employee. Now what?

March 1, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Don’t worry. Eric’s here. And I’ve got Scooby Snacks.

Actually, I’ve got FMLA knowledge, which is better than Scooby Snacks. And, besides, I ate all of the Scooby Snacks. Sorry, I was hungry.