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Here’s a sneak preview of the outtakes from my ADA/FMLA MEGA session at SHRM19 in Las Vegas

Image Credit: PhotoFunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5d0b63b54686797e398b4569) FOMO or Fear of Missing Out. According to Google, FOMO is “anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website.” What I’m about to show you are the slides that were not good…

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HR, here’s what you need to know when determining whether your employee’s obesity is an ADA disability.

Image by Mary Pahlke from Pixabay Another court has ‘weighed in’ on whether obesity is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hey, who just took revoked my license to blog? A few months ago, back when I still had a blogger license, I wrote here about obesity as…

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I come bearing HR-compliance gifts for you today

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Two of them, actually. Check out this employment law blog. Who Is My Employee? is a blog from employment attorney Todd Lebowitz that explores independent contractor misclassification & joint employment issues. Todd is a partner at Baker & Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio. Yesterday, he was…

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Eminem’s take on federal anti-discrimination administrative exhaustion requirements. Probably.

Mika-photography [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons“Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted – one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?“ You sippin’ on some of Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice again, Eric? No, just some seltzer. But, it’s…

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“An employee who has suffered a heart attack has enough to deal with without having to face unlawful discrimination and unemployment.”

Image by InspiredImages from Pixabay Continuing yesterday’s HR Compliance 101 theme, I revisited the EEOC Newsroom and found a recent release that addresses some considerations for when you have an employee that needs leave from work to treat for an illness. Today’s lesson is a pragmatic and compassionate approach to…

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Alcoholism and the ADA: Is it a disability? If so, how do you accommodate? And what are the limits?

TrafficJan82 [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsOh, I thought you had the answers. Fine, I’ll teach the class today. Could alcoholism be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? Yes, alcoholism can be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC notes here that the ADA may protect…

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#Nextchat: My Employees Can Miss How Much Work?! Managing the Challenges of Leave Under the FMLA and ADA #SHRM19

Image Credit: SHRM.org Last night, after the big Sixers win over the Raptors, I checked out the EEOC Newsroom to hunt for blog fodder for today. That’s when I noticed that four of the five most recent EEOC press releases addressed claims of disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities…

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The readers have three follow-up ADA questions about job applications. Let’s answer them.

Request Leave Coolie Writing Tool Pen Application (https://www.maxpixel.net/Request-Leave-Coolie-Writing-Tool-Pen-Application-1915347) On Wednesday, I blogged, “If your job applications look anything like this, well, damn, you’ve got some ADA problems.” “This” was a medical questionnaire that inquired about certain medical conditions, whether the employee had an impairment or disability, and whether the employee…

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If your job applications look anything like this, well, damn, you’ve got some ADA problems.

Request Leave Coolie Writing Tool Pen Application (https://www.maxpixel.net/Request-Leave-Coolie-Writing-Tool-Pen-Application-1915347) I remember once I had a colleague asked me to review an addendum to a job application for a client to make sure it was all good and legal. It wasn’t. There were four questions on the addendum: Do you have a…