If my wide open collar and disco moves aren’t “gritty” enough for you, well, I can fix that. I can guarantee you this assuming that you recover from the hysterical blindness, I’m told it’s only temporary. We’ll have some fun at these October events. And I’ll teach you a thing or two…
By Timidonfire [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsRecently, Nike unveiled a new ‘Just Do It’ advertising campaign centered around former National Football Leauge quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Here is the first commercial that aired. Controversy. In the 49ers third preseason game of the 2016 season, Mr. Kaepernick did not stand during the…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b90809e846d78530d8b45d5) The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability. What is a “qualified individual”? It’s someone who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation? Ok, what’s an “essential job function”? Or…
By Gooddeedsday [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsDo you know that proverb “no good deed goes unpunished”? This isn’t that situation. “There was no point in continuing the training.” Last week, the EEOC announced that it was suing an employer for disability discrimination after it fired an employee with…
Photo by: | VIRIN: 110402-F-5068D-001.JPG (http://www.514amw.afrc.af.mil/News/Articles/Article/194292/random-drug-test-rates-rise-dramatically/) By any reasonable, objective measure, New Jersey was having a pretty good employee-rights run in 2018 — even by NJ standards. The Diane Allen Equal Pay Act, which took effect earlier this Summer, is the most employee-friendly equal-pay law in the country; In the Fall,…
By Agricultural Research Service ([1]) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThree strikes and you’re out. For one variety store chain accused of failing to accommodate and then firing a diabetic cashier who had to take a few bottles of orange juice from the store refrigerator to avoid seizing…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/snapchat-mobile-phone-social-media-1374859/) A recent American Medical Association study suggests that it could. What is Snapchat? (f/k/a “It’s nice to see you surface from under that rock.”) For those who aren’t familiar with Snapchat, it’s a smartphone app that allows users to share pictures and short movies briefly before…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/question-mark-note-duplicate-457454/) That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” Here’s the fact pattern with which we will work today. You hire someone new for a…
By Arunkumar Umapathy [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsIn yesterday’s post about an Americans with Disabilities Act case, I quipped about how the first paragraph of the Sixth Circuit’s opinion foreshadowed a bad outcome for the plaintiff. Here were are again. Another ADA case. Another Sixth Circuit appeal (Hostettler…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pen-letters-leave-envelope-2912932/) Imagine arriving at work where, waiting for you, is a letter addressed to you from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. You know that inside that large envelope is a copy of the Sixth Circuit’s opinion in the Americans with Disabilities Act case in which you previously…