You run a delivery service using large trucks and require that drivers be qualified by the Department of Transportation. Although your facility managers aren’t often behind the wheel of the big rigs, you nonetheless require that they too be DOT certified. One day, a manager with a disabling eye injury…
– “Mr. Dorfman?” – “Hello!” – “0.2… Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” * * * – “That’s Left Ear. Demolition and explosives. When he was ten, he put one too many M-80s in the toilet bowl. Lost the hearing in his right ear.…
Unquestionably, when it come to tackling the Americans with Disabilities Act, one of the biggest issues affecting the workplace and accommodating disabled employees is providing leave as a reasonable accommodation. Anecdotally, a question that plagues most employers is just how much leave is enough? We know that an indefinite…
Over the weekend, I read this article from Kara Swisher on AllThingsD.com, in which she reports that Yahoo!, under its new leadership, will implement a no-telecommuting rule, effective June 1. Ms. Swisher posted a copy of the internal Yahoo! memorandum to its employees, in which the company underscores the “critical”…
Have you checked out DriveThruHR yet? DriveThruHR is the baby of Bryan Wempen and William Tincup, a half-hour radio show on which these two HR leaders, along with a guest, discuss the latest trends, thoughts and sentiment within the industry. Yesterday, I was on DriveThruHR, Human Resource’s #1 Daily Radio,…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s my colleague, Katharine Hartman. Katharine is an associate in Dilworth Paxson’s Labor & Employment Group, but also asked that I give a little shoutout to our new Test Publishing, Certification and Licensure Group. So holla! After the jump is…
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.” Your new employee at local pizzeria has what we’ll call a “facial deformity.” So, rather than having him work the…
I was reading this federal court opinion over the weekend. It involves a disability-discrimination claim brought by a deaf man who applied to become a lifeguard at a county pool, but didn’t get the job because the county thought his disability would compromise swimmer safety. Plus, the town was…
Where did you think I was going with this post? (And you call yourselves Human Resource professionals). Just kidding. You know I love you. Let me know in the comments below what kind of interactive dialogue / accommodation ideas you have in mind for these characters, and, ba-dee, ba-dee, ba-dee,…
The Employer Handbook generally likes to end the year on a classy, high note. Consequently…. The Smoking Gun reports here that, earlier this month, the Social Security Administration issued this 5-page formal reprimand to an employee for his “awful and unpleasant” flatulence. {As opposed to my ambrosial flatulence. So lovely.}…