In case you missed President Biden’s State of the Union Address last night, I’ve got you covered with everything HR compliance that came up. Pay equity and higher minimum wage. When President Biden took office in January 2021, part of his initial plan was to raise the federal minimum wage…
Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures.Net (Judge Gavel) Do you remember back in 2020, when the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employment discrimination based on LGBT status? But the court did leave one issue open, namely, the implications for…
Image Credit: Pxfuel (Having Doubts – Drawing of a Man on Blackboard – Illustration) The short answer is no. The longer answer is no effing way because that’s sex (gender identity) discrimination. And if that’s actually your rationale for not hiring someone, don’t double down on the stupid by admitting…
I’ll bet you that they didn’t ask about this on the SHRM-CP exam, did they? Meet Ms. “X.” (I’m not going to use her real name because I don’t need y’all blowing up her social media.) Actually, instead of Ms. “X,” let’s call her “Plaintiff.” Plaintiff filed this complaint in…
Image Credit: pxfuel.com I’ve provided advice to plenty of employers on transgender employees using restrooms. For most companies, it’s not an issue. Employees can use the restroom corresponding to their gender identity. But, sometimes I get pushback. And more often than not, the resistance comes in the form of two…
Marielam1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last year, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender has discriminated based on sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yesterday, the Supreme Court…
Stephanie Astono Salim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yep, we’re celebrating! On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender has violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.…
Sodacan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons An international airline is learning this lesson the hard way. Last Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it had sent this letter to a northwest-based airline on behalf of a non-binary employee demanding that it “stop enforcing a uniform policy that…
forever by priyanka from the Noun Project Sometimes it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Last night, after uploading the recording of yesterday’s CDC Face Mask Zoom to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel, I read this recent Fifth Circuit opinion. It involves a transgender employee suing a former employer…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com In 2019, the House of Representatives made history when it passed the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBT rights bill. More than just workplace rights. The Equality Act would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law for the workplace, to clarify that discrimination based…