My decision to sit at the computer and begin blogging at 10:48 PM on a Sunday has backfired on me, for sure. This will teach me to go out for a few drinks after my kid’s soccer game. That is, on Friday before I left work I read this headline, “Transgender…
Most notably, HR Dive interviewed me on supporting transgender employees at work during their transition!!! (There’s also something about the Senate and House introducing the Equality Act, which would amend Title VII to explicitly ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. And, another district court judge has ignored binding precedent…
Now, where did I put yesterday’s .gif? Oh, there it is. While courts (and bloggers) wrestle with Facebook-related lawsuits, email is a different story. There’s this lawyer joke that the “E” in E-mail stands for Exhibit A. Or, what’s the other joke? Oh yeah, bad e-mails are like dirty diapers: they stink…
When others go high, I go low. Wait a minute! I got that backwards didn’t I? Dammit! That explains why I didn’t come up with “In Firing Employees, A Bit of Humanity Still Helps.” It’s a pragmatic post inspired by recent events from employment lawyer and blogger, Daniel Schwartz. Instead, I get my…
As you’ll find out down below, “Minnesota nice” only goes so far dontchaknow. And, to think I almost bought this shirt in MSP last week. Aw shucks. I regret not buying that shirt. It’s kitchy. Shoot. Overall, I really like Minnesota. I mean, where else will the ticket-takers at an NFL…
This bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council back in April is quietly making its way closer to Mayor Kenney’s desk. And, it could mean the end of the road for Philadelphia businesses that believe that they can discriminate with impunity. Layla Jones from The Philadelphia Tribune reports here that Councilman Derek Green…
Yeah, that’s basically it. Keep calm and carry on. There was a lot of talk over the past week or so about how the Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty would create carte blanche for discrimination against LGBTQ and women. (Exhibit A, B, C). Yeah, that didn’t happen. Indeed,…
…and because that title has a better ring than “Court Concludes Plaintiff Failed to Establish a Hostile Work Environment as a Matter of Law.” [cue music] Clickbait aside, there’s a point to today’s post. In a way, today’s lesson involves sex education. (Enough already! Stop it, Eric. You’ve got ’em).…
Yep, we’re gonna continue yesterday’s discussion of how stereotyping and false assumptions can create yuuuuuuge Americans with Disabilities Act problems for employers. Last week, the EEOC announced (here) that a Texas trucking company agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. But, not just any ADA lawsuit. This one involved…
There are three types of disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act: a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (an “actual disability”), or a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limited a major life activity (“record of”), or an actual…