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,…
In Centucky Kentucky, it’s not retaliation to fire employees who complain about sexual favoritism. Then again making apple-pie moonshine and using a butcher cleaver to slice off the arm of a Detroit gangster isn’t frowned upon either. At least, that’s what watching Justified teaches me. But even in Kentucky, they…
I assure you that what inspired this post had nothing to do with the facts of the case; namely: the female plaintiff claiming that her female-lawyer boss groped her; or the plantiff’s Facebook posts about pole-dancing and calling her breasts “milk factories”. That’s all purely coincidental. Indeed, it sounds like…
“Well, blow me down. Wimpy inspires a UK fast food chain, and all I get is this crappy can. Why I oughta…“ In anticipation of the current flu season, you decided to mandate that all employees get immunized. The problem is that one of your employees, a vegan, who won’t…
Same s**t; different year. In 2010, an Ohio temp agency paid $650K as part of a Consent Agreement with the EEOC to settle claims that it had used code words in considering and assigning (or declining) job applicants. The code include words such as “chocolate cupcake” for young African American…
Cue music. Last week, a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court held (here) that it was ok for a male boss to fire a female employee — a model employee — out of concern that he would eventually succumb and do things with her that could jeopardize his marriage. That has to…
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.}…
Thus far, you’ve managed to keep your equal-employment-opportunity nose clean. Good for you. In fact, with the economy the way it is, combined with the dwindling resources available to our federal agencies — including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — your odds of facing a federal investigation based on…
“Oy, Sharon! Will you help me out here?” “Come on, Ozzy! Yellow in the front, brown in —.” “Bloody hell, Sharon! I’m trying to comprehend this federal court decision from the District of Minnesota.” “Was that the one Judge Schiltz authored?” “Aye, Sharon.” “So, here’s what I don’t get. This fella…
You have an employee who hurts herself on the job and becomes disabled. Although she recovers to the point where she can perform the essential functions of her position without the need for accommodation, she requests a transfer to another one of your facilities so that she has better access…