Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay A Louisiana woman claimed that, back in September 2017, she told her employer that she had become pregnant and that she was planning on having an abortion. The woman then alleged that, during her time off from work, the company violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act…
Photo via Good Free Photos Short answer: No. Slightly longer answer: No, you jerk, of course not! In a few hundred more words, I’ll explain why. New Jersey: Lovers of pork roll and equal rights; haters of ‘gaydar’ comments from supervisors. The genesis for this blog post is this press…
U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIt took nearly two years for the Senate to vote on Janet Dhillon, President Trump’s nominee to Chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. However, last week, the Senate finally confirmed Ms. Dillon. So, not only does the EEOC have a new leader, but…
I’ll be the first to admit that, if I were watching this video in real time, I would have missed it. Missed what? A Chicago Cubs fan flashing what the team determined was an ‘offensive hand gesture associated with racism’ on live tv. That fan has since been banned from…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay I live and work about 100 miles northeast of Baltimore, MD. I don’t have my finger on the pulse of everything that’s going on in the Charm City. However, I do know that the City’s 50th mayor, Catherine Pugh, had a bad run there…
TrafficJan82 [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsOh, I thought you had the answers. Fine, I’ll teach the class today. Could alcoholism be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? Yes, alcoholism can be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC notes here that the ADA may protect…
EverythingSuperMario [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThen, maybe just give up and move on with your life. I want to tell you a story. It’s about a woman in Ohio, well-educated woman in Ohio. You see, this woman initially graduated from college in 1996 with a degree in journalism. In…
Image Credit: SHRM.org Don’t worry about it. SHRM has you covered with a full recap, which saves my dainty blogging fingers from doing a lot of typing today. So, thank you for the opportunity to participate yesterday, SHRM, and for doing the heavy lifting today.
Image Credit: SHRM.org Last night, after the big Sixers win over the Raptors, I checked out the EEOC Newsroom to hunt for blog fodder for today. That’s when I noticed that four of the five most recent EEOC press releases addressed claims of disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/mobile-text-phone-sms-980030/) Here’s the thing. If you’re managers relax the rule for their direct reports, good luck trying to use that rule as a basis to terminate someone’s employment. Consider this recent Fourth Circuit opinion. It involves an African American employee — let’s call him ‘Plaintiff’ — who…