Ibrahim.ID, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons It depends. (Sorry). But, for added context, I love this quote from a recent Maryland federal court opinion: [There are] complexities in relying on a party’s social media postings as an unvarnished chronicle of their lives or a contemporaneous journal of their true…
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.…
limbo by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project I still get a kick out of people using the term “salary exempt,” as in, we pay that employee a salary, so s/he isn’t eligible for overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standard Act, a salary is just one of several components…
Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay As the kids say, I’m 💀💀💀. The setup In early April, a hospital announced a policy requiring all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by June 7. So over 100 employees sued in federal court, seeking an injunction to stop the mandate.…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Earlier this week, the Senate failed to advance a measure designed to promote gender pay equity called the Paycheck Fairness Act. If this sounds familiar, it’s because I told you so. As I predicted, sixty U.S. Senators could not agree to end the debate (e.g., filibuster) on…
Got Credit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons You work for a progressive employer. Flexible work arrangements? For sure! Your company’s flexible work policy permits telework, flexible hours, and part-time work and with manager approval. But, flexible work arrangements are not an entitlement. Managers will approve or deny a flexible…
Image by Klaus Hausmann from Pixabay Imagine requiring a job applicant to reveal whether she is pregnant. That’s bad! And what if that was a company policy? That’s worse. But, let’s suppose that the company’s policy of disclosing pregnancies is IN WRITING. Ho-Ley 💩‼ These are just some of the…
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…
Image by denithy from Pixabay Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit. At least, I hope it does. Pepperoni Pizza Punishment Last week, I read a very troubling story from Adam Barnes reporting here at TheHill.com. His story is about seven football coaches at an Ohio high…
Image by nvodicka from Pixabay The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has invited me to present at its Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference — the premier federal training conference for EEO managers, supervisors, and practitioners. I’ll be part of a hot topics panel on June 16, where…