Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an employer for race and color discrimination. And water is wet. But what makes this one so 😲😨🤯? Check out the allegations from this press release that I read yesterday in the EEOC newsroom announcing a new Title…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Yesterday, we covered the new EEOC COVID-19 vaccination guidance in this video at The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. Today, I’m back with another short video about the new OSHA vaccine guidance. (Spoiler Alert: It’s good news for employers).
Image Credit: Photofunia On Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance answers open questions on issues surrounding vaccines like: Can an employer require employees to get vaccinated? Can an employer incentivize employees to get vaccines? How…
Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, one of my favorite HR people in the entire galaxy tweeted a link to this article from the AP. The AP reports that “the white woman who was widely condemned and fired after a videotaped dispute with…
Image by Craig Clark from Pixabay Getting in late from the Sixers/Wizards game last night — no, I didn’t dump popcorn on Russ Westbrook — I had no time to enjoy the Wednesday evening routine of a lime rickey, bubblegum cigarette, and writing the next day’s blog post. Silver lining:…
Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay The ‘inspiration’ for today’s post comes from this Buzzfeed article by David Mack and Tasneem Nashrulla entitled, “A Picturesque Cabin In The Woods Was Listed On Airbnb. The Catch? No COVID-Vaccinated Guests Allowed.” The title of the Buzzfeed article says it all and leaves little…
confused by YuguDesign from the Noun Project New Jersey businesses, I’m warning you in advance not to hurt the messenger. Yesterday was supposed to be the big day. And in many respects it was. You see, word leaked heading into the weekend that Governor Phil Murphy was going to sign…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Over the weekend, I read this Sixth Circuit decision about a litigant who claimed that an employer discriminated against him based on his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. But this was not your ordinary age bias case. You see, the…
Image Credit: month by Rohit Arun Rao from the Noun Project Pregnancy accommodations continue to trip up even the most seasoned HR professionals. Let’s see how you would handle this scenario. ABC Company has a pregnant employee. She requests a 30-day leave of absence for childbirth, which ABC grants. After…
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…