Jarould [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s one thing to ask an employee returning to work from surgery, “How can we help you?” It’s quite another to insist upon work restrictions. The former is caring; the latter may be discrimination based on a perceived disability. Earlier this month, the U.S.…
Liz [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsNot watching porn; filming it. Ew! We need bleach and a dumpster fire for the school supplies! According to this report from Brhe Berry and Shelley Childers at ABC 13, a school official confirmed that a substitute teacher, whom the school had employed for…
By Zuzu – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link “72 police officers in trouble over offensive Facebook posts is your wake-up call to reeducate employees about responsible social media.” Yeah, that takeaway stinks. I should have focused on the conscious bias instead. Yesterday, at the SHRM Conference, I was talking…
By Zuzu – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link I’m typing this post in Las Vegas at the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition. Several years ago, the intersection employee use of social media and HR compliance spawned several sessions on the topic. I should know; I delivered many of…
Richardfalk2 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsA former employee of the Museum of Sex in NYC is suing for sexual harassment. Several news outlets reported the story last week. Here’s a snippet from Snejana Farberov writing for the Daily Mail: A former staffer at the Museum of Sex in New York…
Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay Or, stated differently, does a federal anti-discrimination law even cover a business that operates illegally under federal law? Yes, it does. In this recent decision, a Colorado federal court concluded that a female plaintiff who worked for a marijuana dispensary had successfully pled causes of…
Image Credit: PhotoFunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5d0b63b54686797e398b4569) FOMO or Fear of Missing Out. According to Google, FOMO is “anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website.” What I’m about to show you are the slides that were not good…
Image by Mary Pahlke from Pixabay Another court has ‘weighed in’ on whether obesity is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hey, who just took revoked my license to blog? A few months ago, back when I still had a blogger license, I wrote here about obesity as…
Joseph Williams [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThroughout much of the day yesterday, Twitter trended with news that Harvard University had rescinded the college admission of one of Parkland shooting survivors. For something the school just learned that he did two years ago. Here’s more from Joe Sterling reporting here…
Chris Potter [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsOver the weekend, I read about a case where a federal jury concluded that a female plaintiff’s former employer subjected her to a hostile work environment. The jury awarded her zero point zero dollars, and a federal appellate court concluded that the company…