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2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThroughout much of the day yesterday, Twitter trended with news that Harvard University had rescinded the college admission of one of Parkland shooting survivors.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…
By Tehdog – Own work, CC0, Link “Uh, dude. It’s ‘moot,’ not ‘mute.’ You did go to law school, right?” Either way, on Tuesday, both the House and Senate put forth versions of the same bill called the Restoring Overtime Pay Act. Here is the House version, and here is…
By Darwinek – self-made using Image:Flag of Nevada.svg and Image:USA Nevada location map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Alabama. Oh, wait. I meant Nevada. Details, Eric. Details! On June 5, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed Assembly Bill No. 132 into law, which makes it “unlawful for any employer in [Nevada]…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Two of them, actually. Check out this employment law blog. Who Is My Employee? is a blog from employment attorney Todd Lebowitz that explores independent contractor misclassification & joint employment issues. Todd is a partner at Baker & Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio. Yesterday, he was…
Photo via Good Free Photos For example, consider a lawsuit that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a few weeks ago. I’ll quote a bit from the press release and be back with you in a second: [A] dental practice headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., violated federal law when it…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay More than ever, American workplaces are emphasizing diversity by targeting hires of different races, religions, ethnicities, genders, cultural and educational backgrounds, work experience, etc. This variety promotes different viewpoints, better problem-solving, a just a more dynamic workplace. Generally, this results in businesses attracting better…
By Jfacew at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Let’s say that you learn that one of your employees is testifying as a witness in a discrimination case against another company in your industry. That doesn’t sit right with you. So, you tell this employee that you’ll fire him…
By Henry Mitchell Restoration by Godot13 – Mitchell, Henry (1876) The State Arms of the Union, Boston: L. Prang & Co., Public Domain, Link City and state-mandated paid sick leave is so 2018. In 2019, the State of Maine has decided up the ante by requiring most private employers to…