Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/oil-price-gas-station-news-fuel-990357/) I remember the time that the U.S. Department of Labor showed up unannounced to the Bloggerdome. It was yesterday. And, I’m pretty sure that the five-year-old ratted me out for paying my other three kids in Cheerios for installing a marble driveway. The driveway was a…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/question-mark-note-duplicate-457454/) That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” It’s your fault that this post is so short. Remember, earlier this week when I asked…
Ischa1, Helder [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsA few days ago, I blogged about How does one of your employees actually prove discrimination in court? And I suppose that was a bit of a misnomer because there’s more to it. So, let’s talk about that today. Late last week, the Third…
Ironic Humor Rock Irony Nothing Is Written In Stone (https://www.maxpixel.net/Ironic-Humor-Rock-Irony-Nothing-Is-Written-In-Stone-527756) Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think? Yesterday, I read (here) about a lawsuit that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against a non-profit. That non-profit company provides job opportunities to people with disabilities. The EEOC alleges that the non-profit…
Javid44 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia CommonsOh, I thought that you knew. I was just asking for a friend. Alright, fine. I’ve got a little something to say about this. The Eleventh Circuit had a LOT to say about this. So, let’s start with this federal appellate court decision from…
A few years ago, I hit the pause button on HR compliance one day to address a far more critical matter; namely, ranking the contents of my cereal cabinet. Since then, the Bloggerdome has a new kitchen, a new cereal cabinet, and mostly new cereals. Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis [Public…
By U.S. Government – Extracted from PDF file here., Public Domain, Link And by ‘top secret,’ I mean ‘public’ where anyone can attend. I didn’t attend because I don’t trust the blogmobile with the valet, among other reasons. Fortunately for us, however, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was kind…
The cereal needs its own post. That’ll be tomorrow. As for the EEO-1’s, earlier this month I blogged here about a federal court decision that paved the way for collection of employee pay data as part of the EEO-1 submission process. The White House Office of Management and Budget…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/photos/secret-hidden-message-1142327/) Well, it appears as though I may need to update my PowerPoint for a local New Jersey SHRM conference at which I am presenting tomorrow. Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law this bill, which makes any non-disclosure provisions in an employment contract or…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/photos/syringe-medical-finger-957260/) Over the weekend, I read a recent federal appellate court opinion about a pharmacist who alleged that his former employer discriminated against him by failing to accommodate his fear of needles. The Americans with Disabilities Act (and similar state laws) require that an employer reasonably accommodate…