The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that companies provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, if doing so will allow the employee to perform the essential functions of the job. The ADA contemplates a number of different types of reasonable accommodations. One such accommodation is a transfer…
Even without a federal law that specifically bans discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identify, it’s no secret that one of the EEOC’s top priorities is to protect LGBT workers from discrimination. And the EEOC is being quite transparent about it, with a new guide for…
Just go ahead, and kill them dead! But before I get to that, I want to quickly plug our free event next week on November 12, 2014. I’ll give you four reasons to attend: Chai R. Feldblum, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Richard F. Griffin, Jr., General Counsel, National…
Today’s post is brought to you by the letters S, E, and O. With a tip of the hat to whomever posted a link to this story on Twitter, it got me reading about this app that companies can install on employees’ smartphones and tablets that would preclude them from accessing…
Whether a department of many, or just one, your job as an HR professional has you juggling many balls. You’re running an open enrollment, conducting a workplace investigation, recruiting, wage-setting. Cot’ damn, you’re busy! To get those tasks done, you’d better have the gift of gab. Or not. Is verbal…
Yesterday, I addressed how what an employee says on Facebook can mean losing a job offer. In that case, the National Labor Relations Board determined that insubordination on Facebook is still insubordination and, thus, grounds for termination. Today, after the jump, we’ll discuss how threats of violence on Facebook too…
Even the National Labor Relations Board agrees. Case in point, two people (Moore and Callaghan) who worked at a teen center during the 2011-2012 school year were sent re-hire letters for the 2012-2013 school year. After the school sent out the re-hire letters, it learned of a Shakespearean Facebook exchange…
Five minutes ago, after taking the obligatory selfies and between games of Candy Crush, one of your employees texted (because, calling in, as if!) from an Ebola quarantine tent to alert you that she will be out of work for 21 days, while under observation for Ebola. As an employer,…
I’ll be at the SHRM Lehigh Valley Annual Conference today presenting “What’s Hot at the EEOC…and How to Avoid Getting Burned!” with the EEOC’s Mary Tiernan. If you’re at the conference, stop by with pizza and beer and say hello with pizza and beer. However, if you can’t make it,…
After the jump, more proof that both entry-level employees and C-Suite executives can do dumb stuff and receive the Vince McMahon treatment… * * * No shirt, no sense, no job. When I go out to eat, I’m not that picky. While I often have a taste of fine dining,…