You have an employee handbook, an anti-harassment policy, training, the whole nine. But, sometimes, notwithstanding your best efforts to create a positive, respectful workplace, you receive a complaint from an employee who claims to be the victim of harassment based on [insert protected class]. All the prophylactic measures you’ve already…
Psst. Want the secret to spotting a potential age discrimination claim a mile away? I’ve got it for you after the jump. * * * I’m going to make this real easy for you. DON’T CALL ANY EMPLOYEE OLD….EVER! And, just so we’re clear, “old mother******” is no good either.…
Congratulations! Your fitness-for-duty employee medical examinations are job-related or consistent with business necessity. So, they pass muster under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But, what about the medical information you request from employees in connection with those exams? Oh yeah, there’s that too… Ask for too much info and you…
My mind…blown! Yesterday, the local internet feeds were flooding us with news that Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy allegedly left a 20-cent tip at a local restaurant at which he and some friends had lunch on Monday. The “smoking gun” was a copy of what is purported to be…
Hey, I don’t make this stuff up. I just blog about it. More after the jump… * * * The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that employers provide reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities when doing so will allow them to perform the essential functions of their job. In Assaturian…
See how a federal appellate court shut out a plaintiff’s claims of retaliation after she was fired for forwarding confidential documents to herself, purportedly to preserve evidence for an age-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former coworker. What I did there, you see that? After the jump… * * * In…
Heads up, Philly employers! This new law takes effect right away! Read all about it after the jump… * * * Last night was our firm’s fantasy football draft. Here is my team in our 12-team league. Feel free to grade it in the comments below. So, no offense folks,…
Oh, come on! What fun is that? What did the plaintiff say and why won’t the court allow the defendants to present it as evidence at trial? Find out after the jump… * * * Four months after getting terminated from his job, Allan Thomas went on Facebook and bragged…
It’s easier than you think. Indeed, a recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board bears this out. Details after the jump… * * * Online chatter about work is still chatter about work. As we’ve discussed here before, the National Labor Relations Act, gives covered employees (that would include…
According to the EEOC, if men can only train men, and women only women, that may be discrimination. But, let’s see what a federal court has to say about that after the jump… * * * New Prime, Inc. is one of the largest trucking companies in the USA. The…