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New Hampshire becomes the latest state to pass a social media workplace law

And I’m speaking today on social media in the workplace at the 2014 EEOC Excel Conference Everything’s coming up Milhouse. More on the former (and a little about the latter) after the jump… * * * New Hampshire’s new law. Starting on September 30, 2014, New Hampshire employers will be…

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Guess why dude lost his ADA failure-to-accommodate claim. (Hint: he didn’t ask for one).

When the new amendments to the the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect in 2009, the law became more employee-friendly by expanding the definition of what constitutes a disability. That said, the law doesn’t (yet) require an employer to have a sixth sense about whether a disabled employee requires a…

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Inappropriate Facebook videos, comments doom an employee’s discrimination claims

On the clock or off, when employees do dumb stuff on Facebook, it could cost them their jobs. And, apparently, their discrimination claims against their former employer too. Yep, another employee screwed up online. Go figure. More on that after the jump… * * * In Brown v. Tyson Foods,…

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FACT OR FICTION: The ADA requires all employers to offer light duty.

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.” Peep this ADA failure-to-accommodate case. Plaintiff is disabled and requests light duty. However, the evidence presented showed that there were no…

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Disclosing an employee’s medical info on Facebook is hella-stupid

Plus, it may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act too. How one company’s alleged blunder turned into an ADA lawsuit and a blog post at https://www.theemployerhandbook.com…after the jump… * * * In Shoun v. Best Formed Plastics, Inc., the plaintiff allegedly suffered a bad shoulder injury at work. And, after…