Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Caroline Ross. Caroline is a former educator who writes for accreditedonlineuniversities.com and specializes in distance education platforms and online program accreditation. She is an avid reader and advocate for global education and equality. Please submit any comments or feedback in…
When an employer is faced with a sexual-harassment lawsuit, one of its best defenses is that the company took reasonable care (e.g., policy, training) to prevent sexual harassment (and then addressed complaints in a manner that is reasonably designed to end the sexual harassment) In EEOC v. Spud Seller (opinion…
Does an employer have to provide a reasonable accommodation to a pregnant employee to allow her to perform the essential functions her job? Let’s see. Americans with Disabilities Act? No. Pregnancy is not a disability. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act? Well that depends. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is part…
Look out for that flying pig!!! No, it’s true. I’ve got proof after the jump… * * * Really, the employer won. The NLRB actually sided with an employer on a social-media related issue. The Board even has a press release. [Quick Google — start caching]. Quoted below from the…
Last week, CA became the third state to pass a law that bans employers from requesting online usernames and passwords from employees and job candidates. Maryland was the first state to pass such a law; Illinois was the second. As in the other two states, not only is it illegal…
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We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner. Monday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Here are the questions I asked President Obama, Mitt Romney, and Vice…
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner. Monday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Here are the questions I asked President Obama and Mitt Romney. And…
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner. Yesterday, started a week-long series of hypothetical debate question for the 2012 candidates for President and Vice President. Click here to see the softball that I tossed President Obama. Let’s…
We’re just a few months away from the Presidential election. That means that the debates are right around the corner. Back in 2008, around this time, employment-law blogger Daniel Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog rounded up some other bloggers to pose hypothetical debate questions to the ’08 candidates for…