fast by Alice Design from the Noun Project Damn! That was fast! I think I was on page 423 of the 490-page COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), preparing for that free Zoom that I’m hosting on Friday (details below). That’s when I heard the news on Saturday…
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay I have a confession. I have not read all 490 pages of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). However, I did read the updated regulations (starts on page 473) and listened to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) webinar. And, fortunately,…
Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures.Net (Judge Gavel) Do you remember back in 2020, when the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employment discrimination based on LGBT status? But the court did leave one issue open, namely, the implications for…
Image Credit: Pxfuel (Having Doubts – Drawing of a Man on Blackboard – Illustration) The short answer is no. The longer answer is no effing way because that’s sex (gender identity) discrimination. And if that’s actually your rationale for not hiring someone, don’t double down on the stupid by admitting…
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay In September, the State of Arizona sued President Biden to stop his vaccination mandate for private employers. Since then, several other states have threatened to sue to stop the mandate. But, no one knows yet what exactly the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard is going to…
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay Last week, business groups asked the White House to delay President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees “until after the holiday season.” Also, last week, labor unions asked the White House for additional worker protections beyond mandatory vaccinations. By…
Image Credit: https://www.maxpixel.net/Online-Dating-Email-Love-Letter-Email-Love-Tinder-4479544 Earlier this week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provided additional information on religious objections to workplace vaccine requirements to its growing technical assistance manual. Thank you. But, yesterday, one of the EEOC Commissioners emailed me the actual form that the EEOC uses to process religious accommodation…
Image Credit: pxfuel.com I’ll wait while you clean your screen of the coffee you just spewed from your mouth. Here’s a not-so-hypothetical situation: You’re a compensation and benefits manager working out of Connecticut. One of your employees — let’s call her Plaintiff — lives in Delaware but works at a…
Photo by form PxHere CNBC’s Spencer Kimball has reported here that “business groups are pleading with the White House” to delay President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees “until after the holiday season” because they fear it could that “cause a mass exodus of employees.”…
Image Credit: Eric Meyer I meant to write a blog post on Sunday evening to go up yesterday. But, here’s the thing. After Seattle, I flew to Las Vegas for the Eagles/Raiders game. And what I witnessed on the football field on Sunday afternoon, I spent some time in the…