Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay As the kids say, I’m 💀💀💀. The setup In early April, a hospital announced a policy requiring all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by June 7. So over 100 employees sued in federal court, seeking an injunction to stop the mandate.…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Earlier this week, the Senate failed to advance a measure designed to promote gender pay equity called the Paycheck Fairness Act. If this sounds familiar, it’s because I told you so. As I predicted, sixty U.S. Senators could not agree to end the debate (e.g., filibuster) on…
Got Credit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons You work for a progressive employer. Flexible work arrangements? For sure! Your company’s flexible work policy permits telework, flexible hours, and part-time work and with manager approval. But, flexible work arrangements are not an entitlement. Managers will approve or deny a flexible…
Image by Klaus Hausmann from Pixabay Imagine requiring a job applicant to reveal whether she is pregnant. That’s bad! And what if that was a company policy? That’s worse. But, let’s suppose that the company’s policy of disclosing pregnancies is IN WRITING. Ho-Ley 💩‼ These are just some of the…
Sodacan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons An international airline is learning this lesson the hard way. Last Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it had sent this letter to a northwest-based airline on behalf of a non-binary employee demanding that it “stop enforcing a uniform policy that…
Image by denithy from Pixabay Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit. At least, I hope it does. Pepperoni Pizza Punishment Last week, I read a very troubling story from Adam Barnes reporting here at TheHill.com. His story is about seven football coaches at an Ohio high…
Image by nvodicka from Pixabay The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has invited me to present at its Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference — the premier federal training conference for EEO managers, supervisors, and practitioners. I’ll be part of a hot topics panel on June 16, where…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an employer for race and color discrimination. And water is wet. But what makes this one so 😲😨🤯? Check out the allegations from this press release that I read yesterday in the EEOC newsroom announcing a new Title…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Yesterday, we covered the new EEOC COVID-19 vaccination guidance in this video at The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. Today, I’m back with another short video about the new OSHA vaccine guidance. (Spoiler Alert: It’s good news for employers).
Image Credit: Photofunia On Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance answers open questions on issues surrounding vaccines like: Can an employer require employees to get vaccinated? Can an employer incentivize employees to get vaccines? How…