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Since you asked, sure.
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Eric, please elaborate on the EEOC’s new take on long COVID as a disability.
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While OSHA develops a vaccine mandate, the EEOC is now filing COVID-related lawsuits against employers.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!! (And how ’bout ‘dem Cowboys!)
The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said that when an employer permits employees to telework to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19, the employer has not committed itself to automatically granting telework as a reasonable accommodation to every employee with a disability who requests to continue this arrangement as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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How does one major airline plan to accommodate religious vaccine exemptions? With unpaid leave.
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Several news outlets reported yesterday that a major airline that has already mandated employee vaccinations will begin placing employees on temporary unpaid leave if approved for a religious vaccine exemption. Continue reading
First, some anti-maskers sued a store over its mandate. Now, they are losing discovery disputes and getting sanctioned.
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Like many of you, news of the untimely death of Michael K. Williams shook me. RIP.
I thought more about Mr. Williams yesterday as I read two reports and recommendations from a Discovery Special Master assigned to a COVID-19 face mask case. Specifically, I remembered his infamous line as Omar Little from The Wire:
Have you seen the survey about employees getting fired for Zoom mistakes? Here’s my hot take.
Last week, this Vyopta / Wakefield Survey about employee use of remote technology began making the rounds. The press release highlights “Online Accountability,” noting that nearly a quarter of those surveyed reported they have seen an employee fired because of video or audio conference mistakes. It seems that business leaders expect employees to figure it out — or pay the price.” Continue reading
Sex addiction. That isn’t a disability under the ADA is it? Or IS IT?!?!
I’ll bet you that they didn’t ask about this on the SHRM-CP exam, did they? Continue reading
A Florida doctor can no longer see patients allegedly after selling $50 mask waivers on Facebook
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It’s tough enough dealing with employees who submit shady doctor notes to avoid masks or getting a COVID-19 vaccination. (I find that letterhead printed on a Saltine is a dead-bang giveaway.) But, what happens to the doctors that write these opt-out letters?
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Don’t fall for this anti-vaxxer workplace hack.
Hey, they can’t all be hip hop HR posts. But, you’ll be thanking me for helping to sleuth out what appears to be a big medical and religious COVID-19 vaccination accommodation scam now percolating on the West Coast and coming soon to a city near you. Continue reading
Could Shock G a/k/a Humpty Hump have used FMLA leave to get a nose job?
All right! Stop whatcha doin’. ‘Cause I’m about to — school you on the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Yes, it’s another hip hop employment law lesson, this time honoring the late great Gregory Edward Jacobs a/k/a Shock G a/k/a Humpty Hump. Continue reading