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The Employer Handbook BlogEEOC: HR didn’t want to set a disabled employee up for failure, so the company fired her instead.
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This isn’t that situation. Continue reading
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Every state in the Third Circuit now recognizes LGBT rights at work. Third Circuit not so much for now.
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It’s right there in the statute.
Under New Jersey and Delaware state law, you can’t discriminate against an employee based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.
Now, you won’t find the words “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” anywhere in the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. But, starting this month, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is treating both “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes.
“Speak, English, Eric!”
LGBT discrimination is against the law in all three states in the tri-state area — at least according to the state agencies that administer each law. Continue reading
What happens when a sexual assault victim is later accused of sexual assault? #MeToo
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Asia Argento is one of the women who had accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. She is also a leading advocate for the #MeToo movement. Continue reading
Which law firms would I recommend that you use to sue your employer?
I’ll wait patiently while you pick your jaws up off the floor.
I want some of what you’re having, Eric. Have you lost your freaking mind, Eric?
Nope, I’m good. Continue reading
NJ federal court: Employers don’t have to excuse medical marijuana users from taking workplace drug tests
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By any reasonable, objective measure, New Jersey was having a pretty good employee-rights run in 2018 — even by NJ standards. Continue reading
EEOC: Major U.S. airline ignored sexual harassment that ultimately ended in an FBI arrest and conviction
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Surely, you remember the days (weeks) of horrible headlines that dogged United Airlines after the incident in which passengers filmed security dragging down the aisle a bloodied passenger who refused to give up his seat to an airline employee.
Well, United may soon be back above the fold again. And it’s for all the wrong reasons. Continue reading
“Eric, if we sexually harass female AND male employees, that cancels itself out, and we’re good, right?”
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No. Continue reading
Bah-gawd, those were two hecka-expensive bottles of orange juice!
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For one variety store chain accused of failing to accommodate and then firing a diabetic cashier who had to take a few bottles of orange juice from the store refrigerator to avoid seizing or passing out, well, the company swung hard!
- Motion for Summary Judgment (whiff!)
- Jury trial (whiff!)
- Appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (steeeeeeeerike three!)
Could an unhealthy Snapchat selfie addiction spiral into an ADA workplace disability?
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A recent American Medical Association study suggests that it could. Continue reading
Fact or Fiction: The ADA requires accommodating an employee to care for a relative with a disability?
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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.” Continue reading