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The Employer Handbook BlogCourt: Firing an employee because she is transgender has to be sex bias under Title VII
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What a long, strange trip it’s been for one particular transgender-discrimination lawsuit. Continue reading
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Thank you (Part III)
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After all that’s happened in my professional career over the past several days — you can catch up here and here — I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you, the readers. You have uplifted me with your positivity and support. I deeply appreciate every, single word of encouragement that you’ve shared.
I can write. But, with no readers, it doesn’t work so well. Thank you!
Gender Pay Gap Meets Grand Theft Auto
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Hey, I can’t make this stuff up. Continue reading
When can you stop allowing extensions of leave under the ADA?
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That’s all well and good for employers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. But, what about the rest of us?
For example, if you operate a business in California, you’re in a constant state of pearl-clutching. So, some guidance would be helpful.
Well, sure enough. We get some. Continue reading
Common sense prevails in a big legal victory for gay rights in the workplace
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It took the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about 50 years to recognize that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation.
Now, in less than three years since the agency’s groundbreaking decision in 2015, two federal appellate courts have joined in concluding that sex discrimination under Title VII includes discrimination based on sexual orientation, as yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. issued its long-awaited decision. Continue reading
Avoid Mark Cuban’s mistake when dealing with sexual harassment at work
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Ex-Google employee who criticized the Damore memo sues Google after getting fired
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Hold up a sec. I’m dizzy. Continue reading
Calling someone “racist” for posting “All Lives Matter” on Facebook isn’t race discrimination.
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This post doesn’t deliver as much earth-shattering HR compliance as it does clickbait. But, since you’re here, hang out for a bit why don’t you?
(Ok, I’ve got a few tips for you at the end.) Continue reading
One employer just slayed both the Ebola Monster and an ADA lawsuit
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If that ugly pink jawn looks familiar, (1) you must have recognized him from a previous post on this blog, (2) you’re creeping me out, but (3) thank you for reading my blog.
Back in May, I wrote about an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against an employer. In its complaint, the EEOC alleged that the employer violated the ADA when it feared an employee’s travel would lead to a potentially catastrophic outbreak of Ebola in the United States and fired her when she refused to cancel her trip. Continue reading
An employee’s bad tweets lead New York Times to fire her on the same day it announced her hiring.
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(Too soon?) Continue reading