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The Employer Handbook BlogBloomberg’s in depth coverage of social media sex shenanigans at work is too good not to share
I know good clickbait when I see it.
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Articles Posted in Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment
586,860 and 3/4 reasons not to question the sincerity of an employee’s religious beliefs
Nearly four years ago, I blogged here about a complaint that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had filed against a West Virginia coal company. The lawsuit alleged that the employer failed to accommodate an employee who requested not to use a biometric hand scanner to track time and attendance.
Why? Because of the relationship between hand-scanning technology and the Mark of the Beast and Antichrist discussed in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament.
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Court says, yes, you can fire a worker whom you believe made up a discrimination claim at work.
Got that?
It’s not just people who fabricate complaints of discrimination at work, but those whom you believe fabricated discrimination claims.
Everybody, roar it with me, “Yassssss!”
The 6 Ways “Covfefe” Can Improve HR Compliance
It all began last week with a (possible) typographical error in a tweet from our 45th President, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
At first, President Trump’s tweet confused us; “covfefe” even stumped a spelling bee champ while creating a spike in demand for novelty license plates.
But then President Trump doubled down on Twitter, “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!” Well, his Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, told reporters, “The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”
Folks, you’re in luck! As part of that small group of people, I know exactly what President Trump met. You see, “covfefe” is the solution to all of your HR-compliance problems.
I don’t recall the ADA saying anything about reasonable-er accommodations.
Hopefully, I didn’t miss something. (Oh, so you’re saying that, maybe, “reasonable-er” isn’t a word.)
Well, I do have a point here. Somewhere. Continue reading
FMLA & ADA: Two peas in a pod
I love my readers.
Like my youngest daughter with a pile of peas, my readers devour HR-compliance wonk and nuance. Continue reading
Pay attention HR! Transgender employees may have ADA (disability) rights too.
My decision to sit at the computer and begin blogging at 10:48 PM on a Sunday has backfired on me, for sure. Continue reading
There have been some huge, recent LGBT developments impacting your workplace.
Most notably, HR Dive interviewed me on supporting transgender employees at work during their transition!!! Continue reading
There are betting things to say in a job applicant’s rejection email than “age will matter”.
Now, where did I put yesterday’s .gif? Oh, there it is.