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The Employer Handbook BlogThere 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.
Articles Posted in Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment
Lawsuit: P. Diddy did it (sexual harassment) right after he and his house guests did it (sex).
When others go high, I go low.
Wait a minute! I got that backwards didn’t I? Dammit! That explains why I didn’t come up with “In Firing Employees, A Bit of Humanity Still Helps.” It’s a pragmatic post inspired by recent events from employment lawyer and blogger, Daniel Schwartz.
Instead, I get my HR-compliance news from a TMZ story entitled, “I HAD TO SERVE HIS POST-SEX MEALS… He Served Up His Junk.” Welp, there’s only one thing left to do, I guess.
Yes, I’d better double down. Continue reading
8th Cir: Ok to tell a Middle Eastern worker to “go back home, go to your country.”
As you’ll find out down below, “Minnesota nice” only goes so far dontchaknow.
New Philly bill aims to shut down local businesses engaging in “severe and repeated” discrimination
This bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council back in April is quietly making its way closer to Mayor Kenney’s desk. And, it could mean the end of the road for Philadelphia businesses that believe that they can discriminate with impunity.
The best way to prepare your workplace now for President Trump’s new Religious Freedom Executive Order
Yeah, that’s basically it. Keep calm and carry on. Continue reading
Because of Sex.
…and because that title has a better ring than “Court Concludes Plaintiff Failed to Establish a Hostile Work Environment as a Matter of Law.” Continue reading
A trucking company agrees to pay $65K, because it didn’t hire an amputee to drive its trucks
Yep, we’re gonna continue yesterday’s discussion of how stereotyping and false assumptions can create yuuuuuuge Americans with Disabilities Act problems for employers. Continue reading
Fear of the Ebola Monster, and acting on other stereotypes, can create scary ADA lawsuits
There are three types of disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act:
- a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (an “actual disability”), or
- a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limited a major life activity (“record of”), or
- an actual or perceived impairment that is not both transitory and minor (“regarded as”).
It’s the “regarded as” prong that I’m going to address today with a little help from the EEOC and Yo Gabba Gabba. Continue reading
Court says setting salary based on pay history is ok. Just don’t base salary on gender. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When you have a man and woman performing the same job, you pay ’em the same. Otherwise, you’re violating the Equal Pay Act. Except, an employer can argue that a pay differential is lawful when it’s “based on any other factor other than sex.” Continue reading
Even one bad comment may create a hostile work environment, says Second Circuit
With all due respect to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, I’m glad, at least for this month, that I don’t practice there. Continue reading