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The Employer Handbook BlogHR to Vietnamese job applicant, ‘If you no speak English, I will send you home’
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A lesson on workplace drug testing and opioids
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One of your potential hires just completed a five-panel drug test as a condition of employment, and he tested positive for opioids.
What do you do?
Will the Supreme Court sip from the FMLA ‘Holy Grail’?
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Okayyyyyy!
Oh, hold up. Not that Holy Grail. Continue reading
What makes for good headlines isn’t necessarily unlawful harassment
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Last week, I was debating whether to do an Aziz Ansari post. But, then I read my buddy Robin Shea’s post at Employment & Labor Insider. She nailed it, of course.
So, I’m going to take a different angle on something that’s not workplace harassment either. Continue reading
New Jersey’s new governor wastes no time going after equal pay and gender equity issues.
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Well, that sure was fast.
89,000 reasons to take a more holistic approach to workplace accommodations
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Here’s a reminder from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for employers to think twice about setting a deadline on an employee’s accommodation request. Continue reading
What does it take to be individually liable for discrimination? A lot.
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Most discrimination lawsuits involve a single, individual plaintiff and, on the other side of the “v,” a company as the sole defendant. But, sometimes, that plaintiff will name additional individual defendants too, such as a manager, supervisor, or even someone from Human Resources.
When that happens, what are the chances that the individual will end up legally responsible with the plaintiff prevails at trial?
Dear Handbook: Is it cool if I spray air fresheners to mask my co-worker’s obnoxious chronic body odor?
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For Amber Bridges, a former City of Indianapolis employee, it allegedly got her fired. Continue reading
Dude, where’s my car?
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The title of this blog post is somewhat misleading.
Yes, this post combines cars and employment law. But, more than anything, it was just an excuse to use this cool image, play The Cars – a song called “Drive,” no less – and say, “Dude, where’s my car?”
You’ll see what I mean. Continue reading
Lawsuit: Google discriminates against male, white, and conservative employees.
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Remember that male Google software engineer who got fired last year after posting a 3,300-word criticism of Google’s diversity policies on the company’s internal website. If you don’t check this out.
Well, guess what? Dude just filed this class-action lawsuit against Google.