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The Employer Handbook BlogCompany pays $250K to settle employee’s bias claim. The one where his manager maybe peed on him.
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Although, it could’ve been worse. Seeing as the going rate for poop discrimination is $2.25 million.
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9 things HR needs to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had issued issued final rules on how the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act apply to employer-sponsored wellness programs.
So, what do y’all need to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs?
(No one ever accused me of burying the lede)
“Too cute” yoga instructor loses her sex bias claim against her Playboy Playmate boss
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The case is called Dilek Edwards v. Charles V. Nicolai and Stephanie Adams.
I’ll wait patiently while you take some time to Google the names.
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Are coming to the office and going to court ADA essential job functions of a litigator?
Are my days of free WiFi and creating deposition outlines from the McDonald’s Playplace ball pit, while munching on a McRib — ok, I two-fist McRibs — over?
If so, I’m moving to Canada.
Caught on tape! EEOC nails a whiskey bar for pregnancy discrimination.
How did one employer not only violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but also get called out by a federal judge for its “deplorable” conduct?
A new EEOC resource is the peanut butter to your Americans with Disabilities Act jelly
That sounded really good in my head. Mmmm…sandwich.
Survey shows working sole-breadwinner moms are far more likely to earn less than dads
Yesterday, I blogged here about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s conditional veto of a bill which was intended to level the wage gap between men and women performing substantially similar jobs in the Garden State.
Serendipity.
Last night, I came across this survey from CareerBuilder, which examined the pay disparity between male and female sole breadwinners.
Governor Christie conditionally vetoes an equal-ish pay bill in NJ
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There’s an equal-pay-for-women movement going on nationwide. Maybe you’ve heard of it. The most-commonly cited statistic is that full-time American female employees are paid only 79 cents for every dollar paid to men.
Locally, here in New Jersey (technically, I’m typing this post in Cherry Hill, NJ in a diner located between two jughandles), the battle has waged on for some time. On Monday, on Governor Chris Christie’s desk sat a bill, which purported to foster equal pay for men and women.
He vetoed it.
EEOC: Not letting transgender employees use the restroom of their gender identity is sex discrimination
Around this time last year, I blogged here about Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers. According to OSHA, “all employees should be permitted to use the facilities that correspond to their gender identity.” And, it’s up to the employee to determine for him- or herself “the most appropriate and safest option.”
It should come as no shock that the federal administrative agency tasked with enforcing anti-discrimination law has released a fact sheet, which reaches the same conclusions.