The Employer Handbook Blog
This has been an interesting start to the week at The Employer Handbook, from six-year-olds slinging racial epithets to expectorating employees.
But I’m here for it. And I’m glad that you are too. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment
A six-year-old can create a hostile work environment. Wait, what?!?
In my many years of practicing employment law, I’ve seen hostile work environment accusations leveled against owners, supervisors, co-workers, subordinates, customers, vendors, and many others.
But accusing a young child of racial discrimination is a new one for me. Continue reading
Is leave with just an “expected” return to work date still considered an ADA reasonable accommodation?
This situation comes up fairly often. An employee with a disability can’t perform their job, and needs leave to recover and return to work.
We know that indefinite leave is not a reasonable accommodation. But what about taking leave with only an “expected” return to work date? Is that too indefinite to be unreasonable? Continue reading
Last chance to snag a free seat to today’s Zoom at Noon ET on leave rights and accommodations
If you’ve procrastinated all week, you still have a few hours to register for this week’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour, which returns today, October 28, 2022. We’re discussing leave rights and accommodations in hybrid and fully-remote workplaces.
Click here (https://bit.ly/HybridRemoteAccommodations) to register. Continue reading
A defendant asked a plaintiff alleging sexual harassment to undergo a — oh, Dear God, no!!!
In today’s post, I had planned to dispense some wage-and-hour tips for employers seeking to adjust hourly pay rates. And then the employment law gods spoke to me and said, “Eric, this blog is about the clicks, not curing insomnia.” Continue reading
Bless their hearts for thinking that their employer discriminated against them for hosting a Christmas party
Two women who worked for a home healthcare company in Tennessee claimed that their religion motivated their employer to fire them. But from the jump, the plaintiffs had a problem. The complaint that they filed in court belied their claims. Continue reading
Join me on Zoom on October 28 at noon ET for leave rights and accommodations in hybrid and remote workplaces. It’s FREE!
I’m unsure if we can top this past Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. Continue reading
EEOC Poster mystery SOLVED! (Plus, don’t forget about today’s free Zoom at Noon ET.)
I got an email last night from a U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission Commissioner. That email explained why the new “Know Your Rights” Poster that the EEOC touted in a new release was nowhere to be found for much of the day yesterday. Continue reading
The EEOC released a new mandatory workplace poster. Or did it?
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had released an updated version of the existing “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster. Continue reading
Give this manager a gold star!
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GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yesterday, we discussed why employers must adopt comprehensive, well-known anti-discrimination policies. That way, victims know what to do to get their complaints of harassment addressed.
Today, we’re going to focus on the importance of a prompt employer response that is reasonably designed to end the complained-of behavior. Continue reading