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The Employer Handbook BlogNew employment laws may not just expose employers to liability; they may double it!
Among the top employment issues that companies will need to navigate in 2024 is enforcing laws that have more recently taken effect.
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Employers, here are 110,759 reasons why you’re not the religion police.
Since only the real ones are reading the blog this week, I must confess that it would be cool to patrol the office halls with a fake badge I ordered from Amazon to restore order and HR compliance to the workplace.
But policing religion is where I must draw the line. Continue reading
No, my guy, your employer did not unlawfully stereotype your masculinity by firing you for sexual harassment.
I’m going to tell you about what may be the least self-aware employee. At least in recent memory. Continue reading
“Vague and conclusory” allegations are not enough to pursue claims of discrimination in court.
Discrimination claims are not easy to prove. But, it doesn’t take much for a plaintiff to at least allege in her complaint that her former employer discriminated against her.
Except when all you plead are “vague and conclusory” allegations.
85,286 reasons not to treat an employee differently because their family member is disabled
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. However, the ADA does not require an employer to assist a person without a disability due to that person’s association with someone with a disability. Still, an employer cannot discriminate against an employee or applicant because of that person’s association with someone with a disability.
It’s called associational discrimination.
It may be okay to terminate someone after they complain about discrimination if…
A university professor did not have her employment contract renewed after two years on the job.
Why not? Continue reading
Did you know that companies can sue for race discrimination too? (And potentially win.)
I’ve been practicing law for over 20 years, and I must concede that I did not know this.
Here’s how it works. Continue reading
Employers do not need to recreate accommodations that do not exist to help employees with disabilities
Federal anti-discrimination laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, help ensure that individuals with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities at work as everyone else.
Both laws require employers to provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations if needed to perform the essential functions of their jobs. However, when a failure-to-accommodate claim gets litigated, the onus is on the employee to establish that they could perform their jobs, even with reasonable accommodations.
A bipartisan group in Congress wants to make it easier for employees to prove age discrimination
On Monday, three House Republicans and three House Democrats reintroduced the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), billed as a bipartisan proposal to strengthen anti-discrimination protections for older workers.