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The Employer Handbook BlogThe Religious Accommodation Lessons Inside MLB’s Pride Night Controversy
Who would have guessed that the most interesting religious discrimination issue of the week would show up on a Major League Baseball field?
Articles Posted in Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment
A coworker touched her three times. The first two reports didn’t count. The employer’s response to the third won it the case.
When a coworker grabs a colleague three times, a Seventh Circuit majority says a jury could find sexual harassment. The employer still won. The reason why is more useful to HR than the result.
Unpaid Leave Won This ADA Case. It Shouldn’t Be Your First Move.
An excellent teacher with a progressive disability wanted paid leave to get a guide dog. Her employer offered unpaid leave instead. A federal appeals court just said that was enough.
Sole Survivor: What an ADA Shoe Fight Teaches Employers About Accommodation
A cocktail server with a foot disability wore Skechers sneakers for two years under an accommodation her employer granted. When new management decided sneakers didn’t meet appearance standards, the employer narrowed the accommodation and eventually terminated her for refusing to comply. Most of the lawsuit went with her.
The Racial Slur the CEO Knew About. The $21 Million Verdict That Followed.
A racial slur used in 2007 was still admissible evidence at a 2024 trial. The employer’s failure to address it helped produce a $21 million verdict.
The DOJ Called the EEOC’s Disparate-Impact Guidelines Unconstitutional. The EEOC Basically Asked It To.
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it has been applying its disparate-impact guidelines unconstitutionally.
That’s awkward, right?
Well, perhaps not. For most employers, it may be even less than that.
The EEOC Just Told Employers Which Cases It’s Coming After. DEI Programs Made the List. What Else Did Too?
The EEOC approved a new National Enforcement Plan last week, and for the first time in recent memory ever, the agency has put DEI programs, religious accommodations, and national origin bias against American workers on the same priority list.
How an Employer Survived a Discrimination Claim After Violating Its Own Hiring Policies
The city’s civil-service commission told it to follow its own hiring policies. It didn’t. It still won.
The Comparator Problem: What This Teacher’s Case Gets Wrong About Religious Discrimination
A teacher gets twice the students, a warning for observing a religious holiday, and a misconduct investigation after venting on a union Facebook page. She loses every claim.
