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The EEOC emailed me its INTERNAL Religious Accommodation Request Form. Want to see it?

October 29, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provided additional information on religious objections to workplace vaccine requirements to its growing technical assistance manual. Thank you.

But, yesterday, one of the EEOC Commissioners emailed me the actual form that the EEOC uses to process religious accommodation requests.

THANK YOU! Continue reading

How to call applesauce on COVID-19 religious objections and other new advice from the EEOC

October 26, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I meant to write a blog post on Sunday evening to go up yesterday.

But, here’s the thing. Continue reading

A federal judge made it really dang hard to prove medical marijuana discrimination

October 22, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Greetings from Seattle. Continue reading

I’ll give you nine examples of what the law does NOT consider retaliation.

October 20, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Retaliation is the number one employment claim that workers pursue. Prevailing, however, is not that easy. Continue reading

What a 🥴 private school in Florida can teach us about COVID-19 medical accommodations

October 19, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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While warming up benching 315 lbs. at the gym yesterday, I listened to The Howard Stern Show.

The EEOC updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance for employers

October 18, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Without any fanfare or press release (sigh), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its list of frequently asked questions entitled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.”

The update is limited to guidance on vaccinations. So, you’d think that it would be easy to tell what the EEOC updated.

Yeah, you’d think that.

These employees actually convinced a court to block a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But how???

October 15, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Ever since a federal judge in Texas upheld a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate back in June, the consensus among judges and lawyers was that employers could require workers to get a COVID-19 shot as a condition of employment.

But, recently, the State of New York was accused of taking its vaccine mandate for hospital and nursing home staff to the next level. Continue reading

Telework as a reasonable accommodation seems to be a trend. Except when it’s not.

October 12, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

An employer has a policy that permits employees to work remotely one day every two weeks. An employee with a disability (PTSD and anxiety disorders) requests to work remotely twice per week and work weekends to make up for any lost time.

That seems like a reasonable accommodation.

Or not so much, according to a recent Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion. I’ll explain to you why. Continue reading

For the love of Zihuatanejo, please let your employees use the restroom when they need it.

October 11, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Do you remember that scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Morgan Freeman’s character ‘Red’ is working the checkout line at a local grocery store? After he finishes bagging someone’s items, he looks over at his manager and says, “Restroom break, boss?”

The manager then motions Red over and tells him, “You don’t need to ask me every time you need to go take a piss. Just go, understand?” Continue reading

NJ is doing more NJ things by beefing up its age discrimination rules for hiring and promotions

October 7, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Earlier this week, Governor Phil Murphy announced that he had signed A681 into law, which expands the scope of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) — already one of the most comprehensive anti-discrimination laws in the country — by providing protections against age discrimination by employers.

Hey, I’m not complaining. Changes like these will help pay to put my kids through college. But let’s see what this latest amendment is all about. Continue reading

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