Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment

Is COVID-19 an actual disability under the ADA? Not always, says one court.

June 24, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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In anticipation of the triumphant return of The Employer Handbook Zoom Officer Hour on Friday, June 25 at Noon Eastern, when we’ll focus on answering all of your COVID-19 return to work questions, it struck me that one of the big issues is COVID-19 itself. Specifically, is COVID-19 a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

If you haven’t done so already, go ahead and register here for this free event. And below, I’ll provide a sneak preview of how one court resolved whether COVID-19 is an ADA disability.

Oh, hell no! Did an employer discriminate by not excusing a Christian employee from fingerprinting?

June 23, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think so. Continue reading

Let’s answer some of your COVID-19 return to work questions. The Zoom Office Hour returns this Friday, 6/25 at Noon ET

June 21, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Last Wednesday, as part of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EXCEL Conference, three of us (me and two of the EEOC’s education and outreach coordinators) gazed into our crystal ball to predict some of the issues that employers will face as more employees return to the workplace. Continue reading

The anatomy of a sex discrimination claim. (Trust me. It’s not as stimulating as it sounds).

June 18, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Today we’re going back to the basics and learning how a plaintiff must prove a sex discrimination claim based on circumstantial (i.e., the defendant doesn’t concede, “I fired you because you’re a woman.”) Continue reading