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Let’s answer some of your COVID-19 return to work questions. The Zoom Office Hour returns this Friday, 6/25 at Noon ET
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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).
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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
Happy Belated 1st Birthday to an LGBT rights landmark decision. I brought cake and presents! 🎂🎁
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Yep, we’re celebrating!
Yep, yet again the Paycheck Fairness Act is dead again.
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Earlier this week, the Senate failed to advance a measure designed to promote gender pay equity called the Paycheck Fairness Act.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because I told you so. Continue reading
Creating a new “job sharing” position is not a reasonable accommodation
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You work for a progressive employer. Flexible work arrangements? For sure!
WARNING: This pregnancy discrimination lawsuit might make your brain explode 🤯
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Imagine requiring a job applicant to reveal whether she is pregnant. That’s bad!
And what if that was a company policy? That’s worse.
But, let’s suppose that the company’s policy of disclosing pregnancies is IN WRITING. Continue reading
It’s time to reassess dress codes … before the ACLU darkens your door too
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An international airline is learning this lesson the hard way.
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A pepperoni pizza lesson about religious accommodations for employee COVID vaccinations
Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit.
At least, I hope it does.
Look into your COVID-19 crystal ball. Tell me what you see.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has invited me to present at its Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference — the premier federal training conference for EEO managers, supervisors, and practitioners.
I’ll be part of a hot topics panel on June 16, where the theme will be predicting (and preventing) the next wave of COVID-19 issues for employers. I’ve got a few ideas, but I could use some more inspiration. Continue reading