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Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit.
At least, I hope it does.
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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
What in the heck could this company have possibly been thinking?!?!? (Allegedly.)
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an employer for race and color discrimination. And water is wet.
But what makes this one so 😲😨🤯? Continue reading
“Privileged white female ‘Karen’ caught on video verbally abusing an African American male” is now suing her former employer for discrimination
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Yesterday, one of my favorite HR people in the entire galaxy tweeted a link to this article from the AP. Continue reading
These are the red-light / green-light rules to filing a federal age discrimination lawsuit
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Over the weekend, I read this Sixth Circuit decision about a litigant who claimed that an employer discriminated against him based on his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
But this was not your ordinary age bias case. Continue reading
Does federal law require employers to provide leave from work to a woman recovering from a c-section?
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Pregnancy accommodations continue to trip up even the most seasoned HR professionals. Let’s see how you would handle this scenario.
Why did a transgender employee who needed leave from work lose claims for both sex and disability discrimination?
Sometimes it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Continue reading
OSHA to CDC: We hear you, dawg. We’ll update our face mask guidance too.
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Dawg, Eric?
Clearly, I’ve been watching too many American Idol and Pimp My Ride reruns. Continue reading
Read this post before accommodating a disabled employee with a job reassignment. (It could save you a lawsuit.)
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental impairments of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability. Technically, both courts and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consider reassignment to a vacant position to be a reasonable accommodation.
But, here’s the thing. Continue reading