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Here are the results of the diversity, equity, and inclusion survey. You may be surprised…
On the heels of the federal government announcing that it will change how it trains federal workers on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), thank you to the hundreds of readers that took a few minutes to respond to this anonymous survey about DEI efforts in your workplace.
Below are the survey results. (If you are viewing this in an email, you’ll need to download the images.) I’ll add my commentary at the end.
VLOG time! The EEOC dropped some new-ish COVID-19 guidance for employers.
You can either read it here. Or, you can relax with a morning scotch latte and watch me explain it in this latest video from The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. (Click here to subscribe).
Either way, enjoy! Continue reading
The government plans to change how it trains employees on issues of race
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This two-page memo from the Executive Office of the President made several headlines on Friday. Continue reading
Can a non-employee sue under Title VII as the target of the retaliation against his child?
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I’ve got a hypothetical situation for you. Continue reading
Here is a page from the COVID-19 ADA accommodation playbook
By John Dorwin – <span class=”int-own-work” lang=”en”>Own work</span>, Public Domain, Link
In its recent COVID-19 Americans with Disabilities Act guidance, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission encouraged that employers be flexible in determining accommodations for employees during the pandemic. Some suggestions included temporary job restructuring of marginal job duties, temporary transfers to a different position, or modifying a work schedule or shift assignment to permit an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job safely.
One employer may be learning this lesson the hard way. Continue reading
Jacob Blake, racism, and what it means to be on the right side of history
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On Wednesday evening, the players on the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks shocked us all. Continue reading
1,250,000 reasons to take all complaints of race discrimination seriously
Two black employees complain to a supervisor that a white co-worker is taunting them with racial pejoratives.
What do you do? Continue reading
Can a business legally require face masks in the workplace? Would sarcasm change the answer?
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Let’s find out… Continue reading
An indefinite leave of absence may be an ADA reasonable accommodation. Wait, WHAT?!?
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As employment lawyers, we counsel clients that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to requests for reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Indeed, they are very fact-specific. Although, there is one fundamental immutable truth; namely, a request for an indefinite leave of absence is never reasonable under the ADA.
Or so, I thought. Continue reading