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Technically, they settled for $1.15M. But, that won’t stop me from playing some ‘Lil Wayne. Continue reading
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And I want to try “The Perfect Bite” that Binging With Babish cooked up last week on his YouTube channel. Here is what his duck carbonara looked like.
But, Governor Murphy’s proposed changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) aren’t nearly as aspirational. Continue reading
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It was all a dream. I used to read Word Up! magazine. Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.
I guess Notorious B.I.G. wasn’t exactly rapping about the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requirement for employers with one hundred or more employees to file with the EEOC the “Employer Information Report EEO-1”. Continue reading
Nearly three years ago to the day, I provided 55,000 reasons to allow your pregnant employees to be exposed to toxic chemicals at work. Continue reading
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It’s one of the most common questions that I get from clients and readers. With so many employment laws out there, it’s not easy to keep track of what those laws say — let alone which ones you may have to follow. Continue reading
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Workplace accommodations can be easy.
For example, when an employee with carpal tunnel syndrome requests an ergonomic keyboard to perform his job, and his job involves a lot of typing, you get him the keyboard.
Or maybe you have an employee with Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is a type of depression that is exacerbated by gray overcast skies and poor indoor lighting. Several inexpensive lighting products can enable that employee to perform the essential functions of the job.
But, where employers often run into problems is with leave as an accommodation. Job transfers too.
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Beats me.
(Still, it seems like an excellent excuse to get back to basics and explain how courts analyze discrimination claims). Continue reading
I’m sorry if you were expecting wild stories of employee shenanigans today. Yesterday, I asked for your stories, and I got nothin’! Y’all must work in the most compliant workplaces in America.
Speaking of which… Continue reading
In 2020, the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 30. President George H.W. Bush signed it into law in 1990 to ensure civil rights for individuals with disabilities. Chia-Yi Hou at The Hill published a nice 30-year ADA recap here.
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