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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
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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.
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For the third time in the past year, I am blogging about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Why? Continue reading
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Several states are taking steps to forbid employers from requiring that workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Separately, I know of at least two pending lawsuits that employees have filed. I already blogged about one of them here. The other is pending in a federal court in California.
But it’s the California of the East a/k/a New Jersey that has taken a much different approach. Continue reading
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Worse yet, the employer is a hospital!!! Continue reading
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If you missed The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour on Friday, head on over to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel — be sure to subscribe while you are there — and check out the replay. Among the topics that Robin Shea and I discussed was the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Continue reading
Yesterday, I told you that a man couldn’t bring a pregnancy bias claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But, a bunch of you actual and aspiring employee-rights attorneys had ideas to prove me wrong.
One of your employees shows up at Human Resources with a laundry list of complaints.
It must be one of those days that end in a “y.”
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Once the networks called the presidential election for Joe Biden over the weekend, something dawned on me. Maybe, I should write about how the new administration may impact employment law.
I mean, what other employment lawyer/blogger would think to do that? Dibs! Continue reading
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