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The Employer Handbook BlogHey, they never said we couldn’t post TikToks transporting the dead bodies
Well, that’s not exactly what your employees should think if you operate a mortuary transport service. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing
In 2015, she sued for LGBT discrimination. One landmark SCOTUS decision later, she still lost.
The former part-time Director of Operations for a college hockey team was sure that her employer fired her because she was gay. Continue reading
This HR service provider “walked the walk” and defeated claims of age discrimination
Some of the tenets of good HR compliance include documenting and communicating performance issues and taking additional formal steps to alleviate them. If those steps fail, the employer can proceed with termination, being sure to document the reasons supporting the final decision. Continue reading
Is it legal to fire someone for getting an abortion?
Yesterday, we covered whether the Family and Medical Leave Act allows women who have an abortion to obtain leave for a serious health condition.
Today, we’ll talk about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from taking adverse employment actions “because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” Continue reading
A federal appellate court made it difficult to blame ’20-’21 large layoffs on COVID-19
Days since I’ve blogged about COVID-19 = 78 0. Continue reading
These free resources can help you avoid disability discrimination claims when hiring using artificial intelligence
More employers now are using software, algorithms, and artificial intelligence to make smarter hiring decisions. There’s nothing inherently unlawful about that.
Except, consider this. Continue reading
Healthcare CEO gets fired after viral TikTok video altercation with a boy in a red dress, sues Kathy Griffin.
I’ll take “blog post titles that I never thought I’d be using in 2022 ever” for $500. Continue reading
Two gifts for employers from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is providing strategies for employers to expand employment opportunities for workers with unemployment gaps. And there’s also a double-secret EEO-1 Component 1 Report filing extension.
Can an employee legally be fired for using over-the-counter CBD products?
Last night, I read this federal court opinion where a defendant, sued after firing a plaintiff who used CBD for her disability, got the entire case dismissed.
So, let’s talk about how and why. Continue reading