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The Employer Handbook BlogCreating a new “job sharing” position is not a reasonable accommodation
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You work for a progressive employer. Flexible work arrangements? For sure!
WARNING: This pregnancy discrimination lawsuit might make your brain explode 🤯
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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
It’s time to reassess dress codes … before the ACLU darkens your door too
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An international airline is learning this lesson the hard way.
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A pepperoni pizza lesson about religious accommodations for employee COVID vaccinations
Trust me; this will all make sense in a bit.
At least, I hope it does.
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
Psst…OSHA updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance too!!!
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Yesterday, we covered the new EEOC COVID-19 vaccination guidance in this video at The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. Today, I’m back with another short video about the new OSHA vaccine guidance.
(Spoiler Alert: It’s good news for employers). 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
POLL RESULTS: Don’t discipline employees that spread COVID-19 misinformation
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Getting in late from the Sixers/Wizards game last night — no, I didn’t dump popcorn on Russ Westbrook — I had no time to enjoy the Wednesday evening routine of a lime rickey, bubblegum cigarette, and writing the next day’s blog post.
Silver lining: I only have to spend a few minutes this morning posting a shorty about the results of yesterday’s blog poll.