The Employer Handbook Blog
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The saga continues following new rules prohibiting federal contractors from conducting certain types of diversity training. Continue reading
“Well, you’re kind of getting up there in years, you’re at retirement age, you go one way and the company’s going the other.”
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If I’m taking the plaintiff’s deposition, and I hear these words escape his lips when describing the termination meeting with this supervisor, well, I’m not sure how I would go about maintaining my poker face. Continue reading
Trust me. It’s not a good look when the EEOC thinks that you haven’t hired a woman in over 30 years!!!
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I’m conflicted. Continue reading
Why countersuing an employee can be a recipe for disaster!
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Rarely — and by “rarely,” I mean usually — I’ll have an employer client ask me about countersuing an employee that has just sued the company.
First, you’re probably just throwing good money after bad. But, I generally don’t debate this with my more “principled” clients — at least the ones willing to pay me a large retainer 😉.
But, there’s a bigger issue. Continue reading
What actually happens if the EEOC thinks we discriminated against an employee? 😮
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Imagine not only facing a Charge of Discrimination that one of your employees has filed with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission but also enduring an investigation where the EEOC ultimately concludes there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination has occurred.
Uggh. Continue reading
OFCCP elaborates on what kind of diversity training government contractors can (and can’t) do.
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As Microsoft deals with a government investigation into its diversity hiring program, the rest of you federal contractors should take note of these new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCP) guidelines addressing the White House “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” Continue reading
Is a Fortune 50 company’s diversity program discriminatory? The DOL wants to know!
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Yesterday, both Law360 (here) and Bloomberg (here) reported that the U.S. Department of Labor had begun investigating whether Microsoft violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law the prohibits race bias, when Microsoft decided to double the number of Black managers and executives.
In full transparency, Microsoft announced the news too! Continue reading
Yes, the Americans with Disabilities Act still applies during an employee’s initial “probationary period.”
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While I don’t have a ‘Dallas Cowboys’ — how ’bout dem Cowboys! — level of hatred for probationary periods for new employees, I do not like them. Continue reading
My employer fired me because I use medical marijuana. Can I sue?
Well, that depends. 😉 Continue reading