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The Employer Handbook BlogThe sleepy, old man with old ideas may have an age discrimination claim
Psst.
Want the secret to spotting a potential age discrimination claim a mile away?
I’ve got it for you after the jump.
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EEOC takes on fitness-for-duty medical releases; how to avoid the crosshairs.
Congratulations!
Your fitness-for-duty employee medical examinations are job-related or consistent with business necessity. So, they pass muster under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But, what about the medical information you request from employees in connection with those exams?
Oh yeah, there’s that too…
Ask for too much info and you might you be violating not only the ADA, but also the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act.
Rut roh! More after the jump…
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A restaurant posted LeSean McCoy’s receipt on its Facebook page
My mind…blown!
Yesterday, the local internet feeds were flooding us with news that Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy allegedly left a 20-cent tip at a local restaurant at which he and some friends had lunch on Monday. The “smoking gun” was a copy of what is purported to be McCoy’s lunch receipt from the restaurant.
I read “Eagles Player LeSean McCoy Just Left a 20-Cent Tip at PYT” on PhillyMag.com, and “LeSean McCoy tips 20 cents at PYT. The restaurant, PYT, even posted about it on its own Facebook page, complete with a copy of the supposed McCoy receipt.
Final Score: HIPAA 1 – Retaliation 0
See how a federal appellate court shut out a plaintiff’s claims of retaliation after she was fired for forwarding confidential documents to herself, purportedly to preserve evidence for an age-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former coworker.
What I did there, you see that?
After the jump…
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Philadelphia now requires breastfeeding protections for local employees
Heads up, Philly employers! This new law takes effect right away!
Read all about it after the jump…
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Court won’t let jury see plaintiff’s trial-victory prediction on Facebook
Oh, come on! What fun is that?
What did the plaintiff say and why won’t the court allow the defendants to present it as evidence at trial? Find out after the jump…
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How to curse out your boss on Facebook … and get away with it!
It’s easier than you think. Indeed, a recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board bears this out.
Details after the jump…
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Same-sex training. Ok or discrimination?
According to the EEOC, if men can only train men, and women only women, that may be discrimination.
But, let’s see what a federal court has to say about that after the jump…
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Here’s why you provide a list of essential job functions when approving FMLA
Trial is over!
I’m coming atcha live and direct from the bloggerdome with a sweet defense verdict in my pocket. Yup, yup!
And what do I come back to? A precedential Third Circuit opinion discussing an employee’s right to return to work from FMLA.
I’ll cover that for you after the jump…
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