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The Employer Handbook BlogSo your public relations executive just tweeted a racist joke that went viral…
It doesn’t end well for the PR Exec. Just so we’re clear.
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PA Gov. Corbett announces support for ban on LGBT workplace discrimination
Over the Summer, I reported here that about companion Pennsylvania bills introduced in the House and Senate that would outlaw both sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in the workplace.
Each bill had bipartisan support, but it was unclear how Governor Corbett (R) would act if a bill was placed on his desk for his signature.
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Proposed bill banning credit checks on employees and applicants reintroduced
Second verse, same as the first.
Back in March, I reported here that a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Equal Employment for All Act, would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.
Yesterday, it was the Senate’s turn to get in on the act; the Equal Employment for All Act, that is.
(See how I did that?)
Details on the Senate bill, what it would mean for employers, and its chances of passage after the jump…
Telling an employee her “big fat ass needs to concentrate on losing weight” is not discrimination
Let’s talk (alleged) big butts and discrimination after the jump…
(Sir Mix-a-Lot is gonna be feelin’ this post).
Your President/CEO may have to pay your company’s wage and hour debts herself
Well, that certainly sucks. Even worse than the time I found out that Santa Claus MacGyver wasn’t a real person.
(My psychiatrist says that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I’m not so sure…)
But seriously, I thought that the purpose of a limited liability company was to insulate members from the debts of the company.
After the jump, see how that rule doesn’t necessarily apply when an LLC fails to pay minimum wage or overtime…
GUEST POST: Hidden Substance Use at Work
Today, we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Melissa Kluska. Melissa currently writes for St. Jude Retreats, a non 12 step alternative to traditional alcohol and drug rehab. As well as writing for St. Jude’s, Melissa enjoys blogging about health and relationships.
(Want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook? Email me).
FACT OR FICTION: Employers may discriminate based on family status
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.”
Yesterday, I read this opinion about a white man who claimed that he lost out on a middle school boys basketball coaching job because the school didn’t like the fact that he was married to an Asian ethnic Chinese woman and they have seven mixed race children.
The plaintiff claimed that the school violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The school filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that the man could not state a claim under Title VII. The school prevailed because, well, I’ll let the court tell you:
Camouflage toilet paper and 9 of the other most unusual coworker holiday gifts
Leave it to Career Builder to run a survey seeking the most unusual co-worker holiday gifts. Camouflage toilet paper made the list.
(Well, at least it wasn’t used, amirite?)
The complete list follows after the jump…
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