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The Employer Handbook BlogWhat should employers do if they doubt the sincerity of an employee’s religious beliefs? NOT THIS!
Suppose an employee, an adherent of a religion you’ve never heard of, requests time off from work on certain religious observance days.
Paid sick leave for employees to care for pets? One major city may soon require it.
A bill introduced this week in the NY City Council would require employers to provide employees paid sick leave for pet care.
Wait until you see how EASY it is to plead a claim of discrimination in federal court
A recent Eleventh Circuit decision serves as a sobering reminder to employers why a plausible claim — a mere inference of bias – is all it takes for a plaintiff to pursue discrimination claims. Continue reading
The DOL released a best practices guide for employers on “Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being”
Last year, the EEOC published a resource to help employers avoid bias claims from using artificial intelligence. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor released its AI Principles and Best Practices guidance for employers and developers. Continue reading
How can your business avoid retaliation claims? Just do what this company did.
When an employee complains about discrimination or unethical business practices, there’s often a concern that they’ll construe any subsequent adverse employment action as retaliation. Continue reading
The FTC is all-in on its proposed noncompete ban, appealing the nationwide injunction against it.
On Friday afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission notified a federal judge in Texas who had previously entered a nationwide injunction against its sweeping noncompete ban that the agency would appeal her decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Continue reading
Did this employee get caught trying to pull a fast one? Or did the company interfere with his FMLA rights?
Stop me if this sounds familiar. Continue reading
Force your employees to sign THIS, and the EEOC may nail you for ADA interference
Something caught my eye yesterday as I was perusing the EEOC newsroom. The federal watchdog recently announced that it had filed a lawsuit against an employer for something called Americans with Disabilities Act interference.
What exactly is ADA interference? Continue reading
100,000 reasons to accommodate an employee after she experiences a stillbirth (and not fire her four days later)
About two weeks ago, I spotlighted an EEOC lawsuit where the agency claimed an employer fired a woman four days after she experienced a stillbirth and one day after submitting a confirming letter from her doctor, which also recommended six weeks to recuperate physically and grieve. Continue reading
Rest in Peace: Lilly Ledbetter, an equal-pay activist and icon
U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Over the weekend, Lilly Ledbetter, a woman who unintentionally became a champion of equal pay for men and women, died at 86. Continue reading