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The Employer Handbook BlogAmidst a recent deluge of bad sexual harassment news, Uber pulls out a shocking win
February was a bit of a crappy month for Uber.
Well, aside of the millions of dollars I trust they made in fares.
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110,000 reasons to remember that the ADA’s duty to accommodate starts before saying, “You’re hired.”
Here’s a snippet from a recent EEOC press release:
The [Americans with Disabilities Act] protects employees from discrimination based on their disabilities and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees’ and applicants’ disabilities as long as it does not pose an undue hardship.
That’s employees and applicants. And, that’s important.
The allure of gooey grilled cheese made me late for work
Since we began the blogging week so seriously, let’s end it on a lighter note.
I’ve got the results of the CareerBuilder’s survey of “This Year’s Most Outrageous Employee Excuses for Being Late”.
Feds are signalling a rough four years ahead for transgender rights
Late last month, I blogged here about some smoke signals from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it may be backpedaling on pursuing discrimination claims on behalf of a transgender employee, in a case where the employer had raised a religious-freedom defense.
Since then, other dominos have fallen, which indicate that the Trump administration is reversing course on transgender rights.
President Trump taps Alexander Acosta as his new pick for Labor Secretary
Acosta replaces Andy Puzder, who withdrew his nomination on Wednesday.
So, who is Alexander Acosta?
Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination for Labor Secretary. So what’s Plan B at the DOL?
Amidst controversy, controversy and more controversy, Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns, operates and fast-food restaurant franchises Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Labor, yesterday.
And, just like that, we’re back to square one. Continue reading
Racials slurs, shotgun threats, but no why no hostile work environment?
It’s deja vu all over again.
This right here is why you train your managers to take all complaints of harassment seriously.
When I conduct anti-harassment training for supervisors, one of the points I stress is that all complaints of harassment and discrimination — no matter how minor — must be taken seriously.
Why?