October, 2021

The EEOC emailed me its INTERNAL Religious Accommodation Request Form. Want to see it?

October 29, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provided additional information on religious objections to workplace vaccine requirements to its growing technical assistance manual. Thank you.

But, yesterday, one of the EEOC Commissioners emailed me the actual form that the EEOC uses to process religious accommodation requests.

THANK YOU! Continue reading

Are you in HR for a multistate employer? You can be sued individually for FMLA violations … in another state!

October 28, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I’ll wait while you clean your screen of the coffee you just spewed from your mouth. Continue reading

Business groups ask President Biden to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandates for a few months

October 27, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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CNBC’s Spencer Kimball has reported here that “business groups are pleading with the White House” to delay President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees “until after the holiday season” because they fear it could that “cause a mass exodus of employees.” Continue reading

How to call applesauce on COVID-19 religious objections and other new advice from the EEOC

October 26, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I meant to write a blog post on Sunday evening to go up yesterday.

But, here’s the thing. Continue reading

A federal judge made it really dang hard to prove medical marijuana discrimination

October 22, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Greetings from Seattle. Continue reading

Where in the world is Eric Meyer?

October 21, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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On Tuesday, I departed the Bloggerdome at 3 PM in my hovercar — per usual — and boarded an actual plane at PHL a few hours later where I flew Ultra First Class — in front of the cockpit. Continue reading

I’ll give you nine examples of what the law does NOT consider retaliation.

October 20, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Retaliation is the number one employment claim that workers pursue. Prevailing, however, is not that easy. Continue reading

What a 🥴 private school in Florida can teach us about COVID-19 medical accommodations

October 19, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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While warming up benching 315 lbs. at the gym yesterday, I listened to The Howard Stern Show.

The EEOC updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance for employers

October 18, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Without any fanfare or press release (sigh), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its list of frequently asked questions entitled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.”

The update is limited to guidance on vaccinations. So, you’d think that it would be easy to tell what the EEOC updated.

Yeah, you’d think that.

These employees actually convinced a court to block a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But how???

October 15, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Ever since a federal judge in Texas upheld a workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate back in June, the consensus among judges and lawyers was that employers could require workers to get a COVID-19 shot as a condition of employment.

But, recently, the State of New York was accused of taking its vaccine mandate for hospital and nursing home staff to the next level. Continue reading