Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/attendant-car-parking-service-148647/) Imagine that you operate a valet parking service at a large hotel and you’re looking to hire a parking attendant. Your 10 am interview arrives. You say, “good morning.” He responds in sign language. He’s deaf. A deaf parking attendant?!? What do you do? What if he wants…
By xrmap flag collection – Based on image from xrmap flag collection 2.7, colors from image at World Flag Database, Public Domain, Link In the United States, medical marijuana use is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. However, the laws governing the use of medical marijuana vary…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com Read on to see how your business can avoid being part of this exclusive club. Two employers; over five million dollars. Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced (here) that it had recovered $1.75M from a California employer that it had accused of systemic discrimination…
Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures.net (https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=80073&picture=wait-what-blocky-text) Remember the employer that got socked with a six-figure jury award when it refused to allow a cashier to consume two bottles of orange juice from the store’s refrigerator to avoid slipping into diabetic shock? Welp, that employer apparently has not yet mastered the Americans with…
Image Credit: Flickr.com (https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/27388069805) //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js And it’s only Tuesday! On Thursday at 3 pm ET, I’ll be participating in a free 1-hour webinar with my friends at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. This one is a “Roundtable Discussion: Navigating LGBTQ+ Issues in the Workplace.” CLE credit is available. You can register for the event…
Image Credit (Photo by: | VIRIN: 131224-F-IM476-001.JPG) I’m sorry, dudes. I totally meant to give you a blog post yesterday. I did. But, the night before, which is when I generally compose this drivel, I got distracted. I was preoccupied with a certain MLB playoff game. Specifically, it was the…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/truck-18-wheeler-freight-shipping-309398/) If you’ve been to one of my live Americans with Disability Act HR presentations, you’ve heard talk about a deaf lifeguard. (If you haven’t and want a copy of my presentation, well, all you have to do is ask.) In Keith v. County of Oakland, a…
If my wide open collar and disco moves aren’t “gritty” enough for you, well, I can fix that. I can guarantee you this assuming that you recover from the hysterical blindness, I’m told it’s only temporary. We’ll have some fun at these October events. And I’ll teach you a thing or two…
By Timidonfire [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsRecently, Nike unveiled a new ‘Just Do It’ advertising campaign centered around former National Football Leauge quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Here is the first commercial that aired. Controversy. In the 49ers third preseason game of the 2016 season, Mr. Kaepernick did not stand during the…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b90809e846d78530d8b45d5) The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability. What is a “qualified individual”? It’s someone who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation? Ok, what’s an “essential job function”? Or…