I’ll bet nowhere on your HR job description is there anything about serving as the religion police. But during the pandemic, some companies were pretty persnickety when considering employee requests for accommodations from getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Companies that applied heightened scrutiny did so at their own risk. In its…
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The EEOC’s new General Counsel is targeting Antisemitism, Islamophobia. So should you.
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Commission’s newest General Counsel, Karla Gilbride, told reporters that addressing discrimination in American workplaces relating to the Israel-Hamas skirmish is a top priority for 2024. On October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization Hamas staged the deadliest terrorist attack against Israel since the state’s establishment in…
Employers, here are 110,759 reasons why you’re not the religion police.
Since only the real ones are reading the blog this week, I must confess that it would be cool to patrol the office halls with a fake badge I ordered from Amazon to restore order and HR compliance to the workplace. But policing religion is where I must draw the…
A Tennessee man who claims he was fired from his job over tweets made in California can sue that person in Tennessee
I want to thank my co-presenters, Amy Epstein Gluck, Jonathan Segal, Gregory Slotnick, and everyone who attended the Zoom on Friday, November 10, 2023, when we discussed antisemitism and the workplace. We recorded it, and you can view it here on YouTube. One of the topics we covered was employees getting…
Today, at Noon ET, join us for “Antisemitism and the Workplace” on Zoom. It’s free to attend.
There is still time to register to join me, Amy Epstein Gluck, Jonathan Segal, and Gregory Slotnick at Noon ET today to discuss antisemitism and the workplace. Here are some of the more specific topics we intend to cover. What is (and isn’t) antisemitism? Regardless of your religion, how employees can act…
Join us on 11/10/23 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour: Antisemitism and the Workplace
Antisemitism is nothing new. About a year ago, ResumeBuilder.com surveyed 1,131 U.S. hiring managers and recruiters about their views of Jewish individuals and their perception of antisemitism in the workplace. Of those surveyed – remember, these are the people making the hiring decisions — 29% said antisemitism is acceptable in…
On Instagram, an ER doctor said Israelis got “a taste of their own medicine.” CORRECTION: Former ER doctor.
A doctor whose job is to administer potentially life-saving medicine to patients, among them Jews, was reportedly fired after celebrating the massacre of Israelis by the Islamist terror group Hamas. Here’s more from the NY Post: An emergency room physician …shared a video of the heinous Oct. 7 attack on her…
Law student BLAMES ISRAEL for Hamas terrorism. Law firm promptly RESCINDS student’s JOB OFFER.
According to published reports, like this one from the Daily Mail, an Am Law 100 law firm rescinded a job offer to the president of a law school’s student bar association after learning that the student stated that Hamas’ slaughter of children in Israel was ‘necessary.’ The student also reportedly…
Will your business be ready for how recent events in Israel will undoubtedly impact your workplace?
On Saturday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a surprise attack in Israel that reportedly left over 900 dead. Israel has since responded with a declaration of war. What does this Middle East conflict have to do with employment law? You have Jewish employees. Antisemitism is rising, and the…
After the Supreme Court raised the bar for religious accommodations, an appellate court smacked a defendant with it
I’m speaking figuratively, of course. Taxpayer dollars do not support judges bruising and battering litigants who appear in court. However, the defendant is probably still smarting from this recent Fifth Circuit decision, in which the court overturned a lower court ruling dismissing the plaintiff’s claims that the defendant failed to…