Image Credit: Photofunia.com We’ve got a lot to discuss. On Monday, I wrote (here) about proposed federal legislation mandating paid sick leave, where workers would accrue seven days of paid sick leave and immediately provide 14 additional days when there is a public health emergency. However, Dave Jamieson writing at…
U.S. Government/Gobierno de los Estados Unidos / Public domain Last week, we covered (here) what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants employers to know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This week, we have new guidance from OSHA and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Do you like quick-witted snark, mostly about workplace shenanigans? I do too. So, picture this blog, except in podcast form and with folks that actually have quick wits. I’m talking about the Hostile Work Environment Podcast (available on iTunes and Spotify and now on YouTube too). The…
pect losesis part Image Credit: Photofunia.com (https://photofunia.com/results/5e656316846d7826618b45a7) You read it here first. Or, maybe second, because Cristina Marcos at TheHill (here) had the scoop on Friday evening: Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Friday that would require all employers to grant workers paid sick days in light of…
. ThatImage by Vidmir Raic from Pixabay Yesterday, I wrote about a recent Second Circuit opinion in which the appellate court held that an employee with migraine headaches who requested a transfer to another supervisor didn’t have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. That’s because his physical impairment…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay The Americans with Disabilities Act protects applicants and employees from disability discrimination. When the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act took effect in 2009, Congress lowered the bar for what constitutes a disability. Indeed, it’s gotten so low, that my usual advice to clients is not…
I’ve seen enough “What employers should know about the Coronavirus” blog posts to know that I’m sick and tired of reading them. But then the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted a Coronavirus update yesterday. And since I like clickbait as much as the next blogger, I’m going to summarize…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay We’re going to start with a brief fact pattern, and then I’ll pose the questions. Alright, let’s see whatcha got. FACTS: An employee injured his ribs while playing with his grandchildren. Over the next two weeks, the employee and his wife called his employer to…
Image Credit: Wokandapix (pixabay.com) Do you ever wonder what the heck is wrong with people sometimes? Of course, you do; you’re in human resources. For example… Over the weekend, a story started making the rounds online about a college recruiter in the midwest who went to a charter school in…
Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay Every once in a while, a different client calls me with the same Americans with Disabilities Act question, “Eric, our employee tells us that she has a disability and needs and accommodation. Can we ask for medical documentation to help us evaluate whether an accommodation…