The German word is “dumm“ Or, as they say in Germ-lish: Hella-dumm. More after the jump… * * * //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZ25MYwWpM (Rammstein on this blog..bucket list: check!) In Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that “because of the many facets of human motivation, it would be…
Earlier this year, the EEOC filed a federal lawsuit against CVS in which it claimed that drugstore chain “conditioned the receipt of severance benefits for certain employees on an overly broad severance agreement set forth in five pages of small print.” Specifically, the EEOC took issue with several common provisions…
That ain’t legal, yo. I’ll tell you why after the jump… * * * @Eric_B_Meyer, any thoughts to share on this one? Woman w/cancer diagnosis is fired & the boss thought he was helping http://t.co/980Bl1scjF — MarySchaefer (@MarySchaefer) September 17, 2014 Yeah, Mary, I’ve got some thoughts. Let’s assume that…
And here I just got finished telling an audience yesterday at the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act was dead. Guess I was wrong. More on this after the jump… * * * Last November, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would amend Title VII to forbid LGBT…
So, yesterday, it was all about some House Republicans introducing legislation to constrain the enforcement efforts of the EEOC. Then, I read this story from Ramsey Cox at TheHill.com. It seems some Senate Republicans are taking aim at the National Labor Relations Board. More after the jump… * * *…
Halftime of the Eagles-Colts game. So, I only have 15 minutes to crank this one out. Here we go… Two new bills in the House to watch. 1. The Litigation Oversight Act of 2014: This bill would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the…
Over the weekend, I read this CareerBuilder poll, which found that the majority of workers don’t aspire to leadership roles. Here are the numbers: One in 5 workers (20 percent) feel his or her organization has a glass ceiling – an unseen barrier preventing women and minorities from reaching higher…
You have an employee handbook, an anti-harassment policy, training, the whole nine. But, sometimes, notwithstanding your best efforts to create a positive, respectful workplace, you receive a complaint from an employee who claims to be the victim of harassment based on [insert protected class]. All the prophylactic measures you’ve already…
Psst. Want the secret to spotting a potential age discrimination claim a mile away? I’ve got it for you after the jump. * * * I’m going to make this real easy for you. DON’T CALL ANY EMPLOYEE OLD….EVER! And, just so we’re clear, “old mother******” is no good either.…
Congratulations! Your fitness-for-duty employee medical examinations are job-related or consistent with business necessity. So, they pass muster under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But, what about the medical information you request from employees in connection with those exams? Oh yeah, there’s that too… Ask for too much info and you…