Image Credit: Photofunia.com Let’s face it. Unlike its neighbor, New Jersey, a/k/a the California of the East, not many would label the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an employee-friendly state. There’s no state-level FMLA, the whistleblower law is basically limited to public sector employers, and the Commonwealth’s anti-discrimination laws essentially mimic federal…
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Here’s a list of things that don’t count as retaliation, starting with making faces.
Image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay When an employee sues for retaliation after complaining about discrimination, he must prove that he suffered “a materially adverse action” for doing so. Usually, that amounts to discharges, demotions, refusals to hire, refusals to promote, and reprimands. But, how…
An employment lawyer’s take on track star Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for using marijuana
Image by Please Don’t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay Last week, I read the news that Sha’Carri Richardson, one of the favorites to win Olympic gold for the United States in the women’s 100-meter dash, was suspended for a month for testing positive for marijuana. As a management-side…
60 years after the NY Yankees rejected her, a woman finally got that bat girl job
Groupe Canam. Services fournis:Conception-ingénierie Dessins par InteliBuild FabricationUsines de fabrication: Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, QCQuébec, QC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I hate the New York Yankees. So, it is with deep-seated loathing that today’s blog post not only features the Evil Empire but casts the organization in a positive light. Whatever.…
It’s July 1. Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! (This year, in haiku!) 🧾⚾💰
By Metsfan84, CC BY 3.0, Link What did you folks do to deserve two consecutive days of modern poetry at The Employer Handbook? Well, after yesterday’s EEO-1 limerick, someone challenged me to run it back today in haiku to celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day. Challenge accepted. Bobby Bonilla Why do the…
An EEO-1 Limerick #WednesdayEEO1LimerickDay
Book Poetry by Wolf Böse from the Noun Project Today, I’m channeling my inner ***check notes*** poet. Let us celebrate in verse the EEOC extending the deadline to file EEO-1 reports There once was an EEO-1 deadline Just file by July 19, and you’ll be fine But that date proved…
The Supreme Court’s silence on transgender bathroom use may speak volumes for your workplace
Marielam1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last year, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Bostock v. Clayton County that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender has discriminated based on sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yesterday, the Supreme Court…
The EEOC is suing a work placement agency for individuals with disabilities for, yep, disability discrimination.
MikeRun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons I really wanted to use the Spiderman meme here. But to avoid any potential copyright issues, please accept this cheaply executed facsimile — not in counterparts — instead. And here is some music to hammer the point home. I see something like this…
The House wants to make it easier to bring age bias claims. But will the Senate co-sign?
David Maiolo [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsSince I’m going to see most of you at Noon EDT today for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour — register here if you haven’t already — I’m going to keep today’s blog post brief. The Age Discrimination In Employment Act makes it unlawful for…
Is COVID-19 an actual disability under the ADA? Not always, says one court.
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay In anticipation of the triumphant return of The Employer Handbook Zoom Officer Hour on Friday, June 25 at Noon Eastern, when we’ll focus on answering all of your COVID-19 return to work questions, it struck me that one of the big issues is…