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The Employer Handbook BlogJustices Alito, Gorusch, and (Thurgood) Marshall share the same views on … religious accommodations?!?
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I know, right? Shocking!
But it’s true, and I’ll explain why. Continue reading
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Employers that operate in THIS state can require workers to get vaccinated
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Several states are taking steps to forbid employers from requiring that workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Separately, I know of at least two pending lawsuits that employees have filed. I already blogged about one of them here. The other is pending in a federal court in California.
But it’s the California of the East a/k/a New Jersey that has taken a much different approach. Continue reading
Will (reverse) vaccination discrimination be the next big thing?
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The Miami Heat made news twice yesterday. First, the rumor mill has the franchise closely tied to a deal for Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Of course, my beloved Philadelphia 76ers are also in the mix to bring the Villanova grad back home to the City of Brotherly Love.
But the bigger Miami Heat news is that vaccinated fans will soon have their own sections at Miami Heat games. Continue reading
Real leadership is admitting when you’re wrong (like firing a Jewish employee who calls out Nazis).
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On Wednesday, I wrote (here) about the New York Mets’ decision to terminate its General Manager, just one month into his tenure, because the team recently learned that he sexted a female reporter in 2016 while working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office.
By all accounts, the general manager’s first month with the Mets had been largely successful, producing some good trades to improve the team’s chances of winning the World Series. So, the decision to fire him could not have been easy. But, it seemed like the right thing to do and reflected accountability and strong leadership.
But, not all terminations are alike. Continue reading
Preparing for Exceptions To Your Business’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program
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I was in The Zone yesterday. Continue reading
The EEOC has a new 114-page religious discrimination playbook. But, 2 of those pages got me like 🤔🤔🤔
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Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had released for public comment this new draft guidance on religious discrimination in the workplace. Continue reading
The Holocaust denier I wrote about last year got re-hired — and then fired AGAIN!
Last year, I wrote here about a Florida high school principal who was fired because, allegedly, he refused to say the Holocaust happened because “not everyone believes” it actually occurred. Continue reading
After tweeting support for Nick Cannon, a remorseful NBA player’s words and actions earn him a well-deserved second chance
Anti-discrimination law focuses on the impact that bad acts have on victims, not on whether the actor intended the consequences of his actions. That’s why many employment lawyers caution employer-clients against second chances for employees that do things that others perceive as discriminatory.
Three important employment law lessons from ViacomCBS firing Nick Cannon for anti-Semitic remarks
Earlier this week, ViacomCBS announced that it had severed ties with Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic remarks he made recently on this episode of his YouTube podcast “Cannon’s Class.” Continue reading
The “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing” plaintiff lost her discrimination case. Go figure.
It’s bad enough when a federal judge refers to a plaintiff-employee’s behavior towards her manager as “harassing, stalking, disturbing, and menacing.” And, I apologize that I didn’t have enough room in the title of this blog post to mention the plaintiff’s profanity and fighting at work, or her arrests for drunk driving and drug possession.
So, you’d think that the plaintiff would cut and run after the district court dismissed her claims for pregnancy, sex, race, and religious discrimination claims. But, the plaintiff who referred to herself at work as “crazy” and “psycho” decided to appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
And how do you think that went for the plaintiff? Continue reading