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A university professor did not have her employment contract renewed after two years on the job.
Why not? Continue reading
Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing
What’s the worst that could happen to a former employee who hacks your network and lies to the feds about it?
Well, I don’t know if it’s the worst, but getting sentenced to 24 months in prison for a network intrusion and making false statements to a government agency sounds pretty bad. Continue reading
One court finally answers the question: when does extended medical leave become unreasonable?
“Eric, we have an employee who needed four weeks off for hip surgery. We provided it. After the surgery, they requested three more months off to have a second surgery. We provided it. Then, they experienced even more complications that required even more surgery, and their doctor told us they couldn’t work with or without accommodations for an additional three to six months. Do we have to accommodate this too?” Continue reading
Could a shoddy investigation into a complaint of discrimination lead to a viable lawsuit by . . . the accused?
I’m generally skeptical when I read about lawsuits that individuals accused of discrimination bring against their former employers. Continue reading
An employer got sued for age bias. It admitted wanting to advance younger employees. It prevailed. HOW?!?
The U.S. Army employed a “septuagenarian civilian doctor.”
Well, at least it used to. Continue reading
REMINDER: Employers can start filing their 2022 EEO-1 Reports
Just as I had finished raiding my kids’ hauls for all the Butterfingers and 100 Grands, it was at that moment that I remembered that the sweetest part of Halloween, the real HR nerd candy, was that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had announced the opening of 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection.
Then, I grabbed a few mini boxes of Nerds too. Continue reading
I’ll give you a million reasons not to ask employees and applicants about family medical history
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) forbids discrimination against employees or applicants because of genetic information. Specifically, Title II of GINA prohibits using genetic information in making employment decisions, restricts employers from requesting, requiring, or purchasing genetic information, and strictly limits the disclosure of genetic information.
While GINA has been in effect for over ten years, it gets very little attention. Employees bring fewer discrimination charges under GINA than any other federal antidiscrimination statute that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administers. But that doesn’t make it any less important or expensive when violations arise.
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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. Continue reading