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Supreme Court passes on transgender rights case…for now.
I received a bunch of reader emails yesterday with requests for future blog posts.
One reader requested a follow-up to yesterday’s post about service animals and the ADA, asking that I address what happens when a service animal causes allergy issues for co-workers. Another reader sought input on heated political discussions at work as a gateway to a real hostile work environment. Both good ideas; I’ll get to them.
Today, however, I want to talk about Gavin Grimm and yesterday’s announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court to send his transgender rights case back to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22, 2017.
Yo, dawg! EEOC sues employer over not letting trucker use his service animal for work
But, will the EEOC’s bark be louder than its bite?
I’ll discuss service animals and Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations after the jump…
How about we connect at the SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference?
Are you headed to Washington, DC for SHRM’s 2017 Employment Law and Legislative Conference on March 13-15? I’d love to meet up with you.
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This one will get you to hire slow and fire fast to avoid retaliation claims
As in faster than an employee can complain about discrimination to HR or to the EEOC.
Amidst a recent deluge of bad sexual harassment news, Uber pulls out a shocking win
February was a bit of a crappy month for Uber.
Well, aside of the millions of dollars I trust they made in fares.
110,000 reasons to remember that the ADA’s duty to accommodate starts before saying, “You’re hired.”
Here’s a snippet from a recent EEOC press release:
The [Americans with Disabilities Act] protects employees from discrimination based on their disabilities and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees’ and applicants’ disabilities as long as it does not pose an undue hardship.
That’s employees and applicants. And, that’s important.
The allure of gooey grilled cheese made me late for work
Since we began the blogging week so seriously, let’s end it on a lighter note.
I’ve got the results of the CareerBuilder’s survey of “This Year’s Most Outrageous Employee Excuses for Being Late”.
Feds are signalling a rough four years ahead for transgender rights
Late last month, I blogged here about some smoke signals from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it may be backpedaling on pursuing discrimination claims on behalf of a transgender employee, in a case where the employer had raised a religious-freedom defense.
Since then, other dominos have fallen, which indicate that the Trump administration is reversing course on transgender rights.