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Department of Labor Lists Considerations for Adult Child Care FMLA Leave Requests
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an “administrator's interpretation” of factors an employer must consider when an employee requests leave to care for an adult child under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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Dillard's to Pay $2 Million to Settle Class Action Disability Bias Lawsuit
The settlement resolves a 2008 lawsuit filed against the Little Rock, Arkansas-based retailer for allegedly using a longstanding national policy and practice of requiring all employees to disclose personal and confidential medical information to obtain sick leave, the EEOC said in a statement Dec.
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What Isn't a Reasonable Accommodation?
Just because a disabled employee asks for an accommodation does not mean that you have to grant the request.
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EEOC Accuses Security Firm of Sexual Harassment Against Male Workers
A two male employees from a North Carolina-based security firm allegedly made offensive comments to their male subordinates, solicited nude pictures from them, asked male employees to undress in front of them and solicited male employees for sex.
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But He Looked Black … Court Rebukes EEOC's Use of “Race Rating” in Systemic Lawsuit
In other words, the agency charged with ending racial stereotypes in the workplace based its entire case on stereotypical ways in which different races “look.”
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How Do You Fight Invisible Discrimination?
If we foster a workplace of openness and inclusion, when that hatred exposes itself employees will understand that it belongs to a rogue and not your company, and hopefully, choose not to hold you accountable (provided you respond quickly and decisively when brought to your attention).
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Happy ADEA Day (to Me). Now Let's Rewrite the Age Discrimination Laws.
Today, to mark the ruby anniversary of my birth, I am starting a movement to change the protections of age discrimination laws from age 40 to age 50.
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Say It Ain't So: Court Holds an Employer Does Not Have to Accommodate a Pregnant Employee
Handling accommodation requests by pregnant employees is a thorny area of the law. My recommendation is instead of trying to sort through these issues for yourself, you contact your employment counsel before denying an accommodation request made a pregnant employee.
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Civil Rights Commission to Hold Hearing on Impact of Criminal Background Checks on Minorities
Three panels are scheduled at the 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hearing, which is open to the public. They will feature speakers from government officials and scholars; business and advocacy groups and trade associations.
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EEOC Settles Seventh Day Adventist Religious Discrimination Suit
Experts say religious discrimination claims in the workplace are expected to be a growing problem for employers.
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Firing of 'Irresistible' Employee Does Not Equal Sex Discrimination?
The media has heavily criticized this decision. That criticism is warranted.
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Firing of 'Irresistible' Employee Does Not Equal Sex Discrimination?
If the sex discrimination laws do not protect an employee like Nelson, then I fear we are taking a huge civil rights step backward.
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How Do You Spell Civil Rights? ENDA
It's appalling that 13 years into the twenty-first century, it is still legal in the United States of America to treat people different solely because of their inclusion in a marginalized group. Get on the bandwagon now, and send a signal to all of your employees that you are a business of ...
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When Is Confidential Medical Information Not Confidential?
While this case is a great holding for employers, businesses should still tread carefully when dealing with employee medical information. This area of the law remains risky waters in which companies swim.
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The Importance of Getting Your Story Straight
It is vitally important that companies have all their ducks in a row before terminating an employee. Conduct a full investigation before pulling the termination trigger. Have a bona fide reason and stick to it.
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EEOC Rejects Staffing Company's “Just Following Orders” Defense
If you are a staffing company, consider writing indemnification clauses into your agreements to help insure against liability when the company for whom you are staffing discriminates. Otherwise, there is a good chance that the law will not protect you from your customer's discrimination.
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White Men Can’t Jump to Conclusions on Minority Issues
A few years ago, Lee Tschanz, vice president of North America sales for Rockwell Automation Inc., scheduled a meeting with one of his managers to help him improve "managing up." Tschanz, a middle-aged white man, was going to offer the manager, a 50-year-old black man, examples from his own career
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Are Employers Screwing Up the FLSA's Lactation Mandate? Probably Not.
A little more than a year ago I pointed out that the Labor Department had only cited 23 companies, or 0.023 percent of all companies with 100 or more employees, with inadequate lactation accommodation. Now, with an additional six months of data, the number of citations has jumped by 13, from 23 to
