Does your workplace have anti-harassment policies? What about anti-discrimination policies? It probably does. If not it probably should. If ever an employee filed a charge with the EEOC or a state agency or sued, that’s one of the first documents an employer would have to produce. Not being able to do so could be the […]
Employers: Think Losing or Destroying Records Isn’t a Big Deal? Think Again…
Suppose your company has been sued based on allegations of religious discrimination. You feel pretty confidentthat you did not engage in any such discrimination in any way. Maybe you and your managers even bent over backwards to provide the requested accommodations or a reasonable alternative. You believe you have air-tight explanations for and defenses to allegations […]
How Does a One-Year Leave Policy Violate the ADA??
UPS just settled an 8-year disability discrimination lawsuit for $1.7 million. The employees in question had all had leaves of absence of more than one year and failed to return to work. So UPS fired them. What’s wrong with that? They hadn’t come to work in more than a year–and an employer still has […]
Ad”dressing” Religious Accommodations at Work
Do you require your workers to adhere to a dress code or grooming policy? I’ve written about that issue before. You can click here, and here for those posts. You might wonder why I’d be writing about it again. No, it’s not because I like to repeat myself, and no, it’s not because I have […]
You Offered Her the Job, She’s Pregnant. Now What?
Many employers have been in this very situation. You finally a qualified candidate for a position that’s been open for a long time. So you offer her the job. She accepts. There’s only one problem: she tells you she’s pregnant. You are not happy. Now you’re back to Square One, because you have to start […]