Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC a poultry processing plant just settled two discrimination suits against it. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first employment discrimination case and it won’t be the last. However I believe this case is more than that. First there are migrant workers complaining of abuse. There are women complaining of abuse and that […]
Employees Have a Right NOT to Pray
We live in a country that affords us many individual freedoms, among them the right to observe the religion of our choice (subject to some reasonable limits). When a job requirement interferes with a sincerely held religious belief an employer must at least try to provide a reasonable accommodation. Generally speaking, employers must not discriminate […]
How Not to Respond to a Reasonable Accommodation Request
You probably already know that the ADA (and the ADAAA) protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination. Title I applies to the workplace. There’s more though. Built into the definition of discrimination is failure to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in hiring and during employment. In other words, Title I of the […]
We Don’t Discriminate — At Least We Don’t Mean To…
Has your company ever had to defend allegations of employment discrimination? If not, do you know someone else who has? Maybe you’re thinking you have nothing to worry about. You’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Your policies say so. You have anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies. You would never refuse to hire or promote someone just because […]
The ADEA Protects Applicants — Not Just Employees.
By now most of you know that under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) employers cannot discriminate against workers aged 40 or older. You may also know that your company practice, even a seemingly neutral one, is age discrimination if it has a disproportionately negative impact on workers age 40 and over. I’m guessing […]