Guess what: Under the ADA, sometimes you can be on the hook for disability discrimination even when your employee doesn’t prove that s/he actually has a disability. Say, whaaaat? How can that be? Title I of the ADA applies to qualified individuals with disabilities in hiring and employment. So how can an employee be protected […]
How NOT to Handle an Employee’s Pregnancy
Your employee has just told you she is pregnant. What do you do? Do you: A. Decide it’s time to celebrate, throw a party and buy lots of booties; B. Fire her once she’s five months pregnant. That’s your company’s policy. C. Congratulate her, ask her when she is looking to go out on leave, […]
In the Hotseat — For Denying an Employee A Chair…???
Suppose you run a service business with a front desk — a hotel, perhaps. Or you hire cashiers to work at a cash register. You need employees to work at that desk or cash register. Most of the time the desk clerk or cashier is standing, right? Is it necessary that they stand for the […]
An Employer Is Responsible for Employees’ Housing and Transportation? Whaaaat?
Are you responsible for your employees’ living conditions? Do you have to ensure that your employees have habitable sanitary housing? I know what some of you are thinking: There she goes again, that crazy brunette employer’s attorney with her off-the-wall questions. (C’mon, admit it you think I may really have flown off the deep end […]
This Employer Got In Trouble For Changing an Employee’s Shift…
Does your organization require employees to work in shifts? Many do. Can you hire an employee in one shift and later ask the employee to work another shift? Generally speaking, yes. Wait. Generally speaking? What does that mean? Doesn’t an employer have a right to determine its needs and hire accordingly? Same answer. Does that mean […]