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Nobody ever said complying with federal employment laws would be easy or inexpensive. It also isn't optional. As this case shows, ignoring your legal...
One definition of a serious health condition that would qualify an employee for FMLA leave is “any period of incapacity or treatment connected with inpatient...
As more people are identifying themselves as transgender, the issue of which restroom they should use in the workplace has become controversial and confusing. Until...
In too many cases, managers (and HR) are slow to document employee performance, yet fast to discipline and terminate. As the following case shows, if you plan to fire an...
While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says you must offer a “reasonable accommodation” to disabled employees, how obvious must the person’s...
Complaint-reporting procedures are key to your harassment, discrimination and retaliation prevention policy. But does your policy specify exactly to whom employees ...
Alcoholism has always been a tricky diagnosis under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You can discipline employees if their drinking affects the job. But you...
When it comes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), courts always pull out their stopwatches and calendars to see how closely the employee’s protected...
In this month of Hanukkah and Christmas, your employees may be taking time off work to attend religious services, as federal law allows them to do. But what if, as in...
The American workplace … land of revenge. These days, the most popular employee charge filed with the EEOC has been retaliation—employees complaining that...
When people file discrimination lawsuits (age, race, sex, etc.) based on a hiring decision, they are typically people who have applied and been officially rejected for...
Providing limited information in job announcements can lead a higher number of unqualified applicants. And when applicants have to speculate at the reasons...
You may think that what employees do in the breakroom or at a post-work happy hour is their own business. That could be an expensive mistake. As this new case shows,...
What if an employee has a fear of entering a burning building … and that person is employed as firefighter? Is such a fear considered an Americans with...
Employers often must be fully staffed to function efficiently. But, what’s an employer to do if it is already short staffed and an employee requests leave for a...
There is only one boss. The customer. But what if the customer or another outsider is harassing one of your employees? Can your organization be held liable? One court...
We all understand that granting reasonable accommodations under the ADA may include providing employees with a new chair or granting more flexible breaks. But a new...
You read that right. Soon you will recall the good ol’days when employee handbooks could prohibit employees from having a “discourteous or inappropriate...
Now, this is a good idea. Let’s say you have an employee who is returning from an injury. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires you to offer her a...
There are times when employers are just better off settling an employment lawsuit. Prolonged litigation is costly ... cut your losses and move on. But it’s...
