When Congress raised commercial pilots’ mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65, not all pilots were pleased. Pilots who had previously been forced to retire at...
When someone gets fired because a co-worker complained about discrimination, other employees may get upset. Frequently, they don’t know the back story and may...
The organization Disability Rights Advocates recently filed a class action lawsuit against the state of California on behalf of seven state employees and Deaf and Hard...
It’s pretty obvious that you should not fire an employee who just filed a discrimination claim. But is that rule sealed in cement? One court recently said,...
A federal court has held that, under certain circumstances, the ADA may obligate an employer to accommodate an employee’s disability-related difficulties in...
Employers are obligated to engage in an interactive accommodations process when disabled employees request an accommodation and one is possible. But if you’re...
How's that new hire fitting in? To find out, have managers meet with their new employees within the first 60 days. The goal: Discover what new hires like and dislike...
Q. Can we refuse to hire a qualified applicant who has told us her National Guard duty conflicts with some of the weekends she would be required to work? Employees in...
Employees who complain about alleged discrimination are protected from retaliation. But that doesn’t mean it’s protected activity every time someone calls...
Cincinnati-based uniform company Cintas will pay an employee’s widow for her husband’s workplace death. Eleazar Torres-Gomez was killed at the firm’s...
The California Supreme Court has issued a decision providing useful clarification to employers that want to revise or enforce existing mandatory arbitration agreements.
We’ve all tussled with fitness-for-duty exams. When are they the right decision? When do they create liability? As a court warned last week, when you need...
Here’s one of the most common mistakes employers make when managing employees with disabilities. They know that generally, the employer gets to choose the...
In the wake of a recent Illinois court decision in Citadel Investment Group, LLC v. Teza Technologies LLC, employers should rethink their noncompete agreements. Without...
Employees who have diabetes and take insulin may claim to be disabled. And employers frequently make accommodations to help diabetic employees control their...
Unions are stepping up their organizing activity, and smart employers are preparing by making sure their rules on solicitation, distribution and access to private...
When an office romance is in full bloom, it’s a tough secret to keep from the perceptive masses. But how’s an employer supposed to respond when an affair...
Most lawsuits are not triggered by great injustices. Instead, simple management mistakes and perceived slights start the snowball of discontent rolling downhill...
