DOJ Files Title VII Suit After Chicago-Area School Refuses to Accommodate Teacher’s Pilgrimage
Dec 14, 2010
n the first suit brought under a new cooperative program between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the DOJ alleges that the Berkeley School Di...
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Failure to Fill a Position Does Not Give Rise to an Inference of Discrimination
Nov 24, 2010
Earlier this week in my weekly Employment Case Law Update, I made mentioned of a case out of Connecticut where a district court judge held that being placed on paid administrative leave does not amount...
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Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Nov 24, 2010
The Work Life Law Center at the University of California-Hastings College of Law has an excellent feature on their website dedicated to Family Responsibilities Discrimination ("FRD"). For those of you ...
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Employee's Clever Attempt to Use Employer's Own Handbook Against Them Fails
Nov 24, 2010
Many of you employees have probably seen and many of you employers and human resource department personnel have probably authored language into employee handbooks that read, "...policies set forth in t...
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6th Circuit Holds an Individual Must be Disabled to Contest Employer's Drug Testing Policy
Nov 24, 2010
A section of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. ? 12112(b)(6), reads:
As used in subsection (a) of this section, the term "discriminate against a
qualified individual on the b...
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Another Facebook/Social Media Policy Attacked Over Speech Restrictions
Nov 24, 2010
In the wake of NLRB complaint out of Connecticut regarding an employee's Facebook posting that has caused quite the stir comes a complaint by the Teachers' Union in Manatee County, Florida. The Union h...
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Your Rights in Wisconsin When Applying for Jobs with an Arrest & Conviction Record
Nov 11, 2010
One very common problem for people with an arrest and conviction record(s) is the fear of being rejected for a job because of the stigma associated with such a record. What further complicates the matt...
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The ADA and Bad Behavior in the Workplace
Nov 03, 2010
The Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") is supposed to protected individuals with both real and perceived disabilities. There are many, many disabilities that qualify under the ADA and some of thes...
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Voting Rights on Election Day
Nov 01, 2010
Tomorrow is the big election day and many people wonder what their rights are to be able to vote because most people are scheduled to work on Tuesdays. Here is a summary of your rights as an employee o...
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Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Nov 01, 2010
The Work Life Law Center at the University of California-Hastings College of Law has an excellent feature on their website dedicated to Family Responsibilities Discrimination ("FRD"). For those of you ...
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