A few weeks ago, we told you the story of Hannah and Bob, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark holding that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being gay,...more
8/4/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Applications ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gender Identity ,
Grooming Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Personnel Records ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Termination ,
Title VII
To illustrate why an employer violates federal employment law by discriminating against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, the United States Supreme Court majority told the stories of Hannah and Bob. More...more
6/16/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
When your company needs to do a mass layoff, you should already be thinking about the following issues:
- How and when you will communicate the decision to employees
- Whether the reduction will adversely impact any...more
2/4/2020
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoff Notices ,
Layoffs ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Severance Pay ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
Some pretty horrifying facts about workplace conduct at the Providence, R.I., Fire Department involving co-workers: calling a female lieutenant firefighter “bitch” “c—t,” “lesbian lover,” and “lesbo”; telling her, “I don’t...more
2/7/2018
/ Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
As if employers already did not have enough reasons to have to think through termination decisions carefully, here is yet another “trigger” word that should make employers think twice about plans to discipline or fire an...more
8/24/2016
/ Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Gun Laws ,
Guns-in-Trunks Legislation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Negligent Hiring ,
OSHA ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence ,
Wrongful Termination