No matter how many times employment lawyers say that the ADA may require employers to provide more leave than the FMLA’s 12 week allotment, some just don’t get the message. Last week, the EEOC announced a
$300,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought against a trucking company that had a strict, 12-weeks-only leave policy, among other strict and unlawful rules. This expensive settlement serves as another reminder of the ADA’s requirement of reasonable accommodation, which may mean that a flexible leave policy is required.
Discrimination
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McKinsey & Company looked at
gender equality and asked why women are still underrepresented at every level of today’s corporations.
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Technology
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In Tasmania, an industrial relations tribunal found that “
unfriending” a co-worker on Facebook could be considered workplace bullying.
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Biometrics, in the form of
fingerprints, were targeted in the Office of Personnel Management hack.
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In other developments:
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that when workers must travel a significant distance to a break area, the
travel time to the break area may be compensable.
