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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Workplace Violence

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ADA Does Not Excuse Disruptive Employee Behavior but May Require Accommodations to Help Avoid Outbursts

Recently, we have seen an unusual spike in client situations involving legal claims associated with discipline or discharge of employees who engage in threatening or disruptive behavior in the workplace....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

EEOC Issues Guidance on Workplace Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published its final Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The EEOC also issued supplemental documents with the guidance, including a Summary of...more

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Best of EntertainHR 2023

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Pop culture—the modern “popular culture” transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people—shapes and is shaped by the world around us. And, with nearly 5.5 billion TV viewers worldwide, it’s no surprise...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Workplace Violence: An Unfortunate Reality – Are You Prepared?

Mass shootings have been increasingly in the headlines in recent years, and many of these incidents have occurred in the workplace. Regardless of anyone’s politics, employers are having to face either the fear of, or the...more

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[Event] Stronger Together: 2022 Labor & Employment Law Seminar - October 24th, Roanoke, VA

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Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related...more

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[Event] Stronger Together: 2022 Labor & Employment Law Seminar - October 20th, Charlottesville, VA

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Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related...more

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[Hybrid Event] Stronger Together: 2022 Labor & Employment Law Seminar - October 19th, Norfolk, VA

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Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related...more

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[Event] Stronger Together: 2022 Labor & Employment Law Seminar - October 13th, Richmond, VA

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Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related...more

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[Event] Stronger Together: 2022 Labor & Employment Law Seminar - October 6th, Lynchburg, VA

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Strong collaboration between HR and legal is crucial in the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws. Working together can help you avoid potential legal risks and find quick resolutions to employee-related...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The $450,000 workplace birthday party

There was this disability discrimination issue . . . An employer who shall remain nameless had a tradition of throwing a little birthday party for each of its employees on their special day. The birthday of one employee...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Obligatory Academy Award post (Will Smith v. Chris Rock)

Here's how an HR pro would have handled it. There I was, a hard-boiled, cynical, grizzled, war-torn Human Resources professional, working late, as is my wont. Suddenly, my phone rang. Odd to be getting a call at the office...more

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Back to Business: Five Developments Impacting Health Care Employers - Take 5 Newsletter August 2019

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As summer winds down, the challenges impacting health care employers in 2019 continue to heat up. These challenges include ongoing developments regarding marijuana legalization, employee resistance to vaccination mandates,...more

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The ADA and the Volatile Employee

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Jerry’s generally a good employee, but he hasn’t been acting quite right. Co-workers have been taken aback that he’s lost his cool over relatively trivial issues. Although he hasn’t made any overt threats, he gets worked up...more

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Responding To Violence In the Workplace – A “Catch 22” For Employers

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The recent instances of violence in the workplace remind us of the complex task facing employers. Employers must maintain a safe work environment for employees while operating within the parameters of the many federal and...more

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When is Aberrant Workplace Behavior Sufficient to Justify Termination?

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Aberrant workplace behavior caused by stress or a psychological condition is not uncommon. However, such behavior can also cause employers to become anxious regarding how to lawfully deal with the disruption and its effect on...more

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When Tragedy Strikes: How Employers Can Assist Employees Affected by Mass Shootings and Disasters

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In the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, 49 innocent people lost their lives in a mass shooting in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. This mass shooting, the deadliest in U.S. history, has left the City of Orlando...more

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The Difficult Dilemma Facing Employers When It Comes to Threats of Workplace Violence

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Unfortunately, headlines of tragic acts of violence in the workplace continue – and it is a trend that is not abating. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates that approximately 2 million workers are...more

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Addressing and Preventing Workplace Violence

The subject of workplace violence has unfortunately made headlines once again after a news anchor and cameraman were killed by a former co-worker in Virginia last week. Employers are understandably concerned and have...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Don't Make Too Much Of 9th Circ.'s Mayo V. PCC Ruling

The extent of an employer’s duty to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with mental impairments can be difficult to discern, especially where an adverse action is taken in connection with conduct that is caused by...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary - Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2015

The extent of an employer’s duty to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with mental impairments can be difficult to discern, especially in where an adverse action is taken in connection with conduct that is caused...more

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5 Workplace Safety Tips to Protect Employees from Violent Co-Workers (While Complying with Employment Laws)

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According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), homicide is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. This article gives employers practical advice aimed at keeping the...more

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Workplace Violence – Putting Employers on the Horns of a Dilemma

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Employers today can find themselves in a seemingly untenable dilemma when they have violence threaten to invade their workplaces. Two recent cases illustrate the competing liabilities that employers face in their...more

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The Ninth Circuit Joins Its Sister Circuits in Ruling That an Employee Who Threatens Co-Workers with Violence Is Not “Qualified”...

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The Ninth Circuit released a precedent-setting Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) decision yesterday, and it’s a big win for employers.  The Court held that an employee who makes “serious and credible threats of violence...more

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Stanley Knievel

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Litigation value: Stanley can sue Dwight blind for his bull dart assault. This is an employment law blog. So when tonight’s episode opened, and I saw that Dwight had shut down the building’s elevator for repair, leaving...more

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Protecting the Workforce from Violence

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Tragic acts of violence have taken over our headlines and can destroy not only lives, but businesses. With the rise in reported gun violence, the numerous recent tragedies around the country and continued economic troubles...more

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