My best guess is yes.
Two new COVID-19 vaccines are hurtling toward approval by the Food and Drug Administration and release to the public.
As a result, employers are asking whether they can require their employees to get...more
11/20/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Not a word about this week's goings on. I promise!
I was having a hard time coming up with a blog topic this week that didn't involve the never-ending election of 2020. (I propose that voting in 2024 be done via...more
The EEOC updated its guidance this week.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week updated its Q&A guidance on coronavirus and the federal anti-discrimination laws -- primarily, the Americans with Disabilities...more
9/11/2020
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Personal Data ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Screening Procedures ,
Workplace Safety
Test your knowledge!
How much do you know about the rights of LGBT employees? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers will appear after each question, so you can cheat all you want, and we'll never know. At the...more
An ambiguity in the agency's prior guidance has been clarified.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its guidance on COVID-19 issues yesterday and clarified that employers may not test employees for COVID-19...more
A cautionary tale.
In a decision issued this week, a federal judge in Greensboro, North Carolina, ruled that an employer's policy requiring employees to disclose their legal prescription medications may have violated the...more
The EEOC clarifies its position on COVID-vulnerable employees.
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reissued guidance on employers' responsibilities with respect to employees who have medical conditions...more
The scoop on the House version, passed this weekend.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act.” The bill, passed by a vote of 363-40 (with one abstention and 26 not...more
Test your knowledge!
How much do you know about alcohol use and abuse in the workplace? Take our quiz and find out! Sure, everyone is giving all the attention to marijuana these days, but the laws surrounding alcohol are, if...more
(Still 100 percent guaranteed non-partisan.)
The Democrats' debate this week in Charleston, South Carolina, brought to light two workplace pregnancy horror stories, neither of which may have actually happened. But they...more
Back for 2020!
NOTE FROM ROBIN: For the past two years, Employment & Labor Insider has been honored to feature a guest Valentine's post from the renowned advice columnist Dr. Loveless. I am delighted to announce that the...more
Almost all good news for employers.
DHILLON'S FIVE PRIORITIES-
Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued her priorities for the year 2020, and employers ought to like most of...more
Welcome to the future.
With the dramatic changes in acceptance of medical and even recreational marijuana, employers need to take a fresh look at the way they maintain drug-free workplaces. Here are some tips for surviving...more
"Let's turn over -- a new leaf."
"And, baby, let's make promises -- that we can keep. We'll call it a New Year's resolution . . ."
Now that the New Year's celebrations are over, it's time to start thinking about...more
Did I do that?
Happy new year, everybody!
Greg Giangrande of the New York Post's @Work column answered a letter this week from a guy whose behavior at his workplace holiday party was "a blur."
That can't be good....more
Employers make their own luck.
When it comes to terminations of employment, are you lucky or unlucky? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear after each question, so you can cheat all you want, and we'll...more
All the holiday party information that's fit to print, as we enter this most dangerous season for employers.
After having blogged about workplace holiday parties for the past bunch of years, I realized that I did not have...more
Who's the "swing vote," the "parade of horribles," and more.
I'm sorry that I haven't blogged lately, but duty called. I've missed you, dear readers!
As you all knew, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in...more
Didn't get your data in yesterday? You get a break.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that it will continue accepting "Category 2" EEO-1 compensation data for the foreseeable future....more
Showing, again, that workplace gossip can get you sued.
I really feel that the employer will win this case, for reasons I'll discuss below, but first . . .
A federal judge has said that starting malicious rumors that a male...more
Or almost everything.
Employers, has this ever happened to you?
You have a lousy employee, whom we'll call "Igor." You've been meaning to do something about Igor for a while but just haven't gotten around to it....more
Here's how to keep it under control.
A very large national employer (you've probably heard of it -- the name rhymes with "floogle") made the news recently after it issued an edict discouraging employees from having political...more
And you thought you had problems!
A medical clinic in the St. Louis area had two employees (among others, I presume). "Rose" was African-American. "Daisy" (race unknown) had a disability. ...more
A tough situation. Could it have been handled better?
The Pennsylvania Department of Insurance will be going to trial in a retaliation case involving reference information it provided for a former employee....more
How can I sue thee? Let me count the ways.
Last week, I talked about five very basic things employers do to get themselves embroiled in employment litigation. They were-
Discrimination (not only unlawful discrimination, but...more
7/26/2019
/ Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Termination ,
Wage and Hour