Court: ADA doesn’t protect employees who verbally abuse colleagues
By now, employers are familiar with their responsibilities to provide reasonable accommodations to workers. But what if a disabled worker has an unreasonable request?
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The healthcare reform law amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require employers to provide breaks and a room for nursing mothers to express breast milk. So why can’t mothers sue when their employers refuse to follow those breastfeeding rules?
The timing of terminations can result in lawsuits – especially if the employee recently engaged in protected activity. But in a recent case, a court decided a worker who reported sexual harassment wasn’t fired in retaliation. Fired after report Lashawnda Brown worked as an assistant manager at a Mississippi Walmart. She claimed to have been…
The Supreme Court recently ruled on two employment cases. The result: It’s now even harder to fight retaliation claims.
Every once in a while, the feds get a taste of their own medicine.
When this deaf employee raised concerns about his accommodation, he was fired. But his behavior before he complained was what stood out to a court.
Usually, not returning a phone call is simply considered rude. Now a court ruling says it might also qualify as evidence of FMLA retaliation.
The FLSA and FMLA can be complicated, and it’s not always obvious when employees are engaging in protected activity. In order to cut down on FLSA and FMLA retaliation claims, the DOL recently issued guidance to help employers identify when an employee is protected under these acts. Here’s a rundown of the DOL’s guidance. FLSA…
The Paycheck Fairness Act has reared its ugly head again — and while it’s not likely to make it through this session of Congress, it’s definitely something employers need to keep an eye on.
Wow. When this company does sexual harassment, it really does it up big.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported in late January that it fielded 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination in 2019, the largest number alleging retaliation. Those figures don’t include any charges filed with state or local fair employment agencies, which EEOC does not report. The number was down slightly from 2018’s tally of more than…
The EEOC just made avoiding retaliation claims easier, helping out both you and your managers. The agency recently posted its finalized Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues, that were last updated in 1998. Why now? According to EEOC Chair Jenny Yang, retaliation claims make up 44.5% of all complaints filed with the EEOC, surpassing…
Finally, employers have the info they’ve been seeking on how to design their wellness programs so they don’t violate the ADA — or other federal laws.
Workplace harassment is virtually an epidemic these days — the EEOC says a third of the nearly 100,000 charges it receives annually now include a harassment allegation. But the agency’s taking steps to help both workers and managers handle the problem.
It’s been a year since countless stories of workplace sexual harassment started making headlines, and new data suggests the number of harassment complaints and lawsuits won’t be declining any time soon.
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