Archive: September 2009

Drafting a social networking policy: 7 considerations .

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6 tips to avoid an employment lawsuit .

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Ohio Supreme Court avoids the issue of whether sex discrimination includes lactation .

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Thanks to the magical ability to schedule posts in advance, I am with my family in Disney World while you’re reading today’s WIRTW. Next wee...

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Consider the following comments relating to the promotion of female officers within a police department: The chief will never have a fe...

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There is no doubt that wage and hour litigation is “the” hot topic in employment law. Dan Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog ...

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Earlier today I wrote on the EEOC’s proposed regulation implementing the ADA Amendments Act. This evening, those proposed regulations finall...

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The ADA Amendments Act, which became effective January 1, 2009, is intended “to reinstate a broad scope of protection” by expanding the defi...

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According to an EEOC press release , the agency has filed suit against Ohio-based retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for alleged discriminatio...

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Yesterday, I wrote about Ohio’s proposed law that would ban discrimination based on gender identity . Earlier this week, Dan Schwartz at the...

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In yesterday's Columbus Dispatch, Jim Siegel reports that the Ohio House passed a bill that would prohibit employment discrimination bas...

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This week, Michael Haberman, at HR Observations , continues his series on “isms” with a post on what he calls “ fatism ” (or discrimination ...

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Many employers have affirmative action plans. However, just because you have a plan does not mean that the plan should be the only decision-...

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We are a few days past the 8th anniversary of what many consider to be the worst day in the history of our country. According to a recent su...

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Molly DiBianca at the Delaware Employment Law Blog reports on a CareerBuilder.com survey that 56% of employers either use or intend to use ...

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There is nothing inherently wrong with an employer having more than one reason for making an employment decision. For example, you could fir...

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Pretext is a commonsense inquiry: did the employer fire the employee for the stated reason or not? This requires a court to ask whether t...

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It’s still a fairly popular misnomer that businesses can force employees to retire at a certain age. For example, last week Law.com reporte...

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Time constraints lead to a shorter than usual review this week. But, I am here for my readers with what I think are the top 5 posts from the...

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Cars need routine maintenance: an oil change every 3,000 miles, an annual inspection of the systems, and more serious TLC every two or three...

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Until Congress gets its act together and passes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act , it is still legal to openly discriminate against emp...

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More people are out of work at any time in the past 25 years. And, it appears that some are taking desperate measures to find new jobs. ABCN...

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