Archive: April 2015

One question that employers always ask upon receipt of an EEOC charge of discrimination is, “How does this process work?” After the EEOC con...

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court finished its Spring 2015 term with oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex-marriage case. Earlier i...

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In Clayton v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation , an Ohio appellate court was faced with the issue of whether Ohio’s disability discrimination sta...

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It’s not news that employer social media policies are on the NLRB’s radar. What is newsworthy, though, is when the NLRB considers a social m...

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It’s been a crazy week. I gave four different seminar presentations over an eight-day span: Last Wednesday I presented a two-hour FMLA/ADA...

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What happens when the alleged perpetrator of sexual or other unlawful harassment is also the person to whom the victim lodges a complaint of...

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Chris Lucas suffers from paruresis (aka, shy bladder syndrome). He claimed that he could not urinate in public bathrooms, and often would ho...

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I’ve written a lot in the past few years about the pros and cons of companies using social media to conduct background checks on applicants ...

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Several months ago, the EEOC announced its intent to issue regulations interpreting whether employer wellness plans are legal or illegal med...

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“Daddy, this guy wants to talk to me, but he needs your permission first.” My daughter came running over to me last Saturday at the Rock Hal...

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It seems that every week we read a story about another company that has been hacked and had its information and data compromised. Most compa...

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Last week the EEOC settled, for $150,000, one of its first cases alleging sex discrimination against a transgender employee. This week, anot...

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Earlier this month, the EEOC’s New York District Office issued a Determination [pdf] finding probable cause to believe that New York City v...

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I’ve been thinking a lot over the past three days about the flexibility that employers afford their employees. I am part of a family with tw...

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Almost one year ago, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. , the 6th Circuit recognized telecommuting as a potential reasonable accommodation under the ...

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I was a Sesame Street kid. Muppets taught me to read, count, and have manners. I’m a tad late, however, to Game of Thrones. I’ve been frant...

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If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor, this is big week for you. On April 8, the OFCCP’s Final Rule Implementing Executive Order ...

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You have admire the creativity of attorneys. In Butler v. The Lubrizol Corp. (Ohio Ct. App. 3/31/15) [pdf] , the plaintiff argued that dire...

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One week from today, the NLRB’s “ambush election” rules take effect. Yesterday, the Board published its official guidance discussing how it...

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Employers struggle with how to handle employees to take to social media to vent about work. And, they do so for good reason. For one, employ...

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Cleveland is popping. We landed the 2016 Republican Convention. We keep showing up on national “best of” lists—best city to visit , best foo...

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On Wednesday nights, my wife and I drop our daughter off at band practice, and then take our son to dinner before his keyboard lesson starts...

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It’s been nearly 8(!) years since I first wrote about the legality of English-only workplace rules . If you scan the archives, all of my cov...

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