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Pandemic discrimination: remind staff of policies

Business Management Daily

A website tracking harassment of Asian-Americans documented 650 incidents in the first eight days it operated. The wave mirrors the discrimination Middle Easterners experienced following the September 11, 2001 attacks. The incidents may cause employer liability as either national origin discrimination or racial discrimination.

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Even some judges mistake how easy it is for an employee to claim age discrimination

The Employer Handbook

Last month , I explained how easy it is for an employee to plead a discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. When a plaintiff files a complaint in federal court for age discrimination or otherwise, she need only state a plausible claim. What happened?!? The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint.

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Substance Use & Drug Overdoses are on the Rise – Top 5 Stats for Employers

Cisive

The rate of positive drug test results among our nation’s workforce reached its highest level since 2001 (no pun intended). Employers may not discriminate against employees who are in treatment for OUD and who use legally prescribed medications such as methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), naltrexone, and others. 1] [link]. [2]

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Finally, the EEOC has come around on arbitration agreements as a condition of employment

The Employer Handbook

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released this Policy Statement in which it posited that “agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment are contrary to the fundamental principles evinced in [the federal anti-discrimination laws it enforces.]” 105 (2001).

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How to Avoid Common Form I-9 Violations

HR Daily Advisor

Improper destruction of documents. Don’t make the mistake that some employers have made and unilaterally destroy I-9 documents after three years have passed. Improper storage of documents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to gather up necessary documentation. Accepting expired documents. Bottom Line.

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Substance Use & Drug Overdoses are on the Rise: Top 5 Stats for Employers

Precheck

The rate of positive drug test results among our nation's workforce reached its highest level since 2001 (no pun intended). Employers may not discriminate against employees who are in treatment for OUD and who use legally prescribed medications such as methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), naltrexone, and others. in 2020 and up 31.4%

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Mariah Carey Won’t Let Bipolar Diagnosis “Define” or “Control” Her

HR Daily Advisor

Although she was first diagnosed in 2001, Carey says she finally sought treatment recently after “the hardest couple of years [she’s] been through.” Mariah Carey, known as an iconic singer-songwriter and a dramatic diva, disclosed to People magazine last week that she has bipolar disorder.