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3 Actionable Ways to Support Your LGBTQ+ Employees During Pride Month

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However, 20% of LGBTQ+ Americans have experienced discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity when applying for jobs, which jumps up to 32% for LGBTQ+ folks who are people of color. Sounds like it’s a job for the employee handbook! ??. heteronormative worldview. Intersectionality matters, y’all. Next steps.

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The EEOC has a new 114-page religious discrimination playbook. But, 2 of those pages got me like ??????

The Employer Handbook

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had released for public comment this new draft guidance on religious discrimination in the workplace. As the EEOC notes in the press release, it hasn’t updated the current version since 2008. The EEOC is long overdue for an update. Well, not much.

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Happy 30th Birthday to the Americans with Disabilities Act

The Employer Handbook

Title I of the ADA makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against “qualified individuals with disabilities,” or against other individuals because of a known association or relationship with a disabled individual. On September 25, 2008, President George W. A brief history of the ADA. I welcome your feedback.

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All the ??hot?? takes on how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could shape employment law

The Employer Handbook

“In employment discrimination claims, Judge Kavanaugh’s opinions over the years typically favored the employer.” For example, there’s his disdain for the burden-shifting analysis employed in disparate treatment cases: In a 2008 opinion, he noted that “[j]udicial inquiry into the prima facie case is usually misplaced.”

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Your employee uses medical marijuana. Her drug test is positive. But, how do you know if she was high at work?

The Employer Handbook

For purposes of today’s post, I want to focus your attention on the anti-discrimination provision of the AMMA. The defendant-employer hired the plaintiff-employee in 2008, two years before the AMMA passed. File the stuff that I underlined away for a bit. We’ll get back to it shortly. I’ve got to set up the lawsuit.

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3 Steps to Protect Information While Leveraging Social Media

HR Daily Advisor

The number of companies maintaining a corporate presence on social media rose from 34% in 2008 to 77% in 2013 according to SHRM Survey Findings: Social Networking Website and Recruiting/Selection. Garrison advises that the guidelines or policies should not just be stuck in the employee handbook. Garrison , Esq.—partner

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Did you know that even temporary impairments like a back injury can qualify as disabilities?

The Employer Handbook

Back in the day, it could be difficult for a plaintiff claiming disability discrimination even to prove that they had a disability. Before Congress amended the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2008, the Supreme Court held that an impairment must be “permanent or long term” to qualify as a disability.