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A Shifting Landscape of Workplace Challenges

EverFi - HR

As organizations review and re-review their remote work, health and safety, and diversity and inclusion policies and practices, navigating the complex legal landscape related to accommodations, harassment, and discrimination–all while supporting a positive workplace culture–is crucial. Pearlman | Partner, Proskauer.

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Obesity and Its Relationship to Disability Discrimination

HR Daily Advisor

Naturally, most employers strive to take every legal precaution they can and to put forth their best effort to remain in compliance with all employment laws. Obesity and Its Relationship to Disability Discrimination. Here are some of the considerations for employers to bear in mind when it comes to obesity and disability.

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Marijuana, Opioids and Disability Discrimination: What Employers Should Know

Cisive

In an era where employers are having to plan for changes in workplace drug testing compliance, primarily due to evolving marijuana laws and our nations opioid crisis, another compliance beast continues to rear confuse employers: Disability Discrimination. Both federal and state laws provide this protection.

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A practical guide to terminating an employee with a disability

Business Management Daily

You have to ensure you’re not in violation of the laws put in place to protect them from being discriminated against solely because of their disability. Then in 2009, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) became law which altered the way we use the term disability to be more inclusive.

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Did Supervisor Discriminate Against Reservist Due to Possibility of Deployment?

HR Daily Advisor

An Army reservist claimed that he was discriminated against after informing his supervisor about the possibility of an upcoming deployment. . Despite satisfactory performance ratings in his first 3 years with the employer, after the notification, he received an unsatisfactory performance rating and disciplinary letters.

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Forced Pagan Ritual Ends in Discrimination Lawsuit for Virginia Employer

HR Daily Advisor

District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, drives this point home—and reminds employers to train managers and supervisors on discrimination and sexual harassment in order to avoid these types of lawsuits in the future. The post Forced Pagan Ritual Ends in Discrimination Lawsuit for Virginia Employer appeared first on HR Daily Advisor.

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Disability Discrimination: Terminated Cancer Survivor’s ADA Claim Fails, Part 1

HR Daily Advisor

8th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that an employee failed to establish a case of disability discrimination and retaliation. and an editor of the Arkansas Employment Law Letter. Background.