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Sometimes, accommodating disability just isn’t possible

07/20/2016

Finding an accommodation for a disabled employee is just always possible. There may be no practical way to accommodate some disabilities. If that’s the case, termination may the only reasonable option.

ADA accommodation: There’s an app for that

07/19/2016
From creating custom keyboards to interpreting garbled phone conversations, apps can now quickly, and inexpensively, help employers accommodate disabled workers.

Words matter at work: Is ‘fitting in’ code for bias?

07/18/2016
Worried an employee won’t fit into a department dominated by members of a protected class? Watch out! A court might decide “fitting in” is code for bias.

DOL increases penalties for labor and immigration violations

07/15/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor has increased the price tag for employers that violate wage-and-hour, safety and immigration laws.

Consider cutting disabled worker a little slack

07/15/2016
Sometimes, the right way to handle an otherwise dischargeable offense is with leniency.

In harassment cases, consider transfer to cut risk of continuing liability

07/15/2016
Employees who have been sexually harassed or experienced other forms of discrimination over several years may be able to rely on the so-called continual violation doctrine to extend the period of time they have to sue.

Jealousy over affair isn’t sex discrimination

07/14/2016
Romantic relationships at work can spark all sorts of problems, from sexual harassment claims to discrimination. But not every negative consequence of a workplace romance is grounds for litigation, even if one or both paramours ends up being fired.

Unions call 87% fewer strikes than they did 25 years ago

07/14/2016
A study by the pro-union, nonprofit Century Foundation found that only 103 strikes were called in 2014, lasting an average of 35 days.

Two new HR issues in N.Y.: Association bias & disloyal employees

07/08/2016
There have been two recent developments in New York of particular interest to HR professionals.

NYC human rights commission recognizes 31 genders

07/08/2016
The list includes terms such as “androgynous,” “gender bender,” “gender gifted,” “third sex” and “pangender.”