Failure of an employer to allow an employee to breastfeed during her rest break can subject the employer to a sex discrimination lawsuit and hefty damages. Just ask the owner of Acosta Tacos in Los Angeles.
In a "precedential decision" by the Fair Employment and Housing Commission ("FEHC"), which regulates and enforces California’s
What is “religion”? May an employer question the sincerity of an employee’s alleged religious beliefs? The U.S. Supreme Court has defined "religious belief" as a belief that is: "religious" in the employee’s own scheme of things and sincerely held by the employee. Thus, the law’s protection extends beyond "traditional" religions.
One of the best examples
The U.S. Department of Labor, in its Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor, recently clarified what an employer may require of an employee seeking to return to work from an illness. If the employer requires, the employee must provide a medical certification of the employee’s fitness to return to work if the FMLA
In a recent newsletter by HR Strategies, Staffing Concepts International, Inc. outlined some of the changes employers can expect with the new amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) was signed into law by President Bush on September 25, 2008, and became effective on
In addition to protecting qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from employment discrimination, one ADA provision – the "Association" provision (42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(4))– protects applicants and employees from discrimination based on their relationship or association with an individual with a disability, whether or not the applicant or employee has a disability.
Protection Against Adverse
The new FMLA regulations give additional leave rights to military families and revise the FMLA in many new respects.
Staffing Concepts International, Inc.’s recent newsletter article, FMLA: Overhaul of Regulations and the Impact on Employers, summarizes some of the recent changes to The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). On November 17, 2008,
A large number of EEO investigations I have done have involved some aspect of disability or a medical leave of absence claims—even if "Disability Discrimination" is not the main claim being made by the employee complainant. EEO investigations are oftentimes complex with many different legal issues, and “disability” may be just one of many allegations.