This month, Jen and Rachael Langston, the DFEH’s Senior Counsel, cover reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. There is a ton of new information to learn. Don’t miss this one!
Archives for March 10, 2022
ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS, MASKS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL SICK LEAVE
Ok. I am WAY behind writing about recent employment law developments. I don’t know where the days (or nights!) go…
New Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines from NY Workers’ Compensation Board Are Effective May 2
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has announced that the new medical treatment guidelines—including new guidelines covering Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)—are scheduled to become effective on May 2, 2022.
Twitter Bot Highlights Gender Pay Gap One Company at a Time
Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women’s Day, one couple used it to raise awareness about lingering discrepancies.
3 top reasons for record job quits: Bad pay, bad opportunities, bad bosses
Americans continue to quit their jobs at near-record rates, with 4.3 million people handing in their resignations in January, the government said Wednesday.
Chipotle Faces EEOC Lawsuit Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Chipotle violated federal law by subjecting young female employees to ongoing sexual harassment at the fast food chain’s Sammamish, Wash., location, severe enough to force two employees to leave their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
I never planned to be the breadwinner, but having a stay-at-home husband made the benefits of invisible, unpaid labor crystal clear
As the parent with the more flexible career, I always expected to do more child and home care.
Understanding what the glass ceiling is and how it affects women in the workplace
The glass ceiling refers to the often invisible barriers women and minorities face in the workplace.
The challenge of humor in the workplace for women
MU research shows humor can be complicated to navigate in the workplace for women
Redefining Workplace Meetings Could Be Key To Employee Retention During The Great Resignation
An unprecedented nationwide trend of employees vacating jobs for greener pastures, dubbed the “Great Resignation,” has employers on their heels and changing the way they approach talent retention.
Even Google Agrees There’s No Going Back to the Old Office Life
The great enforced global experiment in working from home is coming to an end, as vaccines, the Omicron variant and new therapeutic drugs bring the COVID-19 crisis under control.
The Future of the Office When the Workplace Is Anywhere
When the only thing standing between someone and their workday is a flat place to set a laptop and a decent wifi connection, the competition for where and how someone works on a given day is fierce.
We’re Not Doing Enough To Support Women Returning To The Workforce
Pandemic job losses and insufficient childcare support have exacerbated the gender divide at work. We’ll see the impact of this for decades to come unless we start implementing change now.
One in five U.S. election workers may quit amid threats, politics
U.S. local election officials are increasingly concerned about threats and political pressure fueled by baseless allegations of voter fraud in the last presidential race, and one in five say they are somewhat or very unlikely to stay in their jobs through the 2024 contest, a national survey showed on Thursday.
United Airlines to Let Unvaccinated Workers Return
Carrier to allow back employees on unpaid leave or in non-customer-facing roles who got religious or medical exemptions from Covid-19 vaccine mandate