Two federal agencies — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — have indicated that it’s time to minimize the disruption of COVID-19 in our lives, and that includes the workplace.
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Labor Law: Jury awards over $5 million in damages to former flight attendant terminated after posting anti-abortion content
Earlier this month a Dallas jury awarded a former Southwest Airlines flight attendant over $5 million in her lawsuit against the airline and her union after she was terminated for, she claimed, her religious convictions against abortion.
Labor Law: Sexual harassment suit can proceed in case where firefighters viewed a nude video of colleague
A female Texas firefighter, who claimed that her male colleagues viewed a nude video of her that was stolen from her personal computer, can proceed with her claim of sexual harassment against her former employer, according to a recent opinion by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Labor Law: Religious accommodations not required if the accommodation impacts other employees
Former U.S. Postal employee Gerald Groff sued his employer, claiming it failed to provide him a reasonable accommodation for his religious beliefs.
Labor Law: Using artificial intelligence during the hiring process can violate the Americans with Disabilities Act
The use of artificial intelligence in the workplace has been at the center of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent guidance on “The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence to Assess Job Applicants and Employees.”
6 Questions to ask employers about remote workplaces
When you’re getting ready for a job interview, you’re probably thinking about all the questions your interviewer will ask you.
Labor Law: Your employee presents a letter saying she is exempt from the COVID vaccine due a religion you’ve never heard of. Now what?
Physician Harriet Foster (left) administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Khady Gueye at a church in Richmond.
Labor Law: Taming the workplace bully is necessary to help avoid a toxic or hostile workplace
Workplace bullies are real and dangerous.
Virginia moves toward changing its rules on workplace COVID-19 safety
Virginia is moving toward loosening its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 workplace safety rules, which were designed to prevent the spread of the virus but also were criticized by many businesses as too unwieldy.
Virginia board hears differing opinions on proposed changes to the state’s COVID-19 workplace rules
Virginia’s rules requiring employers to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace technically still remain in place, though many businesses continue to urge a full repeal.
Labor Law: Workplace rules relating to COVID are changing rapidly; here are some updates
Employers are understandably still confused about the ever-changing COVID-related employment rules and obligations.
Labor Law: NY’s Andrew Cuomo’s statements on harassment show common misunderstandings around harassment
What is harassment?
Labor Law: EEOC issues important updates on employer policies around the COVID-19 vaccine
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 technical assistance guidance in late May to provide clarity for employers on mandatory vaccinations, reasonable accommodations, requiring proof of vaccinations, and whether incentives to employees and/or family members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are legal.
Labor Law: Steps every organization must take in 2021 to prevent and end harassment in the workplace
While it seems inconceivable that organizations still employ people who engage in sexual harassment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settled lawsuits that expose the grim reality that many businesses haven’t gotten the memo that sexual harassment must be prevented and not tolerated in the workplace.
Labor Law: Six things 2020 taught us about the workplace
This year has taught us a lot about the workplace:
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