Posts Tagged ‘workplace discrimination’
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 21
EEOC Signals Wide Discrimination Protection for the Emotionally Disabled Contending employers must walk an extra mile to accommodate emotionally troubled workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced settlement of its disability discrimination lawsuit against Triton Management Services, LLC (Triton). See also, San Diego Tribune, October 10, 2018. In March 2016, while out-of-state, Triton’s […]
CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Political Speech and the Workplace California employers must not discriminate against workers based on political activities, affiliations or speech. Particularly during an election season, employers should re-familiarize themselves with these laws: California Labor Code section 1101 bans employers from making, adopting or enforcing any rules or policies that: (i) forbid or prevent employees from engaging […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 20
EEOC Sues California Grocery Store for Disability Discrimination On September 28, 2018 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it has filed a law suit against Central California grocery store, PAQ, Inc. dba Rancho San Miguel Market for alleged violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agency contends that in 2016, a […]
BIG BIZ BROTHER
Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace Many California businesses install on-premises video surveillance equipment to improve operations through the security of premises. Electronic surveillance can deter, prevent or help resolve theft, physically threatening incidents or other dangerous conditions or situations. Under California’s state constitution, all persons are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy from government […]
BACKGROUND CHECK GROUND RULES
Employers and Background Check Companies Must Distribute New Model “Summary of Rights” Form Employers are already tightly regulated on obtaining an applicant’s or employee’s credit information. Companies may only seek consumer credit reporting agency disclosure on credit-worthiness, credit standing or credit capacity in connection with ● specified job positions including managerial executives, ● jobs involving […]
ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FROM SERIAL HARASSERS
California Employers May Disclose Sexual Harassment Allegations to Prospective Employers Defamation refers to the laws that make someone accountable for harming another’s reputation through the spread of falsehoods either verbally (slander) or in writing (libel). Alleged sexual harassers have sued employers and sometimes victims for defamation in connection with statements made in a sexual harassment complaint […]
CAN I BRING MY MONKEY TO WORK?
How to Handle Assistive Animals in the Workplace Upon arriving to work on Monday morning your customer service manager asks if she can bring her monkey to the office. Must management grant her request? It depends. If she needs the monkey to reasonably accommodate her disability, then the employer will most likely have to grant […]
FOR WHOM THE PHONE RINGS
Anti-Harassment Agency Randomly Surveys California Employers On April 10, 2018, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (The Task Force) announced that it will telephonically interview randomly-selected California employers on their anti-harassment policies including employer-sponsored training and other anti-harassment complaint procedures. Formed in […]
GENDER DESIGNATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE
“Non-binary” will Join “He” and “She” in California California law prohibits discrimination against employees for their membership in any protected class. This includes gender identity, defined as “each person’s internal understanding of their gender, or the perception of a person’s gender identity, which may include male, female, a combination of male and female, neither male […]
JOB INTERVIEW ERRORS TO AVOID
CareerBuilder Publishes Annual Survey and List of Most Bizarre Hiring Interviews According to a nationwide CareerBuilder Survey released February 22, 2018, “around half of employers (49 percent) know within the first five minutes of an interview if a candidate is a good or bad fit for a position, and only 8 percent make up their […]