No Grammy for Lady Gaga's deposition performance in overtime lawsuit
YIKES! Lady Gaga: Wage-and-hour lawyer's nightmare! Lady Gaga has been sued for unpaid overtime by her former personal assistant, Jennifer O'Neill. (No relation to the beautiful star of Summer of '42.)...
View ArticleFive snips on workplace harassment (plus a bonus)
Five quick ones from the harassment world, plus a "bonus track" involving our old friends Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer. This is sexual harassment? On what planet? Employment Law360 (paid...
View ArticleAn employer should never ask about disability or religion. Except when it...
Everybody knows that an employer should never, ever, ever ask an applicant about religion or disability until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. And maybe not even then. Right?...
View ArticleA reader asks: "Is it me, or has job interviewing become really complicated?"
Last week, I wrote about the two situations in which an employer should ask an applicant about a disability or a religious belief or practice that might require reasonable accommodation. (As I...
View ArticleEmployers, the ADA interactive process applies to post-offer medical...
http://polldaddy.com/poll/9273052/ The best answer is "In all likelihood." A minor tear that can be repaired may not be a disability (it depends), but a severe injury, or one that is inoperable with...
View ArticleIs driving an "essential function of the job" for your road warriors?
If your employee isn't a professional driver but spends a lot of time on the road, how "essential" a job function is driving for ADA purposes? Is driving "essential" at all? In what I consider to be a...
View ArticleIs obesity a "per se" disability? One court says no.
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled this week that obesity is not a "disability" within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act -- even as amended in 2009 --...
View ArticleNew voluntary self-ID (disability) form is now available
On January 31, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the voluntary self-identification form for individuals with disabilities has been renewed through 2020. The renewed form...
View ArticleWhat Employers Should Know About COVID-19 Laws in New York
New York has just passed major COVID-19 employment laws!
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