By: Amy Epstein Gluck
People: the best drafted, airtight, protective anti-harassment policies in your workplace are no good at all if you do not enforce them.
It is simply insufficient to profess that you do not tolerate sexual harassment.
When an alleged victim of sexual harassment complains to you (“you,” as in the employer, the supervisor, the Human […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
#MeToo is real.
That is, #MeToo as a movement or an era or even a concept applies to real people of all backgrounds, to blue collar as well as white collar workers. One thing I know for sure—no one sets out desiring to be in the #MeToo club. In fact, I’d venture to […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
So this Report and Recommendation, out of the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Alexandria Division), graced my screen today. The question U.S. Magistrate Mark L. Hornsby faced was whether federal anti-discrimination law’s prohibition of racial discrimination protects a job applicant who does not get the job because of his […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
No, I’m not talking about the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and then film where girl chooses between two boys. I’m talking about marijuana. Medical marijuana.
Oklahoma recently became the latest state to enact a medical marijuana law. The relevance from an employment law standpoint is that employers can no longer take an adverse […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
During the last couple of years, we have explored the twin issues of sex discrimination and gender pay disparities. We have examined it in the arenas of professional sports, universities, restaurants, Silicon Valley, and several different types of workplaces…including law firms.
We’ve explained that true parity in the workplace can raise productivity and efficiency, […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
Use of the “n-word” in the workplace seems to be continuing, unabated.
You guys are not going to believe this scenario alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. The allegations are…appalling.
As reported by WaPo here, last year a black employee worked as a warehouse specialist for an energy company in Sacramento, California. The […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
Maybe. But maybe the question is not whether you need to but whether you should, given the way the judicial winds have been blowing.
We have long been blogging about the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (“ADA”) requirements that employers (with more than 15 employees) must provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified employee with a […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
So, a couple of weeks ago, I spoke at the Cannabis Law Summit about marijuana in the workplace to a room full of industry experts.
I did so for two reasons:
First, business owners, CEOs, and HR departments are asking about how they should contend with employees who take medical marijuana in states where […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
Your Memorial Day post is here!
On behalf of two battalion chiefs in one Northern Virginia Fire and Rescue Department, the ACLU filed charges of discrimination this week with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging that the department retaliated against them after they pushed the Department to discipline an employee who had […]
By: Amy Epstein Gluck
There is a lot of talk these days about diversity and inclusion. And about accommodating those with disabilities. Remember: providing accommodations applies to employees with mental impairments too.
Recently, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces the anti-discrimination laws, has reminded employers about the significance of building a […]