Systemic discrimination has multiple meanings, according to the EEOC:
A “pattern or practice, policy, and/or class cases where the discrimination has a broad impact on an industry, profession, company, or geographic location.”
“Bias that is built into systems, originating in the way work is organized,” referring to “structures that shape the work environment or employment prospects differently for different types of workers.”
“Patterns of behavior that develop within organizations that disadvantage certain employees and become…
Imagine you discover that Elizabeth from Knoxville is one of your employees.
Elizabeth wasn’t ready for the revolution to be televised😂 pic.twitter.com/LibeNAuE6h
— xy467chr (@xy467chr) January 6, 2021
Or what about Jake Angeli (the self-proclaimed QAnon shamen)?
Why is Jake Angeli walking free? If he can be named in this article, and he was part of the insurrectionist movement yesterday, he committed a crime by invading the Capitol and he should be arrested. https://t.co/5hUbek57nc
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I’m not okay with what happened yesterday. I’m angry, I’m sad, and I’m scared for the future of our country and our democracy.
A seditious insurrection stormed the Capitol in an attempted coup designed the stop the peaceful transfer of power and overthrow our democracy. Nothing about this is acceptable. It’s abjectly deplorable and antithetical to everything for which our country stands.
Nobody should be okay with what happened yesterday.
If you don’t reject what…
What’s wrong with this photo?
I’ve never lived in Kansas.
I’ve never worked in Kansas.
I’ve never even been to Kansas.
I never filed a claim for unemployment benefits with the State of Kansas.
1+2+3+4=unemployment fraud.
I’ve been the victim of identity theft and attempted unemployment fraud. And I’m not alone.
According to USA Today, fraudsters have stolen at least $36 billion from state unemployment systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. How? USA Today spoke…
We all felt for Clark Griswold when, instead of his expected year-end bonus, he received a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club (the gift that keeps on giving the whole year).
Think about Clark’s outrage when you read this story, which recently made the rounds (c/o The Verge):
What’s the cruelest prank you can make on employees who are struggling during a pandemic when millions of people have lost their jobs…
With the COVID-19 pandemic closing health-care-provider offices or severely limiting patient access, many have turned to telehealth to remotely obtain healthcare from the safety of their homes. The question arose, however, whether these remote visits would qualify as “treatment” under the FMLA’s qualifying definition of a “serious health condition,” which under the FMLA’s regulations requires an “in-person visit to a health care provider,” and does not include “a phone call, letter, email, or text message.”…
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I bring you the holiday classic, ’Twas the Employment Law Night before Christmas.
To all of my readers, after a 2020 no one will ever forget, thank you all for reading, comments, and sharing. I’ll see everyone on January 4, 2021, with fresh content to kick off the new year.
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the office
Not…
Late yesterday, Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, better known as its $900 billion COVID-19 rescue stimulus. President Trump is expected to sign it into law.
Buried within the bill’s 5593 pages (on pages 2033 – 2037) is an extension of tax credits for paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which otherwise would have expired on December 31.
Under this extension:
Mandatory FFCRA Leave still expires on December…
It brings me tremendous joy to announce the Worst Employer(s) of 2020.
First, the COVID-19 category, which was a very close race, and has, in my opinion, an upset winner.
The COVID-19 Worst Employer of 2020 is: The Working Mom Sacker—the manager who fired a working-from-home mom because her one- and four-year-olds kept interrupting her Zoom conference calls with crying and requests for a snack.
Congrats to all of the other nominees, including SHRM (the Whistleblower…
British newspaper The Sun published leaked audio capturing Tom Cruise angrily addressing two crew members who he believed had breached Covid-19 protocols while filming “Mission Impossible 7.”
His rant (in part):
I don’t ever want to see it again, ever! And if you don’t do it you’re fired, if I see you do it again you’re f***ing gone. And if anyone in this crew does it – that’s it, and you too and you too.…