Lindsay Rinehart discusses a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision to reject an employee’s claim that he was unlawfully discriminated against based on religion after he refused to attend mandatory LGBTQ anti-discrimination trainings.
Mark Phillis says the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act's (PWFA) accommodation provisions are based on the ADA's, but under the PWFA, an employer may temporarily have to eliminate an essential job function. (Subscription required.)
Why nepotism is not a sound business practice and suggests that employers should consider implementing well-defined anti-nepotism policies that ensure workers are not directly supervising or evaluating the performance of a family member.
