Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 18 May 2022
While still complying with the ADA. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued some helpful guidance on Friday related to employers' use of…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | United Kingdom | 13 May 2022
Will this catch on in the States? A tribunal in the United Kingdom has reportedly ruled that insulting a man for being bald is sexual harassment…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 6 May 2022
NOTE FROM ROBIN: In March, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 29 Apr 2022
You bet! As we all know, a growing number of states have legalized marijuana use to varying degrees. In some states, medical marijuana is permitted…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2022
There was this disability discrimination issue . . . An employer who shall remain nameless had a tradition of throwing a little Birthday party for…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 15 Apr 2022
Second post in our series. NOTE FROM ROBIN: Last month, I posted the first in what will be a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 13 Apr 2022
Starting today. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that employers can submit their EEO-1 "Component 1" data starting today…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 6 Apr 2022
Plans for the "new" EEOC. As I have posted many times, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission still has a 3-2 Republican majority, but that will…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 1 Apr 2022
Here's how an HR pro would have handled it. THE OSCAR ALWAYS SWINGS TWICE By Robin E. Shea (based on a true story) There I was, a hard-boiled…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 25 Mar 2022
A new series. NOTE FROM ROBIN: For months, I've been thinking about doing a series of posts with very basic explanations of the federal laws that…