by Girish Anand | Nov 30, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
It’s actually just one Cheesecake Factory location in Phoenix that was the subject of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit that led to a subsequent consent decree. At that location, the EEOC charged that managers looked the other way while...
by Girish Anand | Nov 24, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, HIPAA
Though the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has already taken effect, the law’s regulations are still in a state of flux at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and have yet to be finalized. One of the contentious issues that...
by Girish Anand | Nov 23, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
The Ninth Circuit Court recently ruled that, unlike the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) which covers only those who are in an employee-employer relationship, the Rehabilitation Act is worded more loosely to cover any "otherwise qualified individual."...
by Girish Anand | Nov 20, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, OSHA
In the wake of the workplace murder of Yale student Annie Le and other tales of co-worker-initiated mass violence such as that at Ft. Hood, one in every four Americans believes a co-worker he or she knows is capable of violence, according to a new Rasmussen poll....
by Girish Anand | Nov 18, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings
Using the H1N1 pandemic as a selling point for mandating sick leave at work, Department of Labor spokespersons have been testifying in the Senate this week in support of the Healthy Families Act. The proposed bill would require employers to let employees accrue one...