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Obesity and Its Relationship to Disability Discrimination

HR Daily Advisor

Naturally, most employers strive to take every legal precaution they can and to put forth their best effort to remain in compliance with all employment laws. Obesity and Its Relationship to Disability Discrimination. Here are some of the considerations for employers to bear in mind when it comes to obesity and disability.

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A practical guide to terminating an employee with a disability

Business Management Daily

You have to ensure you’re not in violation of the laws put in place to protect them from being discriminated against solely because of their disability. Then in 2009, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) became law which altered the way we use the term disability to be more inclusive.

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CalChamber to Host HR Boot Camps

HRWatchdog

Space is filling up fast for the one-day, topic-packed seminars focused on the employment life cycle, from hiring through termination, presented by the California Chamber of Commerce. CalChamber’s employment law experts (your personal HR trainers) explain and provide compliance information for these core fundamentals: Register Now!

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What is E-Verify – and how does it work for employers?

Insperity

Are you required to E-Verify your new hires , or just interested in adding this step to your onboarding process to ensure you have a legal workforce? E-Verify confirms whether the people you’re hiring are authorized to work in the United States. You could possibly hire someone who isn’t eligible to work in the U.S.

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How to Encourage Employees to Report Issues

HR Shelf

Unethical relationships: When a subordinate feels pressured to accept the advances of a supervisor to protect their employment. Discrimination and harassment: When employees are mistreated due to their gender, race, nationality, religion, age, or disability. Cases of sexual harassment: This can be both direct and indirect.

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7th Circuit: No ADEA Liability for Terminating Retirees Because of Benefit Costs

HR Daily Advisor

7th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin—recently decided an interesting and complex case involving allegations of age discrimination. The 7th Circuit found the county hadn’t engaged in any form of discrimination, including disparate impact or disparate treatment discrimination. Background.

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Marijuana in the Workplace: A Year of Change for Employment Drug Testing

Cisive

Employers are protected from lawsuits related, among other things, to drug testing or disciplining an employee including termination if that action was taken in a good faith belief that the employee used or possessed marijuana at work, while on duty or in violation of the Company’s policy. The law as it is today ( L.D. 1] [link]. [2]