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Pay Equity Legislation Changes You Need to Be on Top Of

Trusaic

The idea behind the amendment: to ensure that employers don’t discriminate between employees when they’re being promoted or moving into another job based on gender or other protected status for any form of compensation including bonuses, profit sharing, stock options, or benefits.

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Substance Use & Drug Overdoses are on the Rise: Top 5 Stats for Employers

Precheck

from 2010 to 2012. Tallying death certificates in which alcohol was a contributing factor showed that more than 99,000 people suffered alcohol-related deaths in 2020, a more than 25% spike over the previous year. workforce was up to 4.6% (in urine testing) compared to 4.4% in 2020 and up 31.4% from the all-time low of 3.5% 1] [link].

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Substance Use & Drug Overdoses are on the Rise – Top 5 Stats for Employers

Cisive

from 2010 to 2012. Tallying death certificates in which alcohol was a contributing factor showed that more than 99,000 people suffered alcohol-related deaths in 2020, a more than 25% spike over the previous year. workforce was up to 4.6% (in urine testing) compared to 4.4% in 2020 and up 31.4% from the all-time low of 3.5% 1] [link].

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ADA Bias Claim Upended by Kentucky Law’s Definition of ‘Disability’

HR Daily Advisor

Employees assert discrimination claims under the (KCRA) rather than federal law in an attempt to avoid federal court. However, that strategy comes with a price in disability discrimination claims. Department of Transportation (DOT) certification. UPS’s package cars are commercial vehicles, so drivers must maintain U.S.

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Case for Consistency: Treatment of Manager Prevents Dismissal of Age Bias Claim

HR Daily Advisor

A New Jersey federal court recently declined to dismiss an age discrimination lawsuit because an employer’s failure to discipline employees in a consistent manner could be construed as evidence of discrimination. Bruce’s store received failing scores in 2010, 2011, and 2012. hafakot / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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100% healed policy = 100% violation of the ADA

The Employer Handbook

In 2012, the plaintiff fell on a ladder, broke her leg, and took 12 weeks of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. So, the plaintiff filed a Charge of Discrimination. (Go Get a completed FMLA certification from the employee. [cue music ]. ” ( Is it getting warm in here? ). Oh boy…). Oh boy…).

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Indefinite Intermittent Leave Not A ‘Reasonable’ Accommodation, Says U.S. Appeals Court

HR Daily Advisor

In 2012, she began a second period of FMLA leave. Eventually, she submitted medical certification that because of her impairment, she would be incapacitated every 1 to 2 months for 8 to 12 weeks for the rest of her life. When she exhausted her 2012 FMLA leave, the bank fired her.