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OFCCP Settles Hiring Discrimination Claims Against Iowa Contractor

Berkshire Associates

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Hillshire Brands Company, formerly known as Sara Lee Food and Beverage, to settle allegations of hiring discrimination at its location in Storm Lake, Iowa.

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4 Ways to Support Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing

Best Money Moves

A University of California, Riverside study found that organizations that invested in physical and emotional well-being saw a 5% increase in productivity. Prioritizing employee mental health fosters healthier and more productive work environments. These experiences have considerable potential to erode women’s mental health.

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Deep Dive: 4 States with New Workplace Drug & Alcohol Laws

Cisive

It revises the law, clarifying that employers may not discriminate against off-duty, off-premises use of “lawful consumable products,” including cannabis. However, an employer may only enact and enforce written work rules prohibiting “cannabis flower and cannabis product use, possession, impairment, sale, or transfer, etc.,

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Deep Dive: 4 States with New Workplace Drug & Alcohol Laws

Precheck

26, 2023 Jessica McDonald Product Manager State lawmakers have been very busy tackling cannabis issues in 2023, and the year is not over. It revises the law, clarifying that employers may not discriminate against off-duty, off-premises use of “lawful consumable products,” including cannabis. Safety-sensitive position. (d)

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Ground Gained in Employer Awareness of True Potential of the Blind

HR Daily Advisor

We hear a lot about recruiting challenges like implicit bias and discrimination that persist despite decades of research and training designed to combat those challenges. national unemployment rate since 2012, the likelihood of hiring managers to hire and employ a candidate who is blind remains consistent at 58%.

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No ADA Violation for Ramping Up Productivity Demand for Traffic Camera Job

HR Daily Advisor

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee who is a qualified individual with a disability may not be subjected to discrimination or an adverse employment action on the basis of her disability. VPH in 2012. She sued ATS for discrimination and retaliation under the ADA. Bohr, Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.

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Don’t let exceptions to your work rules make the rules become the exception

The Employer Handbook

And then, I read this recent Third Circuit decision , which involves claims of age discrimination involving hiring decisions. In February 2012, the employer “followed its rankings to a T” and none of the plaintiffs scored high enough to warrant consideration. Sounds like discrimination. So, that caught my eye.