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Take Note: Here’s how strong DOCUMENTATION torpedoes discrimination claims.

The Employer Handbook

Yesterday’s parting shot advised employers — not legal advice, mind you — that well-documented termination decisions are much better than “take my word on it, we should just fire him.” Beginning in January 2017, the monthly records reflected unsatisfactory performance. Honest to a fault. Unqualified.

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New Environmental Impacts Cause Shift in EEOC Efforts

EverFi - HR

Not only were masses of employees sent home to work remotely in a new normal where many were also serving as proxy educators to students who were also able to participate in face-to-face interactions, but the pandemic has created economic hardships for employees and, for some, like Asian Americans, discrimination, harassment and even violence. .

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This employee apparently doesn’t understand how pregnancy discrimination works

The Employer Handbook

If an employer doesn’t know that an employee is pregnant, it can’t possibly discriminate against her because she is pregnant. Here are the pertinent facts: In July 2017, the plaintiff learned that she was pregnant. The plaintiff sued for pregnancy discrimination. And, yes, she did lose at the lower court.

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4 Takeaways from the HCCA 2019 Compliance Institute

Precheck

Simplifying Documentation Requirements: CMS has made a number of changes to simplify documentation requirements using a two-prong approach. First, the provider documentation checklist centralized all documentation requirements in one place. Second, the agency offers a provider documentation lookup service.

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National Origin, Discrimination, and Employers—Oh, My!

HR Daily Advisor

Below is guidance on some of the more common national origin discrimination issues that may confront employers. What Is National Origin Discrimination? Discrimination is the different treatment of a person based on a protected characteristic such as gender, disability, or national origin.

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Managing A Total Talent Workforce – The Impact Of The Gig Economy

Accurate Background

In 2017, for example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 34% of the U.S. Organizations must be conscious of which platforms their candidates engage with and ensure communication is streamlined across different platforms to remove the painpoints of duplicate data and document collection.

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South Africa attempts Compliance, Cracks Down on Illegal Employment

Global People Strategist

A 2017 report released by the University of Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) shows that many of the illegal migrants employed in the Southern African region are more likely to be mistreated that their South African-born counterparts. Labor Law vs. Immigration Law.