The EEOC is reviewing whether the use of arrest and criminal conviction information acts as a hiring barrier and whether employers should be precluded from asking about criminal convictions. The EEOC publicized the meeting in a press release titled Striking a Balance Between Workplace Fairness and Workplace Safety. Particularly troubling about this hearing is the fact that
Does Title VII Protect Followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Imagine this, its Friday and you are sitting in your office as Director of Verizon’s newly created Office of Reasonable Accommodation. An employee, I’ll call him Joe, walks into your office. Joe tells you he’s recently converted to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (i.e., he is now a Pastafarian); that Friday’s
ABA Journal Seeking Blawg 100 Nominations
The ABA Journal is compiling its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs and is seeking nominations on the blogs to include. Inclusion on this list (which is not limited to labor and employment law blogs but includes all legal blogs) is prestigious and is something that I, and others that blog regularly, aspire to achieve.
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NLRB General Counsel Confirms Employees Can Still Be Disciplined for Many Social Media Posts
There has been significant coverage of the unfair labor practice charges that have been filed by employees who were terminated over their postings made on Facebook, Twitter and other social media applications. (Examples here, here and here). The NLRB actions in some of these cases have lead to the belief by some union agents and employee representatives