If you are physically or emotionally unable to work, you may wish to talk with your medical provider. If your medical provider finds that you are not able to work at this time, the medical provider can make a request to your employer for a medical leave.* ...
Discrimination
Discrimination
EEOC Guidance Extends Disability Discrimination Protection to Workers Who Contract COVID-19
Employees suffering from “long-haul” COVID-19 may be disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in certain circumstances. The EEOC’s guidance explains that COVID-19 may be a disability under the ADA if the virus results in an employee: (1) having a...
Am I Being Retaliated Against At Work?
It is illegal for your employer to retaliate against you for reporting harassment or discrimination, taking medical leave, requesting a reasonable accommodation, or reporting violations or suspected violations of laws. Retaliation can be blatant such as your employer...
Is My Employer Discriminating Against Me Because I’m Older?
Most employers do not say, “You’re too old to keep working here.” Instead, age discrimination can be subtle. Some things to watch out for: Retirement Plans. Is your employer asking you questions about your retirement plans when you have never brought it up?...
Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads
The ability of advertisers to deliver their message to the precise audience most likely to respond is the cornerstone of Facebook’s business model. But using the system to expose job opportunities only to certain age groups has raised concerns about fairness to older...
Ending Forced Arbitration
Below is an interesting piece on why employer’s forcing employees to arbitrate their employment law claims, including sexual harassment claims, should end. OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR I Wrote the Uber Memo. This Is How to End Sexual Harassment. BySusan Fowler Ms. Fowler is an...
Beth Bertelson quoted in the Star Tribune
Keillor case tests blurry legal lines surrounding workplace relationships Sexual banter between workers, supervisors is minefield, lawyers say. Star Tribune, March 12, 2018 By Jeff Meitrodt For two years, Garrison Keillor exchanged flirtatious e-mails and texts with a...
Age Discrimination Collective Action Lawsuit
Moldenhauer, for an on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, v. Honeywell International, Inc., Court File No., 18-cv-00126 (U.S. District of Minnesota). On January 18, 2018, we filed a Complaint against Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) in...
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
“We are all one human race, destined for greatness. Let us live together in peace and love in a Beloved Community.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Her sexual harassment case would make legal history
Taken from The Lily News, October 16, 2017 Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s DeNeen L. Brown. In 1978, Mechelle Vinson filed a lawsuit against her supervisor that redefined sexual harassment in the workplace. Vinson had worked at the Capital City Federal...
