I love cases with weird facts! And this one has the added benefit of providing an example of a violation of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. When I do training on non-discrimination and harassment, I have all sorts of fun and interesting examples of other forms of discrimination – sex, race, age, etc. But not
June 2015
Labor Organizing: There’s About To Be An App For That
Recently, The Century Foundation, a group that pursues “non-partisan research and policy analysis” released a report on virtual labor organizing. The report assesses how a mobile application (“app”) or website could provide a platform that would help workers organize for labor campaigns.
According to the report, approximately 96 percent of workers use Internet, e-mail, or…
The Law v. the Law According to the Media
Last Friday afternoon, I was listening to NPR. I am a loyal NPR listener and have been for many years. Sure, I know it has a liberal bias, but I always thought – in fact, trusted – that it at least got the basic facts right. Thus, I was unbelievably dismayed by a story on…
OSHA Releases Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers
Transgender rights have been receiving a considerable amount of media attention this week, most of which has been sparked by the magazine Vanity Fair featuring a cover story about “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star and former Olympian Bruce Jenner as a trans woman (Caitlyn Jenner). On the same day that the cover story was…