Q. Our company manufactures plastic tubing. Our general manager is requesting that men not wear sleeveless or tank-top shirts, due to sweat and appearance. He said women can wear them as long as their shirts are seamed. Is this legal? —C.M., Texas
?’Winging it’ during interviews poses double danger Using unstructured, “tell me about yourself” questions during job interviews not only opens you to discrimination claims, it often results in poor …
Hopefully, you already take any discrimination or harassment complaints from minority employees seriously. But what if a white male blows the whistle about race discrimination he sees affecting his minority co-workers? …
The EEOC announced in 2003 that it would work to counteract workplace discrimination against Hispanic employees, and the agency is making good on its promise. EEOC chief Cari Dominquez, who …
When terminating employees, it’s smart to ask them to sign agreements that waive their rights to sue your organization for discrimination or wrongful discharge. Typically, employers wrap such waivers into severance …
As if there weren’t enough complications when co-workers are paramours, here’s another: Those who aren’t part of the love affair feel slighted when the bedded ones are promoted, and …
Issue: Employers can be liable for sexual harassment if they “knew or should have known” about it but failed to act. Risk: Courts increasingly say you “know” of harassment once …
Issue: Who qualifies for protection under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)? Risk: Many supervisors mistakenly believe that women must be pregnant to be covered under PDA. Not true. …
Some of your employees may be a month into their New Year’s resolution to quit smoking. But what if you, as an organization, wanted to kick the habit in a different way—by refusing to hire employees that smoke?
Q. Can we require male employees’ hair be a certain length, or is that discrimination? Also, can we say male employees can’t have beards? —C.H., Illinois