David Lazarus of the L. A. Times reports on an effort to extend disability accommodation requirements to the terms of all-you-can-eat deals. A hungry person with Type 2 Diabetes, David Martin, is suing the A Ca-Shi restaurant for disability discrimination. Mr. Martin claims he went to the restaurant to take advantage of its all-you-can-eat sushi
EEOC Investigates Practice of Hiring Only Currently Employed Applicants
Not content with managing its current workload, the EEOC is looking for new theories of discrimination. It held a hearing yesterday to consider whether employers may be refusing to consider job applicants who are unemployed, and then whether that “practice” might amount to discrimination. The argument would go something like: minorities have a higher unemployment
NASA Faces Intelligent Design Discrimination Claim
A recent news item demonstrates some interesting issues about religious discrimination, showing how it is an especially difficult subject for employers to manage.
The case is in its early stages, so the true facts are not available to the public, but the allegation is that David Coppedge, a highly regarded systems administrator working on
Changes Facing Ohio Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Governor John Kasich has announced his intention to push for a radical retrenchment of Ohio’s Public Employee Bargaining Law, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4117. Passed in 1983 during the first year of Governor Richard Celeste’s term, the bill gave unions representing state employees the right to bargain with the state, allowed unions representing state and
Labor Department Threat to Attorney-Client Confidentiality
The Department of Labor has been taking aggressive steps to prevent employers from exercising their rights to provide information to their employees during union campaigns. Under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, employers must disclose the amounts they spend on consultants either attempting to influence their employees about the choice of unionization or providing information