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President Obama has proposed the American Jobs Act as a way to increase employment and head off a double dip recession.  It has five key components, according to an administration briefing to the National Small Business Association this afternoon.  They are 1. Tax Cuts for small business, including significant reductions in payroll taxes; 2. Rebuild…

The newly released regulations interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 take effect on May 24, 2011.  The regulations confirm what most employers already know about the amendments:  It is now much easier for a claimant to establish a prima facie case of disability discrimination. 

Given the expanded definitions of “disability”, “impairment”…

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…

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…

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…