11/09/2012
An employee’s casual remark to HR can lay the groundwork for a retaliation claim if the comment could be interpreted as objecting to some form of discrimination. That’s good reason to train HR staff to report all comments and consider them as protected activity.
11/07/2012
No federal employment law specifically prohibits job discrimination against domestic violence victims. But the EEOC released a Q&A fact sheet in October 2012 to clarify that Title ViI and the Americans with Disabiilties Act (ADA) “may apply to employment situations involving applicants and employees who experience domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.” Read the full Q&A here …