08/02/2010
You aren’t allowed to delve into an employee’s medical history or disabilities when the employee wants to keep the information private—unless you can show a clear job-related reason for doing so. To qualify as job-related, your inquiry must be narrowly tailored to assess whether the employee is capable of performing the essential functions of the job. Broad questions often run afoul of the law.
07/30/2010
U.S. Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcia Fudge, members of Congress from Ohio, have asked the Acting Comptroller of the United States and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at the Cleveland facility of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).