Transgender Bathroom Access: A Civil Right
Posted 08-19-2015 Olympic decathlon winner Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner has focused national attention on transgender issues in our society. But one question dominates [...]
About Ann Kiernan
Ann Kiernan has litigated claims of wrongful discharge and discrimination before state and federal courts and administrative matters before the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, representing both employers and employees. Ms. Kiernan co-hosted The Employee Rights Forum, a weekly radio call-in show reaching up to a half-million listeners in the New York metropolitan area, and her articles on employment law have been published in many books and magazines. Both as a firm partner and as a director, Ms. Kiernan gained solid experience in management and human resources compliance. She has worked with Fair Measures since 1997.Looking to Hire “Digital Natives” = Looking for Trouble
Posted 05-27-2015 A May, 2015 article on Fortune.com highlighted the recent trend of employers listing “digital native” as a job requirement in recruiting ads. The [...]
Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Obligation to Accommodate Pregnant Workers
Posted 04-22-2015 In a March, 2015 decision, the US Supreme Court set up rules for determining whether an employer violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when [...]
Harassment Claims Are Down: Could Training Be the Reason?
Posted 02-25-2015 The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just released its 2014 statistics, and the numbers look good for employers. Down from the all-time [...]
Lesson Learned from Sony Hack: E-Mail = Evidence!
Posted 01-12-2014 It sounds like a movie plot: In late November, 2014 cybercriminals (perhaps sponsored by a secretive foreign nation) hacked into Sony Pictures’ computer [...]
Prompt Response to Racial Harassment Prevents Liability
Posted 11-12-2014 With all the attention given to sexual harassment in the news and popular culture, most people do not realize that racial harassment is [...]
Inconsistency Loses Case for Employer
Posted 10-01-2014 Eva Sala was a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent working in the US Virgin Islands. She asked to extend her tour of duty [...]
New EEOC Enforcement Guidance Requires Accommodation of Pregnant Workers
Posted 08-19-2014 On July 14, 2014, the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) issued its first enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination in more than 30 years. [...]
Court Finds Creative Remedy for Retaliation
Posted 07-02-2014 Michael Barrett worked for Salt Lake County for 14 years. For years he’d received promotion after promotion, good review after good review. The [...]
Training Prevents Harassment Liability
Posted 05-27-2014 Fifty years after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it should be clear that remarks about lynching and the Ku Klux [...]