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Here are the answers to questions submitted to our attorneys about employment law issues. Questions are answered by primarily by Fair Measures attorneys Ann Kiernan and Rita M. Risser Chai. To search by specific workplace issues, please see our organized answers in our list of FAQs.
The company is letting all the managers know the follow ups are due. I thought any discipline or HR issues should only go up [...]
I posted on my company's blog my opinion about the group that protests at military funeral that they should be executed for doing it. [...]
Can employees be forced to show support for breast cancer by mandating that the pink ribbon be worn throughout the month of October? I'm [...]
Our dress code does not require women to wear their hair down but yet my manager has made several comments that I should consider [...]
Rita Risser Chai replies: No. This violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, which specifically prohibits discrimination against recovering alcoholics. Your state may also [...]
I work for a small company. Recently I have been harassed by my boss’s wife. She thinks I am sleeping with him. She’s asked [...]
Rita Risser Chai replies: It depends on what they said. If someone said something about her that was harassing or discriminatory based on her [...]
I and my colleagues are transitioning out of the workforce. We are interested in writing a book about our Affirmative Action, EEO, Diversity and [...]
Can a person on approved FMLA for depression and anxiety be discharged for calling in FMLA on a 6am-2pm shift and being filmed going [...]
I have requested a vacation day on a day where our company is having an employee appreciation day at a restaurant. Can they deny [...]