Archive of Discrimination
February 1, 2012 is the Deadline to Provide New York Wage Notices, and Other New York Laws to Keep Your Eyes on in 2012
on Jan 25 in Discrimination, Policies, Practice & Procedure, Reasonable Accomodation, Wage/Hour tagged New York employment laws 2012 by Anthony Rao
The February 1, 2012 deadline to provide wage notices to your employees in New York is fast approaching. The forms can be found here. Other 2012 new labor and employment laws and regulations to keep your eyes on that may affect your New York business are as follows: -Under the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA) [...]
Supreme Court Recognizes a “Ministerial Exception” to Employment Discrimination Laws
on Jan 12 in Discrimination tagged Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church, ministerial exception, Supreme Court by Anthony Rao
Today the Supreme Court unanimously held in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, No. 10-553 (Jan. 11, 2012), that the First Amendment bars suits brought on behalf of ministers against their churches when those ministers claim termination in violation of employment discrimination laws. In doing so, the Court validated the “ministerial exception” to [...]
No Need to Create a New Position as a Reasonable Accommodation Under New York Law
on Nov 28 in Discrimination, Reasonable Accomodation, Retaliation tagged arbitrator deference, disability discrimination, reasonable accommodation, retaliation, Timmel v. West Valley Nuclear Services Company by Anthony Rao
In Timmel v. West Valley Nuclear Services Company, the Western District of New York held that neither the ADA nor the New York State Human Rights Law require a company performing nuclear remediation services to create a new position as a reasonable accommodation, and an Arbitrator’s decisions concerning termination and demotion are entitled to deference. [...]
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