by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 19, 2005
Currently, employers must “reasonably accommodate” an employee’s request for religious accommodation, unless doing so would cause “undue hardship” on the company. Even a minimal cost or difficulty can be considered “undue hardship.” Therefore,...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 18, 2005
Have you ever lost your keys, misplaced your glasses, forgotten your billfold or purse, or left home without the grocery list? These errors I’m convinced are built into our human DNA.Well, what if you’re a big Corporation? Have you ever misplaced that smoking gun memo...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 17, 2005
If your name is Lakshminarayan Subrahmaniam but your boss insists over your repeated objections on calling you “Luke”, tell him in the name of El-Hakem that you no longer have to put up with it!The case of El-Hakem v. BJY Inc. et al., Nos. 03-35514, 03-35544 and...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 17, 2005
The nation is at a cultural and ethical crossroads (again). Multiple states are struggling with the question of “same sex marriage”. Courts have shown a readiness to uphold these marriages as rights of equal protection of the laws under various...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 16, 2005
Today, I spare my readership. Rather than pick the bones of a reported legal autopsy, I prefer to work with some fresh material: my observations of the walking talking clients I’ve assisted over the last 12 years of employment law. We humans are not too original...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 15, 2005
Think that you have to deal with customers at work that continuously attack you based on your religion or race? Even if it’s just to keep your job? Well, think again. Thanks to the recent case of Galdamez v. Potter (No. 03-35682), Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, July...
