?The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs recently hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss challenges workers face when re-entering the... Read more »
Employers and recruiters should not seek salary history from job candidates in any manner, including by asking applicants about their current pay and for their desired salary, according to new guidance. The... Read more »
The government has acheived its goal of seeing one million more disabled people in employment well in advance of its 2027 target, but a disability group says more needs to be done... Read more »
Neurodiversity is an aspect of equality that does not get the attention it deserves – to the detriment of businesses, argues Dr Louise Karwowski. The post Neurodiversity: how accessible is your recruitment... Read more »
The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts for the first time in a decade and D&I is among its major goals. The post Diversity, the final frontier: space agency seeks... Read more »
?A market director of Lowe’s Home Centers LLC did not have an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim when he could not find an available position within his restrictions that he could... Read more »
?A high school teacher injured at a faculty team-building event could not show that the school board failed to reasonably accommodate her, because she did not prove that she was disabled due... Read more »
A hospital in Montgomery County, Ala., did not act unlawfully in discharging an information technology department team head with narcolepsy after he let the hospital’s software licensing expire, incurring a penalty of... Read more »
When an employee abandoned the interactive process for identifying a reasonable accommodation and got her permanent work restrictions lifted, the employer was not liable for failing to provide an accommodation, according to... Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled that an employee was not treated unfavourably after his early retirement due to ill health...
The post Early-retiring employee not treated unfavourably by pension scheme, says Supreme Court... Read more »
