http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/ Published by Buckley & Klein, LLP en-us 2008-11-14T12:11:26-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/11/eeoc_issues_new_guide_to_ameri.html The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued a new guide to help both employers and employees better understand some complicated issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act: The Americans with Disabilities Act: Applying Performance and Conduct Standards to Employees with... Disability Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-11-14T12:11:26-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/11/amendments_to_americans_with_d.html In late September, President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008, which will become effective January 1, 2009. As we wrote in a prior post, although the ADA is, in theory, a wonderful law for disabled employees,... Disability Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-11-12T12:02:52-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/09/sexual_harassmentspeak_now_or.html The law of sexual harassment requires employees who believe they have been harassed to follow their employers’ anti-harassment procedures—which typically require employees to complain to a high company official in order to allow the company to remedy the situation—before they... Sexual Harassment Buckley & Klein 2008-09-25T16:25:44-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/09/sixth_circuit_recognizes_fmla.html The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) contains an anti-discrimination provision that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees “for opposing any practice made unlawful” under the FMLA. However, the text of the FMLA does not contain an express provision that... FMLA Buckley & Klein 2008-09-16T12:58:55-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/08/agreement_to_arbitrate_userra.html In Landis v. Pinnacle Eye Care, LLC, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an agreement to arbitrate claims is enforceable under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Although the Sixth Circuit does... Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-08-26T15:45:55-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/08/unemployment_claims_hold_stead.html If you’ve recently lost your job, you’re not alone. Recent statistics from the Department of Labor on the level of weekly unemployment compensation claims reveal that the job market is a basket case these days, and that unemployment levels are... General Buckley & Klein 2008-08-22T15:40:38-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/08/senate_introduces_bill_to_expa.html The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a wonderful law; unfortunately, it has not proven to be easy for employees to win cases under the ADA. A recent bill introduced in the Senate to amend the ADA, if passed, may... Disability Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-08-15T16:18:07-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/08/eeoc_updates_compliance_manual.html The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) maintains and periodically updates a Compliance Manual, an internal guide for EEOC enforcement personnel that contains the EEOC’s interpretation of Title VII and the other discrimination laws it enforces. Although the Compliance Manual does... Religious Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-08-12T11:05:24-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/07/female_employee_fired_for_havi.html It seems as if the courts are giving birth to a number of important pregnancy discrimination act cases these days. In our last post, we wrote about a case from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in which the court... Pregnancy Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-07-28T18:28:23-05:00 http://www.atlantaemploymentlawyerblog.com/2008/07/employee_fired_after_having_an.html In a case of first impression from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Doe v. C.A.R.S. Protection Plus, Inc., the court held that a female employee who was fired less than a week after having an abortion has a claim... Pregnancy Discrimination Buckley & Klein 2008-07-22T18:44:29-05:00