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Posts in Employment Law

COVID-19 Presents Disability Discrimination Issues

Employers must balance the need to keep employees from COVID-19 with employment discrimination laws.

Business Law, Coronavirus, Employment LawElizabeth WhitmanJuly 17, 2020COVID-19, coron, disability discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act, clayton haslop, focal dystonia, employment discrimination, reasonable accommodation, face mask, pandemic, pandemic preparedness, EEOC

DC Employers Take Note: Commuter Benefits Now Required

District of Columbia employers with more than twenty employees now must provide commuter transit benefits.

Business Law, Employment LawElizabeth WhitmanNovember 3, 2019Elizabeth Whitman, Elizabeth A Whitman, commuter benefits, transit subsidy, DC commuter, DC commuter benefits, fringe benefits, cafeteria plan

Equal Pay–Are All Woodwinds the Same?

As women climb the corporate ladder, there are fewer identical positions they can use to compare their salaries with those received by male colleagues. When positions aren’t the same, there sometimes may be legitimate business reasons unrelated to employee sex for a pay differential. Unfortunately, the limited number of comparable jobs also can make it easier for an employer to engage in pay discrimination.

Employment LawElizabeth WhitmanJuly 28, 2019Elizabeth Whitman, Elizabeth A Whitman, Bach to Business, gender pay gap, pay discriminination, wage discrimination, sex discrimination, equal pay act, EEOC