Archive for January, 2008
Ron Paul on Employee Rights (Part 3): Darn Those Pesky Civil Rights Laws
Published by James Peters January 17th, 2008 in Discrimination, Policy : OpinionIn this third and final installment in our series on Ron Paul’s comments about employee rights in his book Freedom Under Siege, we examine his views on civil rights legislation in general, which can be found in several sections of his book, but is best summed up with the following quote found on page [...]
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Ron Paul on Employee Rights (Part 2): Unattractive Women Need Not Apply
Published by James Peters January 16th, 2008 in Discrimination, Policy : OpinionThis is the second in our series of posts based on Presidential Candidate Ron Paul’s musings on employee rights in his book Freedom Under Siege. This installment’s “Paulism” can be found on page 17 of the book:
The idea that the social do-gooder can legislate a system which forces industry to pay men and women [...]
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Ron Paul on Employee Rights (Part 1): Sexual Harassment-What’s the Big Deal?
Published by James Peters January 15th, 2008 in Discrimination, Harassment, Policy : OpinionI have tried to tune out most of the political primary hysteria because I (1) made up my mind about who I would be supporting in the election long ago and (2) I live in California, so my opinion is not really that important at this stage.
Today I happened to stumble across some of Ron [...]
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Employers Must At Least TRY To Accommodate Disabled Employees
Published by James Peters January 15th, 2008 in DiscriminationIn the United States, employers must actively engage in an “interactive process” with disabled employees to try and find a “reasonable accommodation” for their disability, even if no such accommodation actually exists.
What is an “Interactive Process”?
What this means is if an employer knows one of their employees is disabled and they suspect that employee might [...]
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Sometimes the "Decider" is Wrong
Published by James Peters January 12th, 2008 in Discrimination, Harassment, Policy : OpinionLet me first say that I rarely disagree with decisions by California state or federal appellate courts (at least those I am not personally involved in and therefore biased towards). However, I occasionally come across a case where I just think the court got it wrong.
In Mokler v. County of Orange, et.al. (Cal.App.Dist.4 11/26/2007), No. [...]
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