Rachel Dolezal Issue Raises Questions Of Employee Identification

Former head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP Rachel Dolezal has been identifying herself as a black woman for many years, though her parents recently publicly stated she is white. “Representations in work records remains a commonly arbitrated issue,” Julia R. Perdue writes for Bloomberg BNA. She explores precedents, and notes that according to a Bloomberg study the majority of arbitration awards – 62.4 percent – uphold the employer’s discharge or discipline.