Want to stay out of trouble? Read on! Did you know that this Sunday will be "Social Media Day"? Neither did I. But even after all this time, social media continues to get employees and employers in trouble. Here are six...more
You won't want to miss this!!! You all probably read respectable news sources. I subscribe to a number of "sober" mainstream publications, but have a sick attraction to the Daily Mail and the New York Post....more
12/8/2023
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Ex-CEO's lawsuit against the comedian/activist will proceed. Who ever thought personal jurisdiction could be interesting?
In April 2021, the CEO of a telehealth company was eating dinner with his wife at a hotel in a suburb...more
11/3/2023
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Twitter
These six will get the EEOC's attention in 2024-28.
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2024-28. Strategic Enforcement Plans provide a helpful preview of...more
9/29/2023
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Harassment ,
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Retaliation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Vulnerable Victims
You won't go wrong.
Top o' the mornin'! This post has nothing to do with St. Patrick's Day, but I hope you're having a good one.
When I conduct harassment training for supervisors and managers, we spend a good bit of time...more
Comments being accepted thru Dec. 5.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a draft Strategic Plan for 2022-26, and is inviting public comments through Monday, December 5....more
Of course it is!
Every time I think I’ve heard everything, I hear another thing.
Melinda Abbt was a firefighter for the City of Houston. On her own personal computer, she had a video of herself dancing nude. She made the...more
There's a new sheriff in town . . . . . .
so y'all better straighten up.
You probably know by now that the Biden Administration fired Sharon Fast Gustafson, the Trump-appointed General Counsel of the Equal Employment...more
3/12/2021
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It's official! (Well, close enough.)
This evening, the Electoral College confirmed Joseph R. Biden as winner of the 2020 Presidential election. Congress will not do an official count of the electoral votes until January 6,...more
12/15/2020
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OSHA ,
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Wage and Hour ,
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And, remember those wellness regulations? New ones are in progress.
Yesterday the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its FAQs on coronavirus and discrimination. For those who are already familiar with the...more
C'mon, Boomers - lighten up!
The always-excellent Walter Olson of Overlawyered laments that the employment world is so heavily regulated that an employer can get in trouble for failing to act when a Millennial uses the...more
A change may be coming.
The "N" word. Referring to women in pornographic terms. Ethnic slurs.
This is "harassment" under almost all company policies, and it can violate the law, as well. At least one federal appeals court...more
Millennials, can you relate to your older co-workers?
Everybody and their dog has workshops these days on how older workers should relate to Millennials. That's a fine idea, but does anyone ever offer a workshop to...more
Showing, again, that workplace gossip can get you sued.
I really feel that the employer will win this case, for reasons I'll discuss below, but first . . .
A federal judge has said that starting malicious rumors that a male...more
And you thought you had problems!
A medical clinic in the St. Louis area had two employees (among others, I presume). "Rose" was African-American. "Daisy" (race unknown) had a disability. ...more
How can I sue thee? Let me count the ways.
Last week, I talked about five very basic things employers do to get themselves embroiled in employment litigation. They were-
Discrimination (not only unlawful discrimination, but...more
7/26/2019
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This claim against the "Museum of Sex" should fail.
Have you ever heard of the Museum of Sex in New York City? It's a real thing....more
Hanukkah doesn't end until sundown tonight, and it's two weeks until Christmas. But Greg Giangrande of the "@work" column in the New York Post already has someone who made a big mistake at a workplace holiday party...more
Follow these rules, and you can't go wrong!
A recent survey indicated that employers were cutting back on holiday parties in 2018.
The consulting firm that conducted the survey speculated that #MeToo might be the reason...more
No. Heck, no.
Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor Report had a story this week about the development of artificial intelligence to conduct interviews of employees who claim to have been victims of workplace harassment....more
When does crude language cross the line and become unlawful harassment?
A court decision from this week reminded me about this issue, which I’ve been thinking about and discussing in harassment training for a long time (but...more
"Zero tolerance" is too blunt an instrument, and it may even increase bad behavior.
Chai Feldblum, a Democratic Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was quoted this week as saying that "zero...more
In poetry, because we are classy here.
Sweet Deal: a haiku
(Roseanne Barr)
I felt sorry for the cast
But not any more.
$4.5 mil for nothing!...more
How much do you really know, from an HR standpoint?
It's time for another employment law quiz! I wanted to do one in honor of Mother's Day, but I couldn't top the one I did last year. (If you missed it then, here's the...more
It's enough to make an "onionhead" weep.
A few years ago, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued this employer -- who allegedly discriminated against, harassed, and retaliated against a number of employees who...more