A federal court has bounced a woman’s sexual harassment claims against her former employer because the court believed that the woman was not offended by the conduct about which she complained. Some analysis and employer lessons after the jump… * * * She could dish it as well as…
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This term’s top 5 employment-law Supreme Court rulings…in haiku
Last month, the Supreme Court handed down – if not the most important – certainly, the highest-profile decision of this term with Wal-Mart v. Dukes. However, in addition to this headline-grabber, this term saw four other significant employment-law decisions from the High Court about which employers must take note. After…
What Wal-Mart’s High Court win means for employers, large and small
As reported on this blog yesterday, as well as in a gazillion other news outlets — but probably here first firstish — the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned certification of a potential class of 1.5 million current and former female employees seeking relief against Wal-Mart for alleged gender discrimination. After…
BREAKING: Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart v. Dukes class action
The United States Supreme Court has just overturned a Ninth Circuit decision that would have allowed 1.5 million female employees to pursue a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. You can read a copy of the Supreme Court’s opinion here. I’ll have more on this decision tomorrow at…
Give me a D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I….(you get the point)
I had trouble sleeping last night. If you read yesterday’s post, you know that when deciding between a post about an NFL cheerleader who was fired for risque pictures mailed to the Indianapolis Colts versus labor law and Twitter, I chose labor law and Twitter. ***stupid Twitter!*** I won’t make…