Last week, I highlighted an often overlooked EEOC enforcement effort: protecting vulnerable workers. Shortly after my post, the EEOC continued its efforts to support vulnerable workers by issuing this statement to address workplace discrimination against individuals who are, or are perceived to be, Muslim or Middle Eastern. Good on ya, EEOC.…
About a year ago, I blogged here about a dreadful Sixth Circuit opinion, in which the court concluded that the plaintiff may have a discrimination claim for receiving the specific transfer he requested (after having interviewed for the position). Now, if you read the comments on my post, you’ll see…
If you entered a time machine a few months ago and came out today to read this post, you missed a lot. The Kansas City Royals made the World Series. Grammy Award winning rapper Eve wed entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain. And a big-time Ebola…
But, hey, what do you have to lose by filing the lawsuit anyway, right? I mean, it can’t end up worse than the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football. (Oh yeah, I went there). More after the jump… * * * So, I was reading this opinion from a…
The German word is “dumm“ Or, as they say in Germ-lish: Hella-dumm. More after the jump… * * * //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZ25MYwWpM (Rammstein on this blog..bucket list: check!) In Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that “because of the many facets of human motivation, it would be…
That may be sugar coating it a bit. A county employee, who applied for a lateral transfer, and ultimately received that transfer, was able to convince two judges on a federal appellate court that the transfer was discriminatory. That’s right. An employee may have a discrimination claim for receiving the…
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public meeting in Washington, D.C. at which invited panelists spoke on national origin discrimination issues in today’s workplace. Participants discussed various recruitment and hiring issues; discriminatory treatment in assignments; pay discrimination; language and accent issues; effective communication and access issues;…
Then I suggest “ghetto.” Consider this your performance review ProTip for Tuesday, courtesy of this recent decision from a Texas federal court, in which an employer’s summary judgment motion was denied, and a Mexican-American plaintiff’s race and national origin discrimination claims will proceed to trial. The smoking gun, it seems,…
This week, I am on vacation. The Supreme Court didn’t get my memo. Fine. But, I’m not putting down my beer to write this post. So, you get a one-handed rundown of the two employment-law decisions the court issued yesterday. Pardon my typos after the jump… * * * A…
[If you listen carefully, you can actually hear the sound of page-hits and prurient reader interest cascading at The Employer Handbook. It’s got a little funky Salt n’ Pepa beat to it…] Last May, I slobbered over blogged here about a former Indianapolis Colts’ cheerleader who sued the team claiming…