See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsToday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Many will write about how our society continues to struggle with race relations and discrimination in the 50+ years since Dr. King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech (video; text). This past weekend didn’t help.…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/share-price-stock-exchange-business-1013626/) It’s easier than you think. But, you need to speak the right language. And that language is money. In 2016, The EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace concluded that there is a compelling business case for stopping and preventing harassment.…
Sarah Klockars-Clauser [CC BY-SA 2.0]Oh, I get it. You just clicked on this post for a friend. Well, on the one hand, I should thank you for your interest in this blog post. On the other, now I have to order a new fleet of computer servers since you’ve crashed…
Ken Lund from Reno, NV, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsNope. Madder. Here’s more from the EEOC’s press release announcing the $850,000 jury verdict. A federal jury rendered a verdict on Dec. 19, 2018 awarding $850,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a female farmworker at [an employer] in…
By Phillips 66 Company – http://hrcpdocctr.phillips66.com/HR_P66_Comm/Benefits/BenefitHighlights.pdf, Public Domain, Link Among Fortune 500 companies, 91% prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and 83% prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. [Source] But, under federal law, circuit courts remain split as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsYesterday, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered the opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court in a case called Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. Although the Court’s decision has nothing to do with employment law —…
AgnosticPreachersKid [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia CommonsIt’s time we double down on yesterday’s doom and gloom. Yes, according to published reports, federal courts have enough money to operate normally until Friday. Then, it gets interesting. Here’s more from Bloomberg: The system has enough money left over from fees…
U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsAt midnight on December 22, 2018, the federal government shut down. Well, not completely. But, a lot of federal employees are working without knowing when they may get paid. Plus, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is already operating on a contingency plan —…
https://www.facebook.com/CommissionerFeldblum/posts/2313994185285931 Yesterday, was Chai Feldblum’s last day on the job as Commissioner at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to her EEOC bio — I’m not sure how long this will remain active — Ms. Feldblum had two terms as Commissioner spanning nearly nine years. During that time, Ms. Feldblum “focused…
David Shankbone [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons“Hold my drink, Harvey Weinstein. I generated the most #MeToo tweets in a single day; 800,000 of them!” That’s something that former CBS CEO Les Moonves never actually said. Although, it’s true that Mr. Moonves set that infamous record on September 9, 2018. Since…