Hey Employers! Want to guarantee yourself a jury trial in an age-discrimination case? Just mention the word “younger” to any employee age forty or above right around the time you fire him. [Editor’s Note: Calling that employee an “old man,” “old fart,” “pops,” and “grandpa” will also do the trick…
Image credit: atom.smasher.org, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. When a male employee texted his female co-worker and former girlfriend that she was a “whore” and later ignored two protective orders that the female co-worker had taken out against him, I wonder if he was thinking, “Maybe,…
Yep, someone — represented by a licensed, practicing attorney — brought this lawsuit. ***Shakes head // Smiles // Kisses statuette of Blogga-Blogga, the goddess of HR blogging fodder. Love you, boo.*** Bagel party — whoop! whoop! — after the jump… * * * Mo bagels, mo problems. Let’s take you…
Maetta Vance, the only African-American working in her department at Ball State University, claimed that she was subjected to both race discrimination and retaliation. Vance later sued and lost because she could not establish employer liability, which, in turn, depended on whether the alleged harassment was perpetrated by supervisors or…
So captivating that, at 35 pages long, it held my attention for 24 of them. Winning! I’ll whet your whistle with the opening paragraph of EEOC v. The McPherson Cos., Inc.: This Title VII case revolves around repeated churlish, childish, gross, sordid, vulgar, foul, disgusting, profane utterances in the workplace.…
Helene Tyrrell worked as a line chef at a jockey club in Arkansas during the Winter of 2010. She claimed that immediately after she started working, and pretty much throughout her employment, the n-word was bandied about like you and I would say “hello” and “goodbye.” However, only once was…
Welcome everyone to the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Hollywood Casting Call Edition. [Editor’s Note: The original theme for this post was the “Employment Law Blog Carnival: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Edition.” I had this bright idea to begin by cutting and pasting the lyrics to Guns N’ Roses’ “My…
To all the haters of social-media policies: If nothing less, the social-media policy reminds employees that if they act the fool online, it may impact their standing in the workplace, and, ultimately, cost them their jobs. Some employees, however, are just so ignorant. Thus, I doubt that any employer policy…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Mary Ellen Ellis. May Ellen writes for Paralegal 411, a career resource for individuals interested in starting a career in the paralegal field. (Want to guest blog at The Employer Handbook? Email me). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
Notwithstanding three social media advice memoranda, and another ruling from the National Labor Relations Board slamming Costco’s social media policy, you’d think employers would have a better idea how to revise their social media policies so as not to risk violating the National Labor Relations Act. Well, not so much.…