But, faced with those facts, that didn’t stop one employer from moving for summary judgment and asking the court to dismiss a female employee’s claims of sexual harassment. Could the company have possibly prevailed? Find out after the jump… Oh wait, before we jump, I left out the part where…
Recently, I’ve focused blog posts on some quirky cases that make you think a bit. Yesterday, was the FMLA in Vegas case. Last week, was the EMT who argued that getting fired for groping a co-worker was discriminatory in light of his employer’s decision not fire an employee who…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Samantha Hopkins. Samantha is a law student who just received her big break. She gets to guest blog at The Employer Handbook! (Want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook? Email me). * * *…
I give a lot of “respect in the workplace” trainings. And I generally tell the audience that, while a single offensive comment or act in the workplace is one incident too many, one instance generally does not create a winning lawsuit. That’s because a plaintiff must show that he/she was…
Generally speaking, those who wait five years to complain about perceived sexual harassment in the workplace, don’t win lawsuits if they are eventually fired. But what happens when the complaint takes the form of a status update on Facebook? Does that offer the employee extra protection? Find out after the…
Play some Skynyrd, man! (Just pretend the song is about reckless indulgences in the workplace, rather than drugs and needles and such, k?) Well, this is a new one for me. A woman claimed that she was employed as a leasing manager for four days. And during those four days,…
i·ro·ny (noun) /ˈīrənē,ˈiərnē/ 1. the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. “The irony of this blog post is that I am typing it with no pants.” Look folks, in all seriousness ***waits patiently while you napalm your brains***,…
If true, well then, good gawd, this!
Cut the music. A little over a year ago, I wrote here about a steel worker named Kerry Woods. Unfortunately for Mr. Woods, he was on the receiving end of a constant barrage of “raw homophobic epithets and lewd gestures” from his supervisor. Notwithstanding, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Sounds like one crazy party. Or just another Thursday at the Pine Woods Apartments. Kristen Glemser had no idea… On December 7, 2006, Kristen Glemser, a marketing/leasing agent for Pine Woods showed up for work, just like she would any other day. Except that some of the ladies in the…