Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/audit-investigation-searching-3608131/) One of your employees just complained to human resources that a co-worker sexually harassed her. As a responsible employer, you decide not only to investigate the complaint but to engage outside counsel to lead the investigation. Outside counsel investigates. When the investigation ends, outside counsel creates an…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/metoo-women-harassment-sexual-2859980/) Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released some preliminary sexual harassment data for the fiscal year 2018. Based on preliminary data, in FY 2018: The EEOC filed 66 harassment lawsuits, including 41 that included allegations of sexual harassment. That reflects more than a 50 percent increase…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/truck-18-wheeler-freight-shipping-309398/) If you’ve been to one of my live Americans with Disability Act HR presentations, you’ve heard talk about a deaf lifeguard. (If you haven’t and want a copy of my presentation, well, all you have to do is ask.) In Keith v. County of Oakland, a…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/bed-bedroom-room-furniture-2705/) Last night, I had trouble sleeping. After a long weekend in Nashville, followed by a full day of presentations yesterday to a fantastic audience at the SHRM Lehigh Valley October Conference, capped off by a late evening rainstorm, I should’ve slept like a baby. But, I…
By dconvertini (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsI was going to begin this post by telling you more about my weekend trip to Nashville. But since I can hear the sound of thousands of pearls being clutched, I’m not going to bury the lede. A company…
By dconvertini (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsGreetings from Nashville, Tennessee. Every once in a while some of my high school friends and I motivate and plan a road trip to coincide with a Philadelphia Eagles road game. This year, we followed the Birds to Nashville…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pole-vault-pole-vaulting-pole-vault-2644697/) There are two sides to this argument. Let’s explore them. “Overqualified” Is Just Another Word For Age Discrimination. I like reading the eponymous The Tim Sackett Project. Tim is a shining star in the HR community and someone with whom I enjoy catching up at HR events…
If my wide open collar and disco moves aren’t “gritty” enough for you, well, I can fix that. I can guarantee you this assuming that you recover from the hysterical blindness, I’m told it’s only temporary. We’ll have some fun at these October events. And I’ll teach you a thing or two…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/bookcase-law-firm-attorney-335850/) I don’t know how else to describe it. So, I’m going to quote from the EEOC’s press release, but I’ll conceal the name of the law firm. The law firm that paid $30,000 to settle with the EEOC: The [] Law Firm has agreed to pay $30,000 and…
By Derek Jensen (Tysto) – Own work, Public Domain, Link That sounds more “glass-half-full” than “Don’t be like the Dallas Mavericks: 11 ways to avoid a Sports Illustrated report chronicling twenty years of allegations of sexual harassment and mismanagement in your workplace.” Yeah, I’m comfortable with the title of today’s blog post.…