By sportslogos.net [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsHave you ever seen a sexual harassment investigative report? Maybe wondered what’s in it? (If that doesn’t interest you, click away and come back tomorrow. We’ll talk about recommendations to avoid harassment in your workplace.) However, if you’d like to learn more about what…
It’s been getting downright vile around here at The Employer Handbook, dontchathink? We started the week with a stalker. Later in the week, it was White Power. Maybe. And, yesterday, I detailed some of the worst allegations of discrimination of 2018. The EEOC described it as “an ugly mix of sexism, racism,…
By Missatikamekw [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsI wouldn’t quite know how to describe the feeling if that were the moniker placed on my business. So, I’ll just go with the opposite of this. In stark contrast to the close call that was the behavior described in yesterday’s blog post,…
Image Credit: YouTube.com Last Friday afternoon, MSNBC aired a live report of the Coast Guard’s response efforts during Tropical Storm Florence. And, within minutes, Twitter exploded in a different kind of storm over a hand gesture. White Power? Or just okay? Let’s fast forward a few days. From Friday afternoon and…
Chris J. Nelson [CC BY 3.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsThere are planned retirements. There are unexpected retirements. And, then — hold my drink — there’s Vontae Davis’s retirement. “Never heard of it. Never seen it.” Vontae Davis played ten seasons in the National Football League, most recently for the Buffalo Bills.…
By Thomas Quine (Beware of wild animals attack) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsDid you know that a visitor to your workplace can create a hostile work environment for one or more of your employees? The kind of hostile work environment that can result in a quarter-million-dollar jury award.…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/cricket-long-green-blue-antennas-307982/) Shhh… If you listen quietly, you may just hear another subscriber clicking on this blog post. Nope, those are crickets. But, at the expense of clicks and subscription rates, I feel compelled to share with you Board news: The National Labor Relations Board will publish a…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (http://photofunia.com/results/5b9a4b7e46867953) In most federal courts in this country, a plaintiff arguing a Title VII violation because he or she was discriminated against based on his/her LGBT status will lose. That’s a fact. That’s because Title VII prohibits discrimination based on one’s “sex.” And, most courts don’t construe “sex”…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/resume-cv-hr-job-experience-2296951/) Emoji Credit: https://emojipedia.org/ If you’re a federal contractor, have you picked up your jaw since yesterday’s post? I’ll admit it. I was also surprised that a federal court would conclude that a Connecticut federal contractor could not fire an employee for using medical marijuana. What, with that…
By Original uncropped image from Laurie Avocado (Cropped version of [1]) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsI’ll wait patiently while you grab your pearls for clutching. Last Summer, I blogged here about how a Connecticut federal court concluded that the state’s compassionate use law, the Connecticut Palliative Use of Marijuana Act…