Articles Posted in Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment

EEOC hauls in over $5M from two employers accused of pregnancy discrimination. Here are some ways to keep your money.

December 12, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Read on to see how your business can avoid being part of this exclusive club. Continue reading

Survey says that artificial intelligence may actually promote bias, rather than help to eliminate it

December 11, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Not every offhand comment, slight, and insult is a federal lawsuit.

December 7, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Meet “John” the firefighter. Continue reading

A case for progressive discipline

December 6, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I’m going to start this by saying that I’m not a big fan of progressive discipline. (More on that in a bit.) Continue reading

Court denies man’s pay-disparity claim because, yep, he was paid more than the women. 🤦

December 5, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I don’t remember much from law school.

“Meyer, quick! Name three of ’em!”

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Discrimination. It ain’t rocket science. Well, except when it is.

December 4, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yes, even NASA gets sued for discrimination from time to time. Continue reading

Wait, what? What did that store’s general manager just say about the applicant with a hurt arm?

December 3, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Remember the employer that got socked with a six-figure jury award when it refused to allow a cashier to consume two bottles of orange juice from the store’s refrigerator to avoid slipping into diabetic shock?

Welp, that employer apparently has not yet mastered the Americans with Disabilities Act. Continue reading

The woman who worked for a sex-toy store has … wait for it … a sex-plus claim.

November 30, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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On most days, I blog for you, my readers, to educate you on new legal issues and to keep you ahead of the HR-compliance curve.

This is not most days.

This GM’s Facebook posts weren’t enough to sink his employer, but you may not be so lucky.

November 29, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Yet again, here’s another situation in which off-the-clock social media posts impact the workplace. Continue reading

340,000 reasons to take harassment complaints about customers seriously

November 28, 2018 | by Eric B. Meyer

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If you know that one of your customers is getting all racist and handsy with employees, you have to do something about that. You know that, right?

It would appear that one California employer didn’t get the memo. Continue reading

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