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The Employer Handbook Blog340,000 reasons to take harassment complaints about customers seriously
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It would appear that one California employer didn’t get the memo. Continue reading
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Employer sees something wrong with a little bump n’ grind, defeats sexual harassment lawsuit
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From wonky to wonkier, why your arbitration agreement may not be worth the paper on which it is printed?
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Yesterday, I successfully alienated every reader that doesn’t work in the restaurant industry or otherwise nerd out on Fair Labor Standards Act minutiae.
Today, I double down with idiosyncratic arbitration agreements, specifically those possibly used by New Jersey employers. I promise to get back to something more universal tomorrow. Perhaps, Nova Scotian paid sick leave legislation. Continue reading
Google ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims. Should you? Then what?
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It’s unanimous! Supreme Court rules that any public-sector employee 40 years or older may file an age-bias claim
Lest you think that eight Supreme Court Justices — Justice Kavanaugh did not participate — can never see eye-to-eye on how to resolve an employment law issue. Continue reading
Severance Agreements: Make them easy to understand and don’t pressure an employee to sign
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At least two employees didn’t read my ‘blackface’ post, and you’ll never believe what some Idaho teachers wore for Halloween
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I know that wearing blackface on Halloween is a bad idea. You know it too. And, now, so does Megyn Kelly.
But not everyone got the memo. Continue reading
It’s time to VOTE for the “Worst Employer of 2018.”
My friend Jon Hyman is an incredible employment law blogger over at Ohio Employer Law Blog.
Over the course of the year, he has flagged some of the worst discrimination and harassment allegations against employers. Now, the list is long enough that he needs your help to vote it down to a “Worst Employer of 2018.”
So, clutch your human resources pearls, click here to vote, and then say a little prayer that you work elsewhere.
Five great ideas on how your business can revamp workplace culture to prevent harassment
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Yesterday, while you were sneaking Fun Size Peanut M&Ms out of the Halloween pumpkin before the trick-or-treaters showed up — maybe that was just me — the EEOC held a public meeting on Steps to Transform Workplace Culture to Prevent Harassment.
The consensus was that employers best accomplish this through a “holistic approach.”
Those are fancy words. But what precisely can you do to address harassment?
I’ve got five big takeaways from the meeting. Continue reading
If at first you don’t succeed, sue, sue, and sue again.
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Today, I’m going to tell you the story of a man that has now sued the same employer four times.
It’s a bit like the Buffalo Bills of employment litigation, except the plaintiff here hasn’t suffered a fourth defeat…yet.