Remember that AT&T ad campaign a few years ago where the mobile network provider touted how cell phone users should not have to settle for mediocre phone service?
In the workplace, however, “just ok” may be good enough when responding to employee complaints of harassment.
Hey, I’m not saying employers should aspire for “just ok,” but it can defeat a sexual harassment lawsuit.
“Uh, Eric, don’t you mean the superior candidate?” Continue reading
Some people in Dallas do some dumb stuff.
For example, every year, many locals hold out hope into late December or early January that the Cowboys will win the Super Bowl. After their hopes get dashed when the team inevitably chokes, the fans irrationally board the bandwagon the following Summer. It’s crazy!
But not as nuts as what I’m about to tell you.
I’m not the biggest fan of progressive discipline policies, which can often be too restrictive. Plus, deviations and inconsistencies in their application are ammunition for a plaintiff claiming discrimination to get to trial. But, when companies apply these policies to the letter, they create a formidable defense to these claims.
Discrimination claims are not easy to prove. But, it doesn’t take much for a plaintiff to at least allege in her complaint that her former employer discriminated against her.
Except when all you plead are “vague and conclusory” allegations.
I’ve been practicing law for over 20 years, and I must concede that I did not know this.
Here’s how it works. Continue reading
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
Hold that thought while I tell you about someone who probably wouldn’t believe me. Continue reading
Last night, I read about a black female educator and school administrator who claimed that her employer agreed to pay for her to attend a training session but later reneged, instead offering to pay for her to attend in two years. So, she paid for it herself.
And then she sued her employer. Continue reading
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