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When do (or don’t) Facebook posts create a hostile work environment?
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I can tell you this. It takes more than a few posts from a couple of ‘Wingnuts.’
How many things can you find wrong with this picture?
Remember those “what’s wrong with this picture” games that we played as children? Something like this.
Last night, I found the employment law equivalent from this recent Sixth Circuit opinion. Continue reading
Can sexual harassment investigations create an intolerable and hostile work environment for the harasser?
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$5 trillion says that LGBT discrimination at work is against federal law
Today, we’re taking a break from wage-and-hour compliance because I’m not sure that you can continue to handle that much fun. How else would you interpret so many people (un)subscribing to this blog yesterday?
Instead, I want to talk about news of this brief that over 200 companies, representing more than 7 million employees, a wide variety of industries, and more than $5 trillion in revenue will file with the Supreme Court today. Continue reading
Can a marijuana dispensary be responsible for a manager’s sexual harassment?
Or, stated differently, does a federal anti-discrimination law even cover a business that operates illegally under federal law?
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2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris just floated ‘the most aggressive equal pay proposal in history.’
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The House passed the Equality Act to protect LGBT rights at work. Here’s why it won’t become law.
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Allow me to explain.
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Is it ok to ask a lesbian co-worker to use her ‘gaydar’ to determine whether a new client is also gay?
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Short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer: No, you jerk, of course not!
In a few hundred more words, I’ll explain why. Continue reading