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Has Judge Amy Coney Barrett ever handled an appeal involving the EEOC? You bet she has!
In Tuesday’s installment of “Amy Coney Barrett Week” at The Employer Handbook, we explored Judge Barrett’s determination that a jury’s $300K national original discrimination award should survive appeal.
Today, I have another case for you in which Judge Barrett handled the appeal of a jury verdict for the plaintiff. But, this time, the plaintiff is none other than the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading
COVID-19 doesn’t prevent claims of sexual harassment. Just ask a certain hockey mascot. 🏒🦁
We’re in the middle of a pandemic. While telework and ‘social distancing’ don’t eliminate the possibility of a sexual harassment claim, let’s face it, we’re not exactly in the same #MeToo world as we were last year. But that doesn’t mean that businesses can take sexual harassment any less seriously.
Because you never know when an incident may arise. Like maybe…
There’s retaliation, and then there’s locking the complainant in a walk-in freezer. (Allegedly)
Image Credit https://www.jbcharleston.jb.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000273522/
That’s cold. Continue reading
As we approach the holiday season, remember to protect your seasonal workers
Our first full day of London sightseeing is in the books. Not only did I leave and return home to our VRBO with four children — #DadOfTheYear — but I also found a suitable protector for the many barrels of local whiskey that I’m gate-checking at Heathrow when I return home.
It was a good day. Continue reading
PODCAST: How to create a sexual harassment policy
Wolfmann [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
This isn’t going away any time soon.
Harassment training entirely via text message. Could this actually work?
Image by fajar budiman from Pixabay
Yesterday, I received an unsolicited email from a company called Pluto.
Pluto claims to offer a text message harassment training course that helps startups get compliant in less than 5 minutes a day. Continue reading
Twenty years later, a creepy “casting couch”-type scene from Toy Story 2 hasn’t aged well.
Youtube.com Screen Capture
You can watch it here on YouTube.
But, if you purchase Toy Story 2, you’ll no longer find the “blooper reel” scene where Stinky Pete promises two Barbie Twins a role in Toy Story 3.
Even a sex museum must try to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
A former employee of the Museum of Sex in NYC is suing for sexual harassment.
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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