Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing

Drama following a bra-less woman’s meeting with the CEO supports her retaliation claim

January 9, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Nope, no clickbait here. And no irony in the lede either.

Plus, I feel like I’ve seen this one before.

Woman fired for refusing to process same-sex marriage licenses loses her own bias claim

December 20, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

I’ll go ahead and file this one under “Wa Wa Waaah!”

Woo boy! Y’all had some crazazy holiday parties!

December 16, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

While I must admit that I laughed more than I cringed, my readers came through with some tales of holiday parties gone haywire.

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Pretty soon, asking salary-history questions in Philly will get you sued.

December 13, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Like requesting swiss cheese on your cheesesteak — way to go John Kerry — pretty soon, asking about a candidate’s salary history will be verboten too.

Can you fire an employee whom you learn is “alt-right”?

December 8, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

What the heck do pistachios have to do with the Alternative Right also known as the “alt-right” or white nationalists?

Bad things often happen when employees feel they have to resort to self-help

November 30, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Like one-man bands.

Or, retaliation lawsuits, for example.

Could firing one who doesn’t seem “happy and smiling and positive” violate labor law?

November 8, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

A man has filed this Charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that his former employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired him, allegedly, because the company didn’t think he was “happy and smiling and positive.”

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