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The Employer Handbook BlogHealthcare CEO gets fired after viral TikTok video altercation with a boy in a red dress, sues Kathy Griffin.
I’ll take “blog post titles that I never thought I’d be using in 2022 ever” for $500. Continue reading
Supreme Court to decide if a supervisor making $200K+ per year should get overtime too
Whether a six-figure supervisor is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules is probably not something that’s kept you up at night — unless you pay your employees a lot of money without paying them a salary (e.g., day rates).
Or you’re just an FLSA nerd like me. Continue reading
Two gifts for employers from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is providing strategies for employers to expand employment opportunities for workers with unemployment gaps. And there’s also a double-secret EEO-1 Component 1 Report filing extension.
Company pays EEOC $79,000 rather than provide a pair of gloves to an employee with a skin rash
That reads a little bit like a headline from The Onion. Continue reading
Can an employee legally be fired for using over-the-counter CBD products?
Last night, I read this federal court opinion where a defendant, sued after firing a plaintiff who used CBD for her disability, got the entire case dismissed.
So, let’s talk about how and why. Continue reading
The case of the $250,000 thumb drive porno and hacking (allegedly)
A former bank employee is now facing up to $250,000 in fines and ten years in prison because he allegedly wanted to watch The Matrix on a work laptop.
Actually, there’s a little more to this story. Continue reading
When do N-words and sex jokes NOT create a hostile work environment?
Hopefully, this question doesn’t have you clutching your pearls. Continue reading
Two different termination letters lead to one discrimination lawsuit and zero luck for the plaintiff
The general rule in employment law is that an employer’s inconsistencies and contradictions breathe life into discrimination claims.
But there are some exceptions.
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Jerk customers can create hostile work environments for your workers too
As I sit here on vacation cleaning out some of the older cases from my Google Drive, I came across this Fifth Circuit decision about which I meant to blog a while ago. It’s about a baccarat dealer who had to deal with a customer making sexually charged gestures, remarks about her appearance, and sexual propositions toward her.
No employee should have to deal with this type of behavior. But does the law recognize that customers can create a hostile work environment for one of your employees?