The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced its results for fiscal year 2017, and the agency says it won $398 million nationwide in compensation for victims of discrimination. The agency also says it reduced its charge workload to its lowest level...
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“AN EMPLOYMENT CAROL” – The Ghosts of Sex Harassment in the Workplace
Does your business culture actually support discrimination and harassment in the workplace? If so, how can you make meaningful changes and limit your liability? Take a lesson from Dickens: Scrooge's three ghosts represent choices and their consequences: (1) the past...
When Getting Busy at Work Can Get You Fired (And Why Employers Need an Electronic Communications Policy)
The term "sexting" crept into American vernacular in the mid-2000s and burst into the culture thanks, in large part, to Anthony Weiner. Prior to the rise and fall of "Carlos Danger," the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether an employer has the right to read...
TITLE VII: “Take Five”
FIVE SIMPLE STEPS FOR EMPLOYERS Harvey Weinstein is starring in a horror flick that he produced. Response to a New York Times article regarding Weinstein has been fast and furious. On October 5, 2017, The Times published an article about Weinstein's alleged sexual...
Umpire Sues MLB for Race Discrimination
As Major League Baseball (MLB) approaches the half-way point of the season, the league must deal with a newly filed lawsuit alleging discrimination. On Monday, a veteran umpire filed a lawsuit against the MLB claiming it failed to promote him in a broader pattern of...
Court Expands Sexual Orientation Protections
In the landmark case of Kimberly Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, an Appellate Court (covering Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) concluded for the first time that the federal Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in the workplace based on one's sexual...
Government Contractor Discrimination Update: Out of the Mad Men Era
As of August 15, 2016, new sex discrimination guidelines go into effect for federal government contractors. The Federal Contractor Final Rule brings sex discrimination regulations up-to-date with current employment law in the workplace. What do the New Regulations...
New EEOC Pregnancy Guidelines
Earlier this month, the EEOC published two pregnancy-related resources to help clarify pregnant employee's rights: Legal Rights for Pregnant Workers under Federal Law Helping Patients Deal with Pregnancy-Related Conditions and Restrictions at Work As a general matter,...