Sexual Harassment Claims Can Be Prevented
Workplace policies and training can prevent sex harassment claims. For example, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently settled a case in which a male practice manager alleged that he had been sexually harassed by his female boss, and had been demoted when he complained. Due to a confidentiality agreement, none of the involved parties could comment.
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Eight Ways That a Firing May Be Illegal
Most employment is “at will,” which means an employee may be fired at any time and for any reason or for no reason at all. But there are a few important exceptions to the at-will rule — and legal remedies — that may help you hang on to your job or sue your former employer for wrongful termination.
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A Boulder, CO Representative Wants to Penalize Employers
That’s why Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, introduced a measure into the Colorado Legislature this session that would implement a new provision in discrimination cases tried in state courts that could leave small businesses liable for compensatory and punitive damages should they lose.
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More Claims For Employers In 2010
Employers should expect more claims in 2010. Those and other findings were part of the sixth annual “Workplace Class Action Litigation Report” by Seyfarth Shaw LLP, analyzing class-action and collective action court rulings of 2009 involving claims against employers in federal and state courts.
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A Better Way To Handle Discrimination and Harassment Complaints?
What’s on the arisen for workplace Discrimination and Harassment? Most states have laws that the Equal Opportunities argue that people pass through the prohibition of discrimination. Equal employment opportunity, the people a chance to succeed. It is a principle that the fundamental principle of justice expresses.
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EEOC Discrimination Complaints Near Record Highs in 2009
According to its January 6, 2010 press release (here), the U.S. Equal Employment Commission announced that near record numbers of workplace discrimination charges were filed with the agency in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. As reflected in the agency’s statistical presentation, there were 93,277 charges filed in FY 2009, which is the second-highest number the agency has recorded
You can read the full article linked below.
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Its Illegal To Make Hiring Decisions Based On Race Or Age
Hiring decisions around race or age can be illegal. It is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make hiring decisions based upon race. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, meanwhile, it is illegal to discriminate against job applicants who are age 40 or older. Many state and local laws contain similar prohibitions.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010602614.html
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Arvada Restaurant Owner Wins ‘Worst Boss Of 2009′
Paul Martinez, co-owner and manager of the family-run Alamos Verdes restaurant, beat out the Oakland Raiders coach accused of breaking an assistant’s jaw, and a Louisiana water department superintendent captured on tape using “hundreds of obscenities” against employees and ordering a supervisor to physically attack a worker.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21966233/detail.html
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Managers and Supervisors Have a Responsibility to Resolve it or Report it
Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to the employee base. In the eyes of the law, the supervisor is the employer. If an employee informs their supervisor (or any manager) of a complaint around discrimination, harassment or retaliation, the courts consider this to be notice, and the clock (so to speak) starts ticking. Report to HR all reports of discrimination, harassment or retaliation, even if the employee requests the complaint be confidential, or asks that the complaint not be reported to HR, or if it appears as though the complaint is not genuine.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.examiner.com/x-26967-SF-Workplace-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Resolve-it-or-report-it
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A Lawsuit Filed Against Lawry’s Restaurant Will Cost The Company $1 million To Settle
A Million dollar lawsuit against Lawry’s Restaurant will cost the company more than money. The lawsuit, filed in 2006 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said that a company as large as Pasadena-based Lawry’s Restaurants Inc. should have known that the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited such a policy.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lawrys3-2009nov03,0,5744106.story
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