W. Garnett & Associates: Human Capital Management Solutions » Sex Discrimination http://wgarnett.com Human Capital Management Solutions For The REAL World Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:40:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Sexual Harassment Claims Can Be Prevented http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/sexual-harassment-claims-can-be-prevented/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/sexual-harassment-claims-can-be-prevented/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:22:54 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=3514 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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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/employers-claims-in-2010/feed/ 0 A Better Way To Handle Discrimination and Harassment Complaints? http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/a-better-way-to-handlediscrimination-and-harassment-complaints-is-there-a-best-way/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/a-better-way-to-handlediscrimination-and-harassment-complaints-is-there-a-best-way/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:01:25 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2880 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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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/a-better-way-to-handlediscrimination-and-harassment-complaints-is-there-a-best-way/feed/ 0 EEOC Discrimination Complaints Near Record Highs in 2009 http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/eeoc-discrimination-complaints-near-record-highs-in-2009/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/eeoc-discrimination-complaints-near-record-highs-in-2009/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:47:35 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2802 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

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http://www.dandodiary.com/2010/01/articles/d-o-insurance/eeoc-discrimination-complaints-near-record-highs-in-2009/

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/eeoc-discrimination-complaints-near-record-highs-in-2009/feed/ 0 Its Illegal To Make Hiring Decisions Based On Race Or Age http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/its-illegal-to-make-hiring-decision-based-on-race-or-age/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/its-illegal-to-make-hiring-decision-based-on-race-or-age/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:23:06 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2798 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.

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/its-illegal-to-make-hiring-decision-based-on-race-or-age/feed/ 0 Arvada Restaurant Owner Wins ‘Worst Boss Of 2009′ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/arvada-restaurant-owner-wins-worst-boss-of-2009/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/arvada-restaurant-owner-wins-worst-boss-of-2009/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:38:33 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2735 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.

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/arvada-restaurant-owner-wins-worst-boss-of-2009/feed/ 0 Managers and Supervisors Have a Responsibility to Resolve it or Report it http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/managers-and-supervisors-have-a-responsibility-to-resolve-it-or-report-it/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/managers-and-supervisors-have-a-responsibility-to-resolve-it-or-report-it/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:38:02 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2573 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.

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http://www.examiner.com/x-26967-SF-Workplace-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Resolve-it-or-report-it

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/managers-and-supervisors-have-a-responsibility-to-resolve-it-or-report-it/feed/ 0 A Lawsuit Filed Against Lawry’s Restaurant Will Cost The Company $1 million To Settle http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/a-lawsuit-filed-against-lawrys-restaurant-will-cost-the-company-1-million-to-settle/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/a-lawsuit-filed-against-lawrys-restaurant-will-cost-the-company-1-million-to-settle/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:28 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=2502 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.

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lawrys3-2009nov03,0,5744106.story

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