HR Daily Advisor

JULY 10, 2017

District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that an employee who claimed he was terminated for discriminatory reasons based on his disability was laid off for legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons in a reduction in force (RIF). In 2011, MITRE implemented a new system for annual performance evaluations called “laddering.”

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The Employer Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2019

Last night, I found the employment law equivalent from this recent Sixth Circuit opinion. [ tl;dr: A colossal series of HR-compliance gaffes leads to a whopper of a jury verdict against the employer, which includes an award of punitive damages.]. In 2011, she began reporting to a new male manager. Something like this.

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HRExecutive

JUNE 10, 2016

A pair of recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cases suggests the situation is every bit as risky — both for drivers and employers — as you might think. The cases involve two trucking companies that got in trouble over sexual harassment of female trainees. In 2011 the EEOC sued again, and U.S.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 18, 2018

Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently broadened the definition of “supervisor” for purposes of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), in an expression of the court’s opinion that went beyond the facts before it.

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HR Daily Advisor

OCTOBER 31, 2017

What happens when an industry has a culture of ignoring sexual harassment? The sexual harassment scandals rocking Hollywood paint a vivid picture. The public is currently fixated on our business, sexual harassment in employment. Employees describe an HR department that discouraged and ignored harassment reports.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The public is currently fixated on our business, sexual harassment in employment. Taking center stage is Harvey Weinstein, whose case is straightforward quid pro quo sexual harassment—a powerful employer expecting sex from women he promises to promote. Is that news in the film industry? Some women fled, some succumbed.

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 19, 2018

6th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss an employee’s same-sex sexual harassment claim after determining that the supervisor lacked the ability to take tangible employment action against the employee. Steel in 2011.

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HR Morning

JUNE 3, 2016

A new lesson in hiring from the EEOC: You can’t get away with discriminating against a specific group of applicants by improperly structuring your training program. . million and will make job offers to women who were victims of the employer’s discriminatory hiring policy, the EEOC announced. New Prime Trucking, Inc.,

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HR Morning

APRIL 15, 2016

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the company’s former HR manager. violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate the disability of Glenn Janisch and firing him during a pre-authorized short-term-disability leave because of his severe coronary artery disease. EEOC filed suit against RockTenn in U.S.

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HR Morning

JULY 15, 2016

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In addition to requiring RCH Colorado to pay monetary damages to the four women, the consent decree settling the suit requires the organization to: conduct semi-annual anti-discrimination training for its employees, managers, supervisors and human resources employees.

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HR Daily Advisor

APRIL 13, 2018

When an employee alleges that sexual advances or activity was unwelcome, civil claims of sexual harassment and criminal prosecution for sexual battery or rape can occur. Instead, you should get ready for trial, as the company in this case learned the hard way. Sound familiar? Let’s face it. Company Tries to Do the Right Thing.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 9, 2018

Decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are often thought of in the context of unions, but the NLRB’s decisions can affect all employers because of the federal law it enforces. The NLRB administers and enforces federal labor law under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Employer Policies. 14, 2017)).

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Kazoo

MARCH 3, 2022

Queer people of color—especially those who are queer and transgender—still face employment discrimination , on-the-job harassment , and increased incidence of violence. Queer people of color—especially those who are queer and transgender—still face employment discrimination , on-the-job harassment , and increased incidence of violence.

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Zenefits

MARCH 11, 2021

While former President Donald Trump pulled worker safety protections , rolled back Obama-era protections for women workers , and sharply limited worker visas , President Biden’s administration is looking to overhaul labor law, provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals, and raise the federal minimum wage, among other initiatives.

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