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Lack of Complaint Undercuts Fired Harassers' Title VII Lawsuit News Discipline and Discharge, Discrimination Male employees who were fired for engaging in sex-based conduct have not shown they were similarly situated to female employees who allegedly engaged in the same conduct, because the male employees never complained about the female employees' conduct, the 9th U.
Trial Required When Age Played Role in Employee's Demotion, Appeals Court Holds News Discrimination An older employee who proved that age played a role in her demotion and reassignment in favor of a younger employee does not have to produce additional evidence of age discrimination to get her case to trial, the 10th U.
Single Incident Was Severe Enough To Create Hostile Work Environment News Discrimination, Policies And Liability A male employee's grabbing of a female co-workers breasts, and rubbing her buttocks against his body, was severe enough behavior to create a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 7th U.
Investigating Sexual Harassment: A Practical Guide to Resolving Complaints, 4th Edition Book Discrimination, Policies And Liability Thompson’s Investigating Sexual Harassment: A Practical Guide to Resolving Complaints, 4th Edition provides practical advice for employers on thoroughly investigating and resolving sexual harassment complaints to help employers understand their obligations under the evolving body sexual harassment law.
Hostility Bars Corporate Counsel's Reinstatement, Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds News Discrimination, Policies And Liability Wisconsin A former corporate legal counsel should not be reinstated to her counsel's job because of overtly hostile personal relations between herself and the company president after she complained of discrimination, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held recently.
Employer Must Continue Interactive Process When Initial Accommodation Fails, Appeals Court Holds News Discipline and Discharge, Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation An employer has a continuing obligation to engage a disabled employee in the search for an effective accommodation when the employee asks for a new accommodation or it knows that the initial accommodation is ineffective, the 9th U.
Wal Mart Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Decertify Massive Class Action News Compensation And Evaluation, Discrimination, Policies And Liability, Staffing And Contractors A massive employment discrimination lawsuit involving more than a million female workers should not be allowed to proceed as a class action, Wal-Mart Stores argued in a petition seeking review before the U.
HR Question and Answer Book, 2nd Edition Book, Q&A ADA Amendments, Background Checks, Benefits And Leave, Compensation And Evaluation, Discrimination, Domestic Partners, FMLA, Health And Safety, Health IT, Immigration, Negligent Hiring, Policies And Liability, Reductions in Force, Retiree Medical Benefits, Staffing And Contractors, Unions As a human resource professional, you face risks every day. Most often, these risks are in the form of questions for which you do not have answers. .
Faith-based Organization Is Exempt From Title VII, Ninth Circuit Holds News Discipline and Discharge, Discrimination, Policies And Liability, Religious Accommodation A faith-based humanitarian organization is exempt from Title VII's ban on religious discrimination in employment even though it has no formal affiliation with a specific church or religious denomination, the 9th U.
OFCCP Director Promises Rescission of Compensation Standards and Guidelines News Compensation And Evaluation, Discrimination, Labor Government Agencies The Obama Administration will rescind the compensation standards and guidelines that have been in effect since 2006 for investigating alleged systemic compensation discrimination. .