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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.
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.
OMB Reviewing OSHA's New Recordkeeping Requirement for Musculoskeletal Disorders Articles Policies And Liability A proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require employers to add a column on their accident and injury log to record musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) moved one step closer to final enacment recently with the announcement that the proposal is 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.
Winning Employer Awarded Attorney's Fees in Unpaid Wage, Rest Period Action Articles Policies And Liability, Wage and Hour Laws California An employer may recover its attorney's fees for successfully defending against two former employees' action for failure to pay wages due and failure to provide rest periods under California Labor Code Section 218.
Liquidated Damages Affirmed in Non-compete Case News Noncompete, Confidentiality and Assignment Agreements, Policies And Liability Missouri The accounting firm Mayer Hoffman McCann is entitled to receive $1,369,921 in liquidated damages stemming from the alleged violation of non-solicitation agreements by four former employees, the 8th U.
Sex-Neutral Actions Can Help Prove Hostile Work Environment News Discrimination, Policies And Liability Non-sex-based acts coupled with sex-based acts can support a finding of a sexually hostile work environment under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 2nd Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals held on Aug.