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Discrimination / Harassment

Ameriprise settles charges of racially biased pay practices

01/23/2017
Minneapolis-based Ameriprise Financial has agreed to pay $128,200 in back wages and interest to 20 black current and former employees to settle federal discrimination charges.

Is drama about dress really worth a lawsuit?

01/19/2017
If you fire someone because the way she dresses causes drama in the workplace, you may face a sex discrimination and harassment claim.

Don’t let ‘harassment’ turn into unemployment claim

01/19/2017
An employee who claims her employer didn’t stop harassment could quit and file for unemployment compensation benefits.

New EEOC guidance emphasizes hostile environment harassment

01/18/2017
Doubling down on last summer’s report by the EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, the guidance calls harassment a persistent work problem.

Granting religious accommodations, preventing bias claims

01/11/2017
An employer may face litigation either for failing to promptly respond to a discrimination claim or for overreacting to one.

Equal discipline key to survive sex bias claims

01/11/2017
Employers rarely lose sex discrimination lawsuits if they can show that everyone who broke the same rule received the same punishment.

Actions that make employees feel bad aren’t necessarily ‘adverse’ under the law

01/11/2017
Employees who claim their employers discriminated against them must show that the alleged action was “adverse,” not merely uncomfortable, inconvenient or even unfair.

Court: Participation in training doesn’t establish pay for EPA purposes

01/11/2017
Participating in a training program doesn’t mean an employee can win an Equal Pay Act claim by arguing some participants—who essentially undergo very similar training—are paid more for comparable work.

Never tolerate talk of sexual violence

01/10/2017
If anyone—a rank-and-file employee, a supervisor or even the CEO—makes comments suggesting sexual harassment or the possibility of sexual assault, crack down quickly.

Is that really harassment–or a domestic dispute?

01/03/2017
Private disputes tha spill into the workplace can spell trouble if discord spirals out of control.