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Discrimination / Harassment

You can survive a harassment lawsuit! Help your cause by acting fast

11/18/2011
Even if a manager says or does something incredibly stupid, you have a chance to fix the situation and avoid losing a sexual harassment lawsuit. That’s true even under Cali­for­nia’s strict rules. Don’t wait to respond to a complaint. When you act, act decisively.

Suit: Marion mining company snubs female applicants

11/16/2011
Marion-based Mach Mining faces charges it has refused to hire women for coal mining positions since it began operating in 2006. According to the EEOC, several well-qualified female applicants have applied for positions at the mine, but none have been hired.

Mendota restaurant hit with harassment lawsuit

11/16/2011
A fast-food franchise in Mendota and its owner are in hot water over allegations that they did nothing after female employees complained that a manager subjected them to sexual harassment, inappropriate touching and even sexual assault.

Needle points toward court for WRS Compass

11/16/2011
Civil construction and environmental cleanup firm WRS Compass has lost its bid to have racial discrimination and harassment charges dismissed stemming from incidents at a Chicago work site.

Lawsuit accuses temp agency of gender bias, retaliation

11/16/2011
The EEOC’s Chicago office has filed a class-action lawsuit against Source One Staffing, Inc., alleging the employment and temp agency assigns workers based on gender, explicitly defining some jobs as “men’s work” or “women’s work.”

Union contract can keep you out of federal court

11/16/2011
Being a union-free workplace has many advantages, but there are also some built-in benefits to operating under a collective bargaining agreement. For one, such contracts typically require all rank-and-file employees to take their complaints to arbitration rather than filing a federal lawsuit.

Worried about reining in religious tension? Don’t ban all discussion of faith

11/16/2011
Some employers ban discussion of religion at work, believing that talking about faith might constitute harassment or coercion of workers who aren’t members of a majority religious group. But such a prohibition can cause more problems than it solves.

What’s in a name? Legal settlement just the same

11/16/2011
A Chicago ambulance service has decided to settle a lawsuit after a federal judge nixed the novel argument that some other company must have been responsible for alleged sexual harassment of its employees.

Beware firing after good employee complains

11/16/2011
Think twice before firing a good employee who has complained. If she can prove she earned excellent reviews and had good attendance, she may win a jury trial based on timing alone.

You’re hired! Oh, you’re pregnant? You’re fired!

11/09/2011
Capri Healthcare in Clearwater is being sued following an EEOC complaint that it rescinded a job offer as soon as it found out its new employee was pregnant.