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Discrimination / Harassment

Sugar Land, Texas manufacturer settles sex harassment suit

03/02/2020
Element Plastics, a manufacturer based in Sugar Land, has settled charges it sexually harassed and retaliated against a female employee.

Never tolerate harassment on the basis of disability—especially by supervisors

03/02/2020
Disabled applicants are not just entitled to reasonable accommodations for their disabilities. Employers also owe them a work environment free of disability-related harassment. You must warn supervisors against tolerating that kind of harassment—or worse, participating in it.

Warn supervisors: Never harass or retaliate against workers who take FMLA leave

03/02/2020
Train your supervisors on all forms of harassment, including harassment against employees who exercise their FMLA rights. Making life difficult for those who have taken or may take protected FMLA leave can backfire badly.

Gay teacher, suspended for photo of fiancée, wins $100K

03/02/2020
An Arlington, Texas art teacher who was suspended for eight months after she showed students a photo of her then-fiancée has accepted a $100,000 settlement offer from the Mansfield Independent School District.

1 in 5 candidates say an interviewer flirted with them

02/27/2020
While it’s important to make candidates feel comfortable during interviews, it’s also important to know the line.

CROWN: After Oscars, hairstyle laws heat up

02/27/2020
“Hair Love,” winner of the 2020 Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film category, has shined a spotlight on legislation that affects employers’ grooming policies.

Sex assault by customer costs bank $2.4 mil

02/27/2020
In a case decided under state law, a former employee of PNC Bank has won a $2.4 million judgment after a jury found the bank liable for a customer’s sexual assault on a manager at one of PNC’s New Jersey branches.

Burgers & Beer chain settles discrimination suit

02/25/2020
Burgers & Beer, a regional restaurant chain with locations in California’s Imperial and Riverside Counties, has settled EEOC charges that it discriminated against men who applied for jobs as waiters. According to the EEOC, the chain sought a totally female wait staff.

Hopeful worker gets extra time to sue

02/25/2020
Employees who believe that their employer will act on discrimination complaints and make their workplace tolerable may get extra time to sue.

Ensure security procedures discourage sexual harassment, make it easy to spot

02/25/2020
These days, more employers are using security screening to protect employees, customers and clients from potential violence. But those screenings can spur resentment, anger and—occasionally—charges of sexual harassment, as this recent case shows.