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Overreacting to union talk often backfires

10/06/2022
You may have read about recent high-profile companies and their responses to unionization efforts. Smaller employers also face NLRB unfair labor charges over their handling of unionization efforts.

Replace supervisor to prevent retaliation

10/06/2022
You can stop a harassment case from escalating into a retaliation lawsuit with one simple tactic. Replace the supervisor who allegedly harassed the complaining subordinate and don’t let him or her know anything about the prior complaint.

How not to respond to coming out

10/06/2022
After the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision that transgender discrimination and harassment amount to illegal sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers should have implemented workplace rules that make it clear that employees coming out as transgender should not be harassed or discriminated against.

What’s in a name?

10/04/2022
A new study suggests that a tricky name can hurt someone’s chances of getting a callback.

EEOC says HR director fired for her age

10/04/2022
Fischer Connectors fired its HR director because of her age (67), a violation of federal law, the EEOC charges in a September lawsuit.

About time: Bill for truckers makes progress

09/29/2022
A new bill, Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, would eliminate the overtime exemption of the FLSA and have truckers beeping their horns in celebration.

Retaliation case equals $22 million price tag

09/29/2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled that Wells Fargo violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for improperly terminating a Chicago area-based senior manager in the company’s commercial banking segment.

DOL awards back pay to hotel employee fired for reporting tip-related allegation

09/29/2022
When a hotel employee complained about the franchise operator’s pay practices, she was fired two days later. But the story didn’t end there.

Contract lapse can trigger employment suit

09/29/2022
Some employers assume that if they provide time-limited employment contracts, they can let those contracts expire without worrying about being sued for workplace discrimination. After all, when an employer and an individual sign a contract with an end date, it should follow that once that date comes and goes, neither has an obligation to the other, right?

EEOC takes on Chili’s in teen worker case

09/29/2022
Two recently filed lawsuits against Chili’s restaurants demonstrate the EEOC’s commitment to new workers.