Archive for the ‘Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation’ Category
NEW EEOC POSTING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS EFFECTIVE NOV. 21, 2009
NEW EEOC POSTING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 21, 2009 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised its “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster to address two new federal employment discrimination laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA); and The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) Employers covered […]
HERBALIFE’S AFTERLIFE BATTLE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS SEVERE OR PERVASIVE REQUIREMENT FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS
Herbalife’s Afterlife Battle: California Supreme Court affirms severe or pervasive requirement for sexual harassment claims The California Supreme Court, for the second time in the past four years, has affirmed that sexually harassing conduct must be either “severe” or “pervasive” to be actionable sexual harassment. The decision stems from a high profile suit by Suzan […]
RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE HAVE FAITH IN THE LAW
Religion in the Workplace, Have Faith in the Law Bill, a hospital supervisor, learned that one of his subordinates, Harvinder, has been wearing a miniature sword strapped to and hidden underneath her clothing. Harvinder is a baptized Sikh who wears the 4-inch dull and sheathed sword (called a kirpan) as a symbol of her religious […]
RUDE, CRUDE AND SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE LAWFULLY DETHRONING THE WORKPLACE DESPOT
How to address and resolve workplace bullying
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
Analysis of reverse discrimination as a variant of wrongful religious discrimination.
FORCED TO QUIT? A CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAWYER’S PERSPECTIVE ON CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE
Can an employee walk off the job and then sue his/her employer for wrongful termination? The issue is whether that resignation may be treated under California law as a “constructive discharge.”