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In its war on background checks, the EEOC loses a major early battle

Late last year, in this post, I highlighted the six issues that the United States Equal Employment Commission prioritized in its Strategic Enforcement Plan.  Numero uno is eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring. Even before it released its Strategic Enforcement Plan, earlier in 2012, the EEOC telegraphed that it would…

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Want a really stupid adjective to use on an employee’s performance review?

Then I suggest “ghetto.” Consider this your performance review ProTip for Tuesday, courtesy of this recent decision from a Texas federal court, in which an employer’s summary judgment motion was denied, and a Mexican-American plaintiff’s race and national origin discrimination claims will proceed to trial. The smoking gun, it seems,…

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Supreme Court delivers two — count ’em TWO — wins for employers

This week, I am on vacation. The Supreme Court didn’t get my memo. Fine. But, I’m not putting down my beer to write this post. So, you get a one-handed rundown of the two employment-law decisions the court issued yesterday.  Pardon my typos after the jump… * * * A…

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That’s what he said: SCOTUS hears argument on who is a “supervisor”

Maetta Vance, the only African-American working in her department at Ball State University, claimed that she was subjected to both race discrimination and retaliation. Vance later sued and lost because she could not establish employer liability, which, in turn, depended on whether the alleged harassment was perpetrated by supervisors or…

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Obama’s re-election evokes ugly Facebook-racism from some employees

To all the haters of social-media policies: If nothing less, the social-media policy reminds employees that if they act the fool online, it may impact their standing in the workplace, and, ultimately, cost them their jobs. Some employees, however, are just so ignorant. Thus, I doubt that any employer policy…