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,…
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…
Paula Deen didn’t exactly deny those allegations of race discrimination
DISCLAIMER: Since I’m getting the fodder for my post from RadarOnline (via the National Enquirer), consider the sources, and remember that what you are about to read are allegations. Plus, Ms. Deen’s team subsequently told Entertainment Tonight that Ms. Deen does not condone or find the use of racial epithets…
“What do you mean, ‘you people’?”
Trouble in the workplace; funny in the jungle.
Irresistible attraction, three-ways, and more fun and games
Just another Friday here at the ole Handbook. Oh, get your head out of the gutter! This is a family blog. (Y’all have families, right?) For serious, today’s lede isn’t just gratuitous, there is an employment-law connection here. *** searching … searching … searching *** Ok, got it! Back in…
Firing for *&$%-laced Facebook post is not reverse-race discrimination, you guys
School teacher, Lawrence Smizer, is a regular Facebook wordsmith: To all my family that fought my sister tooth and nail over some BULLSHIT (And you know who you are) FUCK YOU BITCHES!!!! HE IS GOING HOME WHERE HE BELONGS!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHA AHAH HAHAH HAAH Smizer was Facebook friends…
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…
Racially hostile work environment? Depends on which “n”-word.
Helene Tyrrell worked as a line chef at a jockey club in Arkansas during the Winter of 2010. She claimed that immediately after she started working, and pretty much throughout her employment, the n-word was bandied about like you and I would say “hello” and “goodbye.” However, only once was…
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…