Remember that Americans with Disabilities Act case involving Walgreens and the $1.39 bag of chips. In that one, the store appeared to really step in it by firing a diabetic who ate a bag of chips from the store without paying for it. The employee claimed that she needed the chips for…
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The #EEOC makes history by filing its first ever transgender-discrimination lawsuits
Bending iPhone6’s? Derek Jeter’s last home game in Yankee pinstripes? Attorney General Eric Holder to resign? Bah! The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was the one stealing the headlines yesterday — err, doing something that I decided to be most blogworthy. Details on two historic lawsuits after the jump… *…
Same-sex training. Ok or discrimination?
According to the EEOC, if men can only train men, and women only women, that may be discrimination. But, let’s see what a federal court has to say about that after the jump… * * * New Prime, Inc. is one of the largest trucking companies in the USA. The…
Two years ago, no one gave this a second thought.
But, now. Oh boy…. Click through for a copy of the complaint. * * * Allen v Hobby Lobby Stores
Survey shows that working moms earns less, but are satisfied with their jobs
This according to this survey released yesterday from CareerBuilder.com. Working dads who were the sole breadwinners in their household were four times as likely to earn six figures, while working moms who are the sole breadwinners were nearly twice as likely to earn less than $35,000. However, money may not…
2 million reasons to avoid the EEOC’s same-sex-harassment crosshairs
Last night, I read this press release from the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, announcing a $2 million recovery for 50 male employees of a New Mexico automobile dealership. What happened, you say? From the press release: “In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged a former lot manager, James Gallegos,…
Employee — a grown man for God’s sake — claims he was fired for being a brony
Readers: A brony is a male fan of the children’s television show My Little Pony. (This is the part where you let everything that you’ve read thus far sink in, as you watch this clip, close your office door, and laugh hysterically. Go ahead. It’s ok). According to Gawker, the…
Court destroys my “Ravishing Rick Rude” theory of same-sex harassment
Cut the music. A little over a year ago, I wrote here about a steel worker named Kerry Woods. Unfortunately for Mr. Woods, he was on the receiving end of a constant barrage of “raw homophobic epithets and lewd gestures” from his supervisor. Notwithstanding, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Iowa S. Ct.: Upon review, firing the attractive female was not sex discrimination
So, by now, all of you must be familiar with the case in Iowa — I’ve blogged the heck out of it here and here — where the male dentist fired the attractive female hygienist, ostensibly because his wife was concerned that the hygienist’s continued employment might affect their marriage…
YYYOUCH! Employee fired for refusing Brazilian wax claims sex discrimination.
You know, maybe I should have gone with the porta-potty-harassment post that I originally had planned for today. Nah. My analytics tell me that my best-received posts have a common theme: crotch and Brazil. Besides, everyone knows that nothing says Friday like a porta-potty post. Just wait ’til Friday. So…