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,…
Sex sells. So, when 22 female cocktail servers at an Atlantic City casino pursued claims of discrimination based on their appearance, it came as little shock to me that the judge wasn’t buying. Last month, a New Jersey state court dismissed a lawsuit against the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa,…
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=odY8nff3h0w Yes, quarter. Seriously, how pissed off do you need to be to pay out $150,000 of a court-ordered settlement in quarters? Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal‘s Law Blog, writes here that a retired surgeon had a unique way of expressing his displeasure with having to pay out…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Joel Cook. Joel is head of strategy at EDP where a team of health & safety consultants work to help businesses improve their employees’ health and wellbeing. (Want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook?…
Ladies and gentlemen, the National Labor Relations Board is back in business. (Well, somebody tell that to the Board, where it’s been business as usual lately. More on that in a moment.) Yesterday, the Senate voted mainly along party lines to confirm five members — a full slate — to…
That George Costanza was definitely on to something. A federal court in Virginia (here) recently denied an employer’s attempt to dismiss the complaint of a former employee who claimed that his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act were violated when his employer failed to accommodate him by waking him…
Just another Monday here at The Employer Handbook. It’s how we roll. Over the weekend, I read this opinion from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. From the opening paragraph, it had my attention. After working at A.B. Data for four months, Michael Benes charged the firm with sex discrimination.…
According to a recent survey from MobileIron, more than 4 in 5 employees in the US, UK, and Germany use their personal mobile phone or tablet for work. However, only 30% trust that their employer won’t go snooping into personal information on that device. But nearly the same percentage, 28%,…
Under federal law, the bar is set higher for proving age discrimination, as opposed to other forms of unlawful discrimination based on protected classes such as race, gender, or disability. While difficult to prove, a recent article from The New York Times suggests that age discrimination in the workplace…
You’ve probably heard of this It’s Just Lunch, a Hallandale Beach-based company, even though you may not realize it. I’ll give you a hint. Have you flown recently? Yeah, that’s right. It’s Just Lunch is a matchmaking service that advertises around page 55 of the in-flight magazine of just about…