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How long does your employee have to file an EEOC Charge of Discrimination against your business?
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Actually, it depends. 😉 Continue reading
It is SO DARN EASY for one of your employees to pursue a discrimination claim. But, here’s the thing…
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How easy is it? Easier than Sunday morning, which is easier than beating the New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
A stray comment is probably not enough to lose a discrimination lawsuit. But, it can be enough to lose a job.
Just ask a Detroit TV news anchor with 26 years of experience and 15 Michigan Emmys. Continue reading
Three employment law lessons from Harvard University’s decision to revoke the admission of a Parkland shooting survivor
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For something the school just learned that he did two years ago. Continue reading
What does a $3.3M jury verdict for race discrimination by a strip club look like? I’ll show you.
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It doesn’t look so good if you are the defendant. Continue reading
Was that a ‘white power’ symbol at the Chicago Cubs game? Still not ok.
I’ll be the first to admit that, if I were watching this video in real time, I would have missed it.
Missed what?
A Chicago Cubs fan flashing what the team determined was an ‘offensive hand gesture associated with racism’ on live tv. That fan has since been banned from Wrigley Field, where the Cubs play their home games. Continue reading
When a woman makes offensive comments about being female. A lesson on implicit bias.
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I live and work about 100 miles northeast of Baltimore, MD.
I don’t have my finger on the pulse of everything that’s going on in the Charm City. However, I do know that the City’s 50th mayor, Catherine Pugh, had a bad run there at the end. She resigned on May 2, which was about a week after the FBI and IRS conducted multiple raids relating to her business affairs. You can read all about it here.
The purpose of today’s post is not to pile onto Ms. Pugh. Instead, I want to focus on another related separation of employment and a lesson for your workplace.
Yeah, about that rule where you don’t allow employees to text that they’ll be late or absent…
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Here’s the thing.
If you’re managers relax the rule for their direct reports, good luck trying to use that rule as a basis to terminate someone’s employment. Continue reading
How in the world did a DEAD person get suspended for racist behavior?!?
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