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The Employer Handbook BlogCould changing someone’s shift schedule really create a discrimination claim?
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I have a not-so-hypothetical situation for you. Let’s see how you handle it.
Articles Posted in Race
What in the heck could this company have possibly been thinking?!?!? (Allegedly.)
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an employer for race and color discrimination. And water is wet.
But what makes this one so 😲😨🤯? Continue reading
“Privileged white female ‘Karen’ caught on video verbally abusing an African American male” is now suing her former employer for discrimination
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Yesterday, one of my favorite HR people in the entire galaxy tweeted a link to this article from the AP. Continue reading
PRO-TIP: Men who smack women at work probably shouldn’t then sue for discrimination.
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Did I ever tell you guys about the wacky race discrimination case I defended involving a male fast-food franchise employee caught on video smacking a female co-worker? Continue reading
Scoop! EEOC won’t cone-done ice cream company’s alleged pro-Hispanic hiring practices
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Nicolas Ettlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
You (soft) served up one pun too many, Eric.
Geez! I might have blown my chance at drafting press releases for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Then again, anything is popsicle when you’re the cream of the crop.
Court rules its ok for a winery worker to wear “Cellar Lives Matter” apparel.
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Imagine a non-union widget factory in which widget makers want to unionize. As part of the unionizing campaign, one of the widget makers decides to wear a vest on which he writes “Widget Lives Matter.” Management is concerned that this vest is racially insensitive, will foster employee dissension, and potentially become a PR nightmare. So, it orders the employee to remove the vest.
Is this legal? Continue reading
Will (reverse) vaccination discrimination be the next big thing?
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The Miami Heat made news twice yesterday. First, the rumor mill has the franchise closely tied to a deal for Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Of course, my beloved Philadelphia 76ers are also in the mix to bring the Villanova grad back home to the City of Brotherly Love.
But the bigger Miami Heat news is that vaccinated fans will soon have their own sections at Miami Heat games. Continue reading
I’m no racist! My diabetes and spiking blood sugar made me say the n-word.
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A high school basketball announcer was caught on a live microphone uttering a racial slur about the girls of the Norman basketball team, who had taken a knee during the national anthem.
The Supreme Court may decide whether one “N”-word can create a hostile work environment
What is a hostile work environment?
We hear that phrase used a lot. But what does the law consider to be a hostile work environment? Continue reading
Court: Shareholders and equity partners cannot sue for discrimination under Title VII.
One of the proudest days in an attorney’s legal career is making partner. There are two tiers of partnership in most law firms: (1) non-equity/contract partner; and (2) shareholder/equity partner. Ascending to that second shareholder tier means that you own part of the business. How cool is that?
But, if things eventually go sideways, the shareholder may be SOL. Continue reading