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Austin Powers, Eric?
Yeah, sorry. I’m all tapped out after yesterday’s fantasy football spectacular. Continue reading
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A “too cute” employee, her boss’s ex-Playmate wife, and maybe some sex discrimination
Honestly, I generally try not to resort to clickbait ledes or trending terms like Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Solar Eclipse, Game of Thrones finale spoilers, and leaked Apple iPhone 8 images, to increase web traffic. That’s beneath a professional ***fart*** blogger like me.
But, since you’re here, please form a single-file line. My servers can only handle so many of you at a time.
Thank you. Continue reading
DOJ: Federal law does not protect gay employees from discrimination at work
On the same day that President Donald Trump tweeted that the military should ban transgender people from serving, the U.S. Department of Justice doubled down. That is, in a pleading filed yesterday in a federal appellate court, the United States of America revealed its position that our federal laws that protect against discrimination at work do not apply to gay employees.
Suffice it to say, yesterday was not a good day for the LGBT community. Continue reading
The stage is now set for the Supreme Court to resolve gay rights at work
That according to Lambda Legal, a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of the LGBT community.
A guy walks into a bar … and gets discriminated against because of his sex (allegedly)
Proving that it’s not just women who are victims of sex discrimination, I’ve got news of a new EEOC lawsuit alleging that a company refused to hire a male applicant because of his sex.
Unlike yesterday’s post, this has nothing to do with Silicon Valley. Silicone, however? Maybe.
You see, that “bar” the guy walked into was a gentlemen’s club. Continue reading
HELP WANTED: CEO, especially one who isn’t a damn knuckledragger!
In February, a female Uber employee blogging under the pseudonym Amy Vertino blew the lid off of what she alleged to be a corporate culture of misogyny and other rampant discrimination. Recently, there have been several additional high-profile stories of alleged sex discrimination and harassment at the very top of the ladder. Here’s a recent example reported on Monday.
But, allegations of sexism in the C-Suite have been around long before Uber, Fox News, and Mad Men.
So why is it now that the chickens are coming home to roost? And what can your business do to try to avoid these issues? Continue reading
Pay attention HR! Transgender employees may have ADA (disability) rights too.
My decision to sit at the computer and begin blogging at 10:48 PM on a Sunday has backfired on me, for sure. Continue reading
Because of Sex.
…and because that title has a better ring than “Court Concludes Plaintiff Failed to Establish a Hostile Work Environment as a Matter of Law.” Continue reading
Court says setting salary based on pay history is ok. Just don’t base salary on gender. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When you have a man and woman performing the same job, you pay ’em the same. Otherwise, you’re violating the Equal Pay Act. Except, an employer can argue that a pay differential is lawful when it’s “based on any other factor other than sex.” Continue reading
A federal appellate court finally recognizes LGBT rights at work
The trailblazing Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals achieved a monumental result. And it only took 53 years after the enactment of Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964.
Below, I have a breakdown of yesterday’s historic decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College.