On Tuesday, I warned you that your company’s arbitration agreements for sexual harassment claims might not survive February intact.
Folks, they may not make it to the Super Bowl. Continue reading
Back in the Summer, during one of my rare deviations from blogging about COVID-19, I slipped in a post about a bipartisan effort in Congress to end the forced arbitration of sexual assault and sexual harassment claims.
Six months later, there are some real signs that this Bill will make it to President Biden’s desk for signature. So, if you have employees that have signed arbitration agreements, keep reading.
Almost everything I know about Australia comes from The Simpsons. Continue reading
After two posts (here and here), I felt like the “HR & Hip Hop” series had run its course. Peace out. Audi 5000. And then someone on LinkedIn challenged me, “Do something using the iconic Sir Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ and show if you can earn some real street cred yo.” Continue reading
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When it comes to politics, there is not much on which the two sides of the aisle see eye to eye. I’ll admit it, several of my blog posts about new bills in Congress may grab your attention. However, they have little chance at becoming law. In the blogging business nerd writing, we call that attention seeking “clickbait.”
Today’s post is not clickbait. Continue reading
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On December 13, 2020, the New York Mets announced that the club had named Jared Porter the team’s 14th General Manager in franchise history. Porter agreed to a four-year contract. In just over a month since then, the team had made some blockbuster trades for stars like Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carasco, and Joey Lucchesi. Things were looking up for the Mets.
However, yesterday, the same day that the team announced the Lucchesi trade, new majority team owner Steve Cohen tweeted that the team had fired Mr. Porter. What the heck happened?!?
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In Tuesday’s installment of “Amy Coney Barrett Week” at The Employer Handbook, we explored Judge Barrett’s determination that a jury’s $300K national original discrimination award should survive appeal.
Today, I have another case for you in which Judge Barrett handled the appeal of a jury verdict for the plaintiff. But, this time, the plaintiff is none other than the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading
We’re in the middle of a pandemic. While telework and ‘social distancing’ don’t eliminate the possibility of a sexual harassment claim, let’s face it, we’re not exactly in the same #MeToo world as we were last year. But that doesn’t mean that businesses can take sexual harassment any less seriously.
Because you never know when an incident may arise. Like maybe…
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