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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
12/09/2012 Comments Off on Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
Workplace discrimination against caregivers is becoming commonplace as more employees must care for aging parents, a new report from the AARP, an advocacy group of older Americans. The report, “Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” identifies workplace discrimination against workers with elder care responsibilities as an emerging trend. The report also highlights the limited legal […]
Continue reading …Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
09/04/2012 Comments Off on Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
Employers are apparently waking up to the fact that millions of older workers will begin retiring soon, and they’ve done relatively little about it — other than layoff older workers. A joint poll released 09 April 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that “U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed […]
Continue reading …Racial Harassment, Noose Cost Alabama Cement Plant $400,000
23/02/2012 Comments Off on Racial Harassment, Noose Cost Alabama Cement Plant $400,000
The dark days of old South apparently still live on at Ready Mix USA’s plant in Montgomery, Ala. A noose was allegedly displayed at the Ready Mix worksite in Montgomery. African-American workers were the subject of derogatory racial language, including Ku Klux Klan references, used by a direct Ready Mix supervisor and manager and that […]
Continue reading …Judge Rules For Lesbian In Health Insurance Case
23/02/2012 Comments Off on Judge Rules For Lesbian In Health Insurance Case
A federal judge has ruled same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples, in a decision that has implications for employee health insurance benefits. Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White ruled Wednesday, 22 February 2012, that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, declaring that the federal […]
Continue reading …EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys
20/02/2012 Comments Off on EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys
By LAURA LIEBECK– During a 2011 job interview Shannon Fantroy, told a Convergys Customer Management Group recruiter that he observes the Jewish sabbeth — which is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday — and could not work on Saturdays. The recruiter for a call center in Hazelwood, Mo., told Fantroy that unless he […]
Continue reading …EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011
07/02/2012 Comments Off on EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011
By LAURA LIEBECK– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, last year handled a record number of cases alleging workplace discrimination and secured a record high financial settlement total for those cases. The EEOC’s oversight covers discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, […]
Continue reading …Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim
05/02/2012 Comments Off on Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim
By ROBERT SCALLY and R. DAVID WENDEL– Pepsi Beverages will pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to settle charges of racial discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Minneapolis office. More than 300 African Americans were affected by a criminal background check policy that disproportionately excluded black applicants from permanent employment […]
Continue reading …2011 Record Year For EEOC Complaints, Settlements
28/11/2011 Comments Off on 2011 Record Year For EEOC Complaints, Settlements
It was a record year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and it could be said the EEOC became more efficient despite receiving the most workplace discrimination complaints in its 46-year history.. The EEOC received a record 99,947 charges of discrimination in fiscal year 2011, which ended 30 Sept. 2011. Despite this, The EEOC […]
Continue reading …Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
By Elizabeth L. Riles By law, your employer may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age (over 40), citizenship, pregnancy, or disability. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit discrimination based upon these factors. In California, the […]
Continue reading …Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits
22/11/2011 Comments Off on Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits
Three federal judges have ordered three Minnesota state agencies to pay damages to settle age discrimination charges filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). U.S. District Court judges ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to pay damages to claimants who […]
Continue reading …- Amazon’s unilateral mailbox installation nets workers a second election at Bessemer facility
- No injunction pending appeal for Mass General Brigham employees denied COVID vaccine exemption requests
- Sixth Circuit designated to rule on consolidated challenges to OSHA’s vaccinate or test mandate
- California AG announces first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon’s compliance with COVID-19-related ‘right-to-know’ law
- Stay on OSHA’s ETS affirmed; agency ordered to ‘take no steps to implement or enforce’ vaccine mandate
- Manager who referred to mask as ‘KKK hood’ lawfully terminated for ‘cause’
- Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- Businesses, five states obtain temporary stay of Biden Administration’s private employer vaccine mandate
- Employee who didn’t opt out of post-hire arbitration agreement must arbitrate bias claims
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to grant injunction on Maine health care worker COVID vaccine mandate
- EEOC shares its own religious accommodation form as sample for vaccine requirement exemption requests
- Waste removal driver unable to revive Title VII and FLSA claims on appeal
- Transgender police officer who alleged she was involuntarily outed advances claims
- After appeal revived claim, white jail employee who complained of racial slur gets trial
- Mandatory vaccination rule for healthcare workers is facially neutral, does not single out religious objectors
- Hotel association challenges New York City’s new pandemic severance law
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- UK Poised to Expand Workplace PPE Obligations
- DOL Sues Over Firing for E-Mail Allegedly Sharing Coronavirus Concerns
- Using Technology to Prepare Workforce for Post-Pandemic Times
- Ask HR: How Can Restaurant Owners Attract and Keep Good Workers?
- DOL Proposes Rule to Remove Barriers to ESG Funds in Retirement Plans
- Cal/OSHA Modifies Quarantine Rules for Asymptomatic, Unvaccinated Workers
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Class certification granted for American Airlines pilots on USERRA, breach-of-contract claims
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
