by Market Cheetah | Oct 7, 2020 | California, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
Because a co-worker’s single use of a racial epithet did not create a hostile workplace, an employee’s racial-harassment lawsuit could not continue to trial, a California appellate court ruled.
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by Market Cheetah | Sep 30, 2020 | Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
A police sergeant could not overturn a punitive-damages judgment against him for alleged anti-Semitic harassment of a subordinate officer, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided.
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by Market Cheetah | Sep 30, 2020 | Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
An employer was not liable for age discrimination when it denied a promotion to a septuagenarian who had failed the employer’s standard assessment test, according to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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by Market Cheetah | Sep 17, 2020 | Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
The U.S. House of Representatives soon will vote on requiring employers to reasonably accommodate pregnant workers and employees with pregnancy-related conditions under the proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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by Market Cheetah | Sep 10, 2020 | Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must receive a discrimination or retaliation charge from a worker and attempt to resolve the claim through voluntary procedures before filing a lawsuit alleging that the employer engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination, according to a recent opinion letter.
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by Market Cheetah | Sep 9, 2020 | Change Management, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations, Human Resources
Uncovering unconscious biases and gathering data to prove the need for action are key to making changes in the workplace, members of the new SHRM Blue Ribbon Commission on Racial Equity said yesterday during a webcast on their work.
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