In this real-life legal case, an ex-employee sues, claiming he was fired for complaining about safety — but his complaint proved to be false. Who won?
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Tags: Behavior, health, performance, safety
Two employees - maybe one of them is a supervisor — are involved in a nasty spat that’s dragging everyone down. Now it’s time for someone to step in - and that someone is you.
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Tags: conflicts, negotiation
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Sad to say, most charges of sexual harassment grow out of some common misunderstandings about what the danger signs are. Time and time again, supervisors use those misunderstandings as a defense — and companies pay for it.
Tags: court, sexual harassment, Supervisors
Employee retaliation claims are up 25% in the last decade, and those types of claims make up about 30% of all the complaints filed with EEOC. Most of those claims are against supervisors, but HR is in the best position to do something about preventing the problem.
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Tags: complaint procedure, HR, retaliation
Mandatory arbitration of employee disputes — instead of civil court — could be the best course for your company or lead you down a bad road. The key is in knowing the benefits and drawbacks before you decide to try it.
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You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.
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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance
Our team of experts fields real-life, everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: What are an employer’s obligations for stopping “spam” that employees find offensive?
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Tags: e-mail, hcap international, hunter lott, sexual harassment, spam
With budgets getting tighter and tighter, you’ll probably need to prove that training to prevent sexual harassment actually works. Some numbers that tie training to complaints could help.
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Tags: California, eeoc, Sexual harrassment, Training, washington
The Supreme Court’s ruling that retaliation rises to the level of discrimination has employers scrambling to figure out the effects in the real world.
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Tags: cbocs west v. humphries, cracker barrel, discrimination, retaliation, Supreme Court
It could be for a police investigation of an employee. Or a federal immigration issue. Or a safety inspection. Whatever it is, taking the right steps can help turn what looks like Big Trouble into No Big Deal.
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Tags: Immigration, lawsuit, negligence, risk, safety
