6 common manager mistakes that can get your company sued
What do employment attorneys see as the common thread that lands well-meaning employers in court time and time again? Costly mistakes by their front-line managers.
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Learn MoreWhat do employment attorneys see as the common thread that lands well-meaning employers in court time and time again? Costly mistakes by their front-line managers.
It’s never good when harassment occurs in the workplace, but when an employee is subjected to multiple types of harassment, the employer is going to be held liable if it doesn’t take swift action. Here’s a breakdown of a recent lawsuit. Unwanted advances DeAnna Johnson was hired as a production supervisor at a Michigan Ford…
Poison can be a silent killer, undetectable until it’s too late. The same can be said of a poisonous workplace. You may not know there’s a problem until your best workers start dropping like flies — that is, unless you can spot the symptoms.
Whether to save money or administrative headaches, many employers make these all-to-common HR mistakes that can cost them big time.
Training is one of HR’s keys to preventing workplace harassment and keeping companies out of court. But when these common mistakes are made, the training might be ineffective or even backfire.
No question, the general level of civility in all phases of life seems to be dropping like a rock. So how do you keep your workplace from becoming an episode of “Workers Gone Wild”?
For the first time since 1983, the feds have issued comprehensive guidance on how employers are required to treat pregnant employees.
“Japanese Cherry Blossom” sounds like a lovely perfume. But one employer’s refusal to provide a “fragrance-free” workplace from that scent caused a major disability kerfuffle — and, in court, an important ruling on telecommuting as a potential accommodation.
The EEOC has a long history among employers of filing lawsuits for dubious reasons, and in this case, that strategy seems to have come back to haunt it.
Video game giant Activision Blizzard agreed to a multi-million dollar payout and consent decree in order to settle the EEOC’s sexual harassment lawsuit, which was filed last September. The company came under fire last year when employees alleged rampant sexual harassment and discrimination. The specific charges were quite severe and included claims of a “frat…
A recent lawsuit provides a case study on what NOT to do when handling employee complaints. How bad was it? A jury awarded an eight-figure payout to a fired worker. To avoid similar mistakes, download our Practical Tools guide on handling employee complaints. Here’s what happened – and where the company went wrong: Company fired…
Last week, we carried a story about a company that was forced to pay $30,000 for the alleged harassment of a female field worker. Here’s a similar tale — but the numbers are considerably larger.
Wage and hour lawsuits are cropping up by the dozens these days — even in industries you’d least suspect.
You’ve no doubt heard about the recent surge in wage-and-hour lawsuits filed by employees who feel they’ve been cheated by their employer’s allegedly improper pay practices. A growing number of companies are taking steps to protect themselves from these potentially disastrous claims.
Managers hate having “difficult conversations” with employees — involving things like personal hygiene and odd personality quirks that disrupt productivity and disturb co-workers. Here are some thoughts HR can offer supervisors to help them handle those confrontations and stay out of legal trouble.
UPDATE: As expected, President Biden has signed the Speak Out Act into law, ushering in a new era of protection for victims of sexual misconduct who are subject to nondisclosure and/or non-disparagement agreements in connection with their employment. The new law, which is effective as of the December 7 signing date, renders judicially unenforceable all…
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