Double whammy in EEOC settlement ends in $600k price tag
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The EEOC is supplanting a 14-year-old section in its compliance manual with a brand new set of enforcement guidance.
Workplace harassment is virtually an epidemic these days — the EEOC says a third of the nearly 100,000 charges it receives annually now include a harassment allegation. But the agency’s taking steps to help both workers and managers handle the problem.
It’s been a year since countless stories of workplace sexual harassment started making headlines, and new data suggests the number of harassment complaints and lawsuits won’t be declining any time soon.
The increase in sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have made headlines this fall, but that’s not the only eye-opening statistic coming out of the agency.
Sexual harassment is often only thought of as a problem for women — which can lead managers to ignore complaints from male employees.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accused this employer of making a big mistake, and the employer is now paying $250,000 for it. The employer? Costco, the Washington state-based international warehouse club. The mistake? Failing to intervene when it became known one of its employees was being harassed by a customer. As the EEOC pointed…
It’s about to get easier for employees to cry “retaliation!” For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has issued enforcement guidance on what it considers workplace retaliation. In a 76-page document entitled, “Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues,” the agency outlines the standards it plans to use to prove retaliation under civil rights…
Can you discipline an employee who has recently complained about harassment? Yes, but you must be ready to prove the discipline was unrelated to the complaint. Attorney Bob Neiman breaks down a recent lawsuit that shows some of the circumstances under which this can be done.
OK, we all know that employers can ask employees for fresh certification if there’s a change in the medical condition that’s behind the worker’s request for intermittent FMLA leave. But can an employer ask for recertification so many times that it constitutes harassment?
There are four recently enacted employment laws in particular that could put your company at risk if you’re not prepared. Attorney Joyce Collier, partner at Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-based Uebler Law LLC, discussed how HR pros can best align their organizational policies and procedures with these employment laws during an episode of the HRMorning podcast…
The Biden administration is advancing the ball on protecting employees, especially when it comes to hot topics like sexual harassment, non-disclosure agreements, pregnancy and women returning to work after the birth or adoption of a child. And there can be severe consequences if your HR team doesn’t follow the letter of the law. In HRMorning’s…
If the EEOC gets wind of a complaint involving sexual harassment or discrimination, the employer could end up paying in more ways than one to mitigate the damage. For example, the agency recently took a fast food franchise owner to court for allegedly failing to address harassment. The settlement was nearly $2 million. In HRMorning’s…
Managers and HR pros know the Internet can create a big productivity dip. But where should the line be drawn?
In the wake of surging workplace sexual harassment allegations across all industries, Facebook is taking a drastic step.
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