Report: Retaliation Was Most Common Form of Workplace Discrimination January 25, 2024 Retaliation was the most common form or workplace discrimination, while Tennessee had the highest rate of workplace discrimination charges at...
Nebraska Jury Awards $335K to Deaf Truck Driver in Disability Discrimination Case January 17, 2024 Trucking companies Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an...
EEOC Harassment Cases May Languish for Years April 12, 2018 By JULIET LINDERMAN The federal agency handling workplace harassment complaints has become a crowded waystation in an overwhelmed bureaucracy, with wait times often...
Top 10 Employment Discrimination Charges in 2017 January 29, 2018 A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nationwide during fiscal year...
Ex-Indianapolis Employee Files ‘Chronic Body Odor’ Lawsuit January 4, 2018 Indianapolis is being sued by a former courts official who alleges that she was fired after she installed air fresheners...
Defining the ‘Scope of Employment’ January 2, 2018 By Christi L. Swick, Counsel, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard Utilizing Job Descriptions and Employer Policies to Determine Coverage for Employee Acts Allow employment lawyers everywhere to let you in...
Witnesses Experience Fallout After Calling out Sexual Harassment December 19, 2017 By ALEXANDRA OLSON Life was going well for Christopher Partee when the woman approached him in tears. The forklift operator had recently been...
New Study Finds Businesses in 5 States Face Biggest Risk of Getting Sued by Employees November 27, 2017 Businesses located in Washington, D.C., Nevada, Delaware, New Mexico and California face the highest risk of being sued by their...
EEOC Getting a Pro-Business Makeover October 11, 2017 By Josh Eidelson The federal agency tasked with combating workplace discrimination is about to get a Republican majority for the first time in...
XpertHR Outlines Top 10 Scariest Employment Challenges in 2016 December 28, 2015 By Denise Johnson According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s most recent Performance Accountability Report, the agency secured more than $525 million in...