Earlier this year, Colorado joined a growing list of states that have banned natural hair discrimination. Colorado’s CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act) went
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“Zero Tolerance” Policy Does Not Absolve Management From Using Good Common Sense
A couple of early comments to our “Zero Tolerance” post earlier this week drew our attention because of the insights shared. We think that these two comments can be a
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Even Start-Ups Need Anti-Discrimination Policies and Reporting Mechanisms
We are pleased to welcome a new blog to our firm’s large roster of blogs:
“Tech In The Workplace: Examining the Intersection of Employment Law and Technology.”
We
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Ten Best Tips To Stay One Step Ahead Of The EEOC
We have always preached preventive law, that is, using our knowledge of employment law and HR practices to counsel employers how to prevent claims, charges or lawsuits from ever happening.
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Can You Pass “The Acid Test” (Flashback To 2012)
Two years ago we asked: “Can You Pass ‘The Acid Test'” (see post of January 29, 2012). For those of a certain age and mindset, this flashback meant something
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Anti-Harassment Policy Which Directed Employees To Report Harassment to The Harassing Supervisor (And The Supervisor’s Repeated Use Of The “N-word”) Costs Company $230,000
This Utah company must be the poster child for the “worst practices” award: a company supervisor repeatedly called a class of African-American employees racial slurs such as the “N-word;” the company
Two Age Cases Illustrate How Not To Treat Older Applicants or Employees
Age discrimination has explicitly been on the top of the EEOC’s agenda for almost a year, what with an aging workforce and a growing number of age charges filed. Two
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Three New High-Visibility Lawsuits — Seven Types of Alleged Discrimination
We thank today’s Law360 Employment for reporting on three newly-filed discrimination suits, implicating issues of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and retaliation. All this in just three
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Can You Pass “The Acid Test?”
The term “acid test” was reputedly coined during the gold rush, when prospectors used nitric acid on their findings to determine if what they found was really gold.
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