Two lawyers who represent employees have responded to our request for comments made in our recent post entitled “Zero Tolerance” And “Broken Windows?”
And for the most part they are
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“Zero Tolerance” Policy Does Not Absolve Management From Using Good Common Sense
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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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“Zero Tolerance” And “Broken Windows?”
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“Zero Tolerance” – is it an ambiguous term, we asked recently? Is it a synonym for “non-thinking,” as one reader suggested?
Should it be reserved for serious violations? Does “one…
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Racial Slurs And Nooses Brings Forth Another EEOC Lawsuit
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The EEOC has just sued a major transportation and distribution services provider from New Jersey for harassment based on race and national origin under Title VII.
This comes after a…
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“And Don’t Call Me Bean!”
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Comes now a newly effective law in the Channel Island of Jersey – the first anti-discrimination law there and 13 years in the making. It only covers race for now,…
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EEOC Sues NYC Pawn Shop Owner For Sexual and Racial Harassment Of “Vulnerable” Workers
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Reuters reported yesterday that the EEOC has just sued a pawn shop chain in Brooklyn and Queens (that’s NYC), owned by a convicted fence known as “Fat Frank.” The EEOC…
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Will We Finally Learn How Many Racial Slurs Constitute A Hostile Work Environment? A Court May Give Us A Number
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“How do we square these two rulings”?
We asked this question on May 15th apropos a new decision from a three-judge federal appeals court panel sitting in Virginia which…
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Juries Don’t Like Nooses or the “N-Word”: Neither Do Appellate Courts
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On February 4, 2013 we said that juries do not like nooses or the N-word in the workplace. This was in the context of a verdict by a North Carolina…
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Legal Compliance Is Not Enough: “What’s Right” And Your Company Values Are Important
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On May 28th we did a post entitled “Does One N-Word, One Sexual Assault, Plus Four Other Harassing Incidents In “Eleven Days At Most” Create a Hostile Work Environment?” …
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“Racism In The Everydayness”
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We have written before about the US EEOC targeting employers who are alleged to have harassed and/or discriminated against “the most vulnerable” workers, such as farm and non-English…