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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Will We Finally Learn How Many Racial Slurs Constitute A Hostile Work Environment? A Court May Give Us A Number
“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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The “N-Word” And Nooses: “You People Are Too Sensitive” Claims Supervisor
The EEOC has just announced that “In the past two months, the EEOC has had several cases involving severe racial harassment, including a $2.7 million settlement against an environmental clean-up
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Sexually Harassing Comments – Is There Any Case Where A Single Usage Created A Hostile Work Environment?
Well, I think that we’ve established that there is, indeed, a word that is so sexually harassing that it may very well rival the "N-word." Our post last week about the "N-word" and
Is There A Sexually Harassing Word As Offensive As The “N-Word?”
Our post about the “N-Word” and sexually harassing words drew a lot of comments. Let’s give Laurie Butler, a labor relations specialist from Nashville, the last word on this one.
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You Can’t Use The “N-Word” Even Once – But You Can Make Sexually Offensive Comments Four Times
Are the courts crafting a bright-line test to determine when a crude and offensive remark is severe enough by itself to constitute a hostile work environment? Or a sliding scale
Is A Single Use Of The “N-Word” Enough To Make Out A Hostile Work Environment?
The answer is “yes,” according to a recent federal appeals court decision.
Plaintiff, an African-American, worked for Fannie Mae, and when he was given a promotion without a raise
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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
Employer Who Permitted Nooses and “The N-Word” Gets Smacked With Three-Year EEOC Oversight And Punitive Damages
On February 4, 2013 we published a post noting that juries do not like nooses or the N-word in the workplace. Our post commented on a North Carolina federal jury which had just awarded $200,000
$200,000 Jury Award: Juries Do Not Like The Use Of The N-Word or Nooses in The Workplace
What do you need to do to wave a large red flag in front of the EEOC? Well, for one you can tolerate or ignore, or worse condone, the use of the