How many racist slurs need be endured to create a hostile workplace? That is the current on-going conversation on this blog.
But besides those readers who quantify the answer, or
Continue Reading Should A “Racist Tax” Or Fines Be Levied To Stop Racial Harassment?
In the past we discussed the issue of “how many” – i.e., how many times an employee must endure a crude and offensive racial or other epithet for the
Continue Reading How Many Racial Slurs Must Be Made To Constitute A Hostile Work Environment?
Yesterday we blogged that a hostile work environment can be created in any way, by anybody, or by any means, if the employer does not address an employee complaint that
Continue Reading Racist Independent Contractor Can Render Employer Liable
The Herald News out of Halifax has reported on a racial harassment case involving use of the term “lynching” in the context of a performance review of a black salesperson.
Continue Reading Nova Scotia Store Manager: “Clear The Room Because ‘It’s Time For A Lynching’”
We can report today on the settlement of an EEOC lawsuit which we announced was filed more than a year ago. On October 2, 2012, we commented that racial
Continue Reading Death Threat By White Employees – EEOC Suit Settles for $50,000
On September 4th we wrote about a NY case brought by a black employee who alleged that she was called the “N-word” by the company owner – who is
Continue Reading Can A Black Supervisor Call A Black Employee “The N-Word?” A Second Case
Sexual harassment – streaming security camera footage of the breasts of a female employee onto a desk computer; racial harassment – using the “N-word” to Black employees; and national origin
Continue Reading Labor Day Trio: EEOC Files Three Cases Based Upon Egregious Harassment
Our recent posts about how courts are treating the use of the “N-word” in the workplace garnered a slew of reader comments, especially in various LinkedIn legal and HR groups.
Continue Reading Paula Deen And The “N-Word” – The Discussion Continues
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
Just when we thought that we had had enough of racist epithets and nooses in the workplace, along come two settlements of EEOC lawsuits that illustrate just how virulent and
Continue Reading Hangman’s Nooses, Swastikas And the “N-Word” – Two More Settlements