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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The “N-Word” – “Still A Problem In The American Workplace”
There are few subjects we have written more about than the use of the “N-word” in the workplace — which seems to be ever-present when racial harassment is alleged. On
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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