Ruby Tuesday has decided against fighting its age discrimination suit in court and will take a settlement. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought the age discrimination case against the restaurant after complaints arose around six of its chains. While Ruby Tuesday is not admitting guilt or that there actually was age based discrimination, it… Read More
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Winter Holidays in the Workplace
As previously discussed on this blog, employers are not required by law to provide employees with time off on nationally recognized holidays. However, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does require employers to reasonably accommodate an employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs and practices. Such reasonable accommodations can include allowing time off for… Read More
Sexual Harassment at Archie Comics?
Archie Comics has brought the United States beloved and wholesome characters such as Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. However, behind the scenes at the company, things do not seem to be so wholesome. The co-CEO, Nancy Silberkleit, faces a recent lawsuit filing alleging discrimination and retaliation based on employees’ gender. She… Read More
Diabetic Employee Files ADA Claim
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits workplace discrimination against any employee with an actual or perceived disability and requires that employers provide reasonable accommodation for any disabled employee who is otherwise qualified to perform essential job functions. An employer may not refuse to hire, refuse to promote, discipline, or terminate an employer based… Read More
Employer Wins Odd Sexual Harassment Claim
A hospital recently prevailed in an unusual sexual harassment case brought by a female technician, Sara Debord. The alleged facts of the case spanned over five years and are somewhat convoluted, involving Facebook posts, cold hands, sexual harassment accusations, and payroll fraud allegations. Basic Facts Debord worked as a nuclear medicine technician in the department… Read More
California Teacher Fired For Being A Lesbian?
A former California English teacher is suing the Hesperia Unified School District for discrimination. Julia Frost worked for the school district from 2011 to 2013 as a probationary teacher. After her contract was not renewed, Frost filed her lawsuit believing she was harassed, had to work in a hostile work environment and was terminated all… Read More
National Labor Relations Board Investigates Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart makes headlines fairly regularly these days. Occasionally, the headlines are good sometimes the headlines are not good. One of the recent less positive headlines came in the form of a picture of food collection bins for Wal-Mart employees by Wal-Mart employees at a Cleveland Wal-Mart Superstore store. Some employees felt the need to start… Read More
More Companies Taking Steps to Prevent Discrimination
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released its 2013 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) recently. The CEI looks at the policies and programs companies have in place to protect and include LGBT employees. Eleven years ago there were almost no laws protecting LGBT employees from sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace. HRC felt the need to survey… Read More
Political Correctness "Fails" and Discrimination
A few months ago, Seattle found itself in a bit of an uproar when an official raised the issue of using the term “brown bag” when advertising events. The official was greatly concerned about political correctness and fear that “brown bag” could be racially derogatory not simply referring to the traditional color of paper lunch… Read More
Discrimination Is Less Fruitful for Del Monte
The Los Angeles Times’ recently reported on Del Monte’s $1.2 million discrimination settlement. Del Monte is a major grower of fruits and vegetables; hires employees to harvest the products; and then ships the products to stores for our enjoyment and consumption. Unfortunately, Del Monte along with a number of labor contractors had a growing problem… Read More