Recent Blog Posts
How to Prevent Disability Discrimination in Your Workplace?
Disability discrimination and other related issues are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As an employer, you are prohibited from discriminating against a disabled employee in all issues. For example, disabled employees cannot be refused a position at their company, purely because of their disability if they are otherwise able to perform the… Read More »
The Do’s and Don’ts of Tips and Gratuity
A number of employment wage lawsuits filed recently have referred to managerial practices of confiscating tips collected by waiters, bartenders and other service personnel. California employers in industries that involve the use of gratuity payments or tips must be clear informed about laws as they pertain to such activity. Those laws are contained in… Read More »
How Individual Managers Can Protect Themselves from Employment Litigation Liability
In more and more cases, disgruntled employees who have a grievance against management are dragging individual employees at the company, like human resources department supervisors or managers into litigation. Individual managers and supervisors may find themselves at risk of being named in a lawsuit, and such lawsuits have been increasing recently. Supervisory employees, human… Read More »
How to Prevent Gender-Based Discrimination Lawsuits Based on Pay
Employment litigation based on gender discrimination is likely to increase over the next few years, as the federal administration promises to increase its focus on the treatment of women in the workplace. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it will soon increase focus on eliminating gender and sex discrimination in the workplace. The… Read More »
How You Can Make Religious Accommodations in the Workplace
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 expressly prohibits employers from discriminating against an individual in hiring or firing or other employment-related issues based on their religious affiliation. The same statute also requires that employees reasonably accommodate the religious beliefs of their employees as long as it would not be an undue hardship on the… Read More »
Identifying Workplace Religious Discrimination Traps
Although the number of religious discrimination-lawsuits filed in the United States has been declining steadily, these have more than doubled over the past 15 years. In fiscal 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a total of 3,811 religious discrimination complaints. Race and gender-based discrimination, in contrast, accounted for more than 30,000 claims that… Read More »
What to Do When You Receive a Complaint of Sexual Harassment
A sexual harassment complaint can be very expensive for any employer. Not only are these lawsuits very expensive, but the loss of reputation and goodwill for the business can also be catastrophic. These lawsuits are typically heavily covered in the media, which means negative publicity for your business. In a diverse workplace, it isn’t… Read More »
Are You Making These Religious Discrimination Mistakes?
As workplaces become more diverse, lawsuits based on religious discrimination in the workplace are becoming increasingly common. As an employer, it is important for you to understand that your employees are likely people from diverse religious faiths, even when they do not seem to be so outwardly. Religion is not necessarily something that people… Read More »
EEOC Investigates Workplace Wellness Incentives
Sometimes, it appears that employers in America can do nothing without the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finding a problem with it. Many employers now have health and wellness programs in the workplace to encourage health and fitness among employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission however believes, that many of these wellness plans can actually… Read More »
Strong Criticism for EEOC Background Checks Guidance
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been busier than usual over the past couple of years, filing lawsuits against a variety of employers, and claiming everything from gender and work bias to harassment. Clearly, many small businesses are quite fed up. Recently, a House hearing on the use of background criminal screenings by employers,… Read More »
