Recently, an Illinois jury gave employers a not so subtle reminder that every claim of workplace harassment should be investigated properly. The jury awarded a former employee $95 million in compensation for the extreme harassment she endured from a manager at work despite her complaints to the Company hotline. The plaintiff Ashley Alford, an employee [...]
A new study shows that women still earn less than men. The study by the White House found that on average, women make 75 percent of what men do. No matter what age group and what education level, women are below men in yearly earnings. This problem persists even though there are approximately the same [...]
The Supreme Court found an employer can illegally retaliate against the fiancé of an employee who files a discrimination charge. This is a reminder to employers to consider the relationships between their employees before taking adverse employment action after a discrimination charge is filed. In this case, Miriam, an employee, was fired and subsequently brought [...]
Has the world gone mad? Is a 10-year old girl capable of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment so serious that a school employee had to stop performing his job duties? This employee thought so. Kevin Wilson, a male “para-professional” at a Maryland elementary school, claimed that a 10-year old female student sexually [...]
We can’t overemphasize the importance of having consistently applied, non-discriminatory employment practices. While such practices can’t prevent law suits, they can help win them, even in the face of difficult facts. A good example is a found in a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (covering Delaware, New Jersey, [...]