Taking an executive position at a big company means a lot of responsibility. Your new position often involves a lot of paperwork. After all, as a high-earning professional, you need to protect yourself -- and the company wants to limit its liability and the risk to...
Year: 2021
Patience can pay off when filing for age discrimination
Proving you have been subject to age discrimination at work is not always easy. Yet, a 2020 Supreme Court decision to reverse a previous judgment shows that you should never give up. The case concerned a highly qualified pharmacist who believed her employer, the...
Common myths about whistleblowers
Corruption and fraud have dire consequences to more than just the guilty parties. Thousands of jobs may be on the line when a company goes under because of such cases, which is why it is important to watch and speak out against the vice. Blowing the whistle may be a...
A perpetrator’s motivation behind workplace harassment
Why do harassers do what they do in the workplace? Too often, situations of workplace sexual, racial and cultural harassment surface, and, in many of these incidents, almost seems to be condoned within the culture of that workplace. A workplace harasser usually is a...
Ford must deal with ex-worker’s sexual, racial harassment claims
Racial and sexual harassment remain pervasive in the workplace. There seems to be an infinite amount of these incidents of boorish, repugnant and illegal behavior as federal, state and local judges continue to hear case after case. Recently, a U.S. appeals court in...
Twenty states file lawsuit over LGBTQ work and school protections
Transgender employees (and students) continue to face uphill challenges in fair treatment in work and education environments. Now, the latest attack – a legal one – against transgender workers and students comes from the attorneys general of 20 Republican-led states....
Ford case shines spotlight on age discrimination
Recently disclosed emails revealed that the Ford Motor Co. targeted older salaried and high-performing employees when it laid off thousands in 2019. The strategy focused on ridding the company of pension costs and other employment expenses during a global cost-cutting...
Boeing situation treads closely to whistleblower retaliation
The goings-on at aviation giant Boeing smell suspiciously close to whistleblower retaliation in dismissing the concerns of some of its employee engineers regarding the safety its planes. As a result, regulators were alarmed enough that the Federal Aviation...
Study suggests fear of retaliation is justified
Employment laws say workers must receive fair treatment from their employers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces U.S. laws against discrimination. However, a survey of more than 600,000 discrimination cases found that 63 percent of those who...
Walmart pays the price for discriminating against disabled worker
Retail giant Walmart’s attempt to bully and disgrace a longtime and dedicated employee who suffers from Down syndrome has led to a tremendous court victory for disabled workers. A federal jury in Green Bay, Wisconsin, ordered the company on July 15 to pay more than...