The much-awaited ruling in the Abercrombie & Fitch “hijab case” is here. Abercrombie & Fitch refused to hire 17-year old Samantha Elauf, because the headscarf she wore pursuant to Muslim practices (which she was wearing at her job interview) conflicted with Abercrombie’s “look” policy, which prohibited pretty much any head coverings. (Click here for a […]
Does the EEOC Need to Strike A More Conciliatory Tone???
Caroline Candidate filed a Title VII sex discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against your company, Marvelous Manufacturing, because it didn’t hire her. You respond to the charge, confident it will be dismissed. Instead, the EEOC issues a determination of reasonable cause to believe your company discriminated against the Charging Party — “and […]
The Concluding Piece on Wal-Mart’s Employment Law Capers
After 11 weeks of semi-intense focus on the world’s largest private employer, The Emplawyerologist is now wrapping up its series on Wal-Mart. Now, of course, we can still expect to hear more about Wal-Mart and its employment law woes in the news–unless of course, Wal-Mart does what we have been doing over here, by learning […]
Does Having Employment Practices Liability Insurance Mean No More Worries About Employment Laws?
Suppose after reading last week’s post (click here if you missed it) you decide to purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI). While your EPLI may go a long way toward providing you some peace of mind in this area, are you now free to ignore all employment-related laws? EPLI is certainly one tool that you as an […]
When Staffing Agency Employees Sue the Client Company for Discrimination…
Suppose you retain the services of Sensational Staffing Company to temporarily augment your workforce. Things move along very well for about a month and you are very happy with the arrangement–until Sensational advises you that Tricia Temp complained that one of your employees, who supervises her work, sent her a number of sexually explicit […]