Whether they want to report it or not, one piece of news is spreading rapidly: Gretchen Carlson, a former host at Fox News (and, yes, a former Miss America) has sued Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment and retaliation. Let me say this at the outset: I am not going to try to […]
Can You Take a Stand Against Workplace Violence? Can You Not???
On August 26 a disgruntled ex-employee for WDBJ-TV in Virginia fatally shot another news reporter and a camera man at point-blank range during a live interview, in part as vengeance for his firing 2 years earlier. He claimed in a 23-page fax he sent to ABC News that his anger had been steadily building over […]
Some Colorful Lessons From Wal-Mart Racial/Ethnic Bias Cases
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retail employer, has been teaching us over the last few weeks about employer pitfalls to avoid. (Once again, let’s show Wal-Mart some gratitude for committing its time, money and other resources to teach valuable lessons to the rest of America’s employers.) This week, we will let Wal-Mart teach us some lessons […]
Can Employers Learn How to “Get Religion” From Wal-Mart?
According to the Wall Street Journal’s October 27, 2013 article (which you can find here) employment-related religious discrimination claims are on the rise. The EEOC received 3,811 religious discrimination complaints for fiscal 2012, and 4,151 complaints for fiscal year 2011. We are still in the middle of our quest to learn from Wal-mart and its […]
Do You Have Employment Practices Liability Insurance?
Many of you may have heard about Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI). A good number of you may even have it. Nonetheless, its emergence into the insurance market and the employment law arena is relatively new, so it’s worth poking around to see what we can learn. What is EPLI? How does it work? Is […]