Suppose one of your employees complains that co-workers, believing him/her to be homosexual, are harassing him/her. You look into the complaint, but you kind of drop the ball and nothing is really done. The co-workers, having found out about the complaint, step up the harassment. You also learn that the complainant may have violated a […]
10.1 Million Reasons Why Anti-Harassment Policies Alone Are Not Enough…
Does your workplace have anti-harassment policies? What about anti-discrimination policies? It probably does. If not it probably should. If ever an employee filed a charge with the EEOC or a state agency or sued, that’s one of the first documents an employer would have to produce. Not being able to do so could be the […]
(When) Can You Fire Employees Because of Their Politics?
This week, Uno Pizzeria & Grill in Burlington, Vermont, reportedly fired an employee for participating in a white supremacist rally. Berkley-based hot dog vendor Top Dog was rumored to have done the same, but now claims that its employee resigned. Google fired one of its software engineers over his manifesto regarding diversity in the workplace. […]
Ad”dressing” Religious Accommodations at Work
Do you require your workers to adhere to a dress code or grooming policy? I’ve written about that issue before. You can click here, and here for those posts. You might wonder why I’d be writing about it again. No, it’s not because I like to repeat myself, and no, it’s not because I have […]
You Offered Her the Job, She’s Pregnant. Now What?
Many employers have been in this very situation. You finally a qualified candidate for a position that’s been open for a long time. So you offer her the job. She accepts. There’s only one problem: she tells you she’s pregnant. You are not happy. Now you’re back to Square One, because you have to start […]