An incident happened at your company. Specifically, one employee is claiming that her supervisor has repeatedly asked her out, has sent her lewd email and text messages, inappropriately touched her and, continues to harass her. You, the supervisor’s boss, hear about it. You act immediately. You get them both into your office and decide to […]
Your Employee’s on a Performance Improvement Plan–and S/he Sued???
Suppose you are a Department Head at Larger-than-Life Sciences, Inc. Rhonda the Researcher is one of your direct reports. Rhonda is just not performing well at her job. In fact, you are not sure she is really qualified. Your annual performance review showed serious problems. You then put Rhonda on a Performance Improvement Plan. Rhonda […]
Can a “Sub-Group” of Over-40 Workers File a Federal Age Discrimination Claim?
You probably know it’s illegal under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) for employers to discriminate against workers over 40 years old. You may also know that large groups of over-40-year-old workers can sue as a group, and file what is known as a class-action lawsuit. Occasionally, a class-action lawsuit will involve sub-classes, i.e. […]
Why You Might Have to Pay for Terminating a Domestic Violence Victim
We know from last week’s post (click here for review) that domestic violence does affect employers. We know that unfortunately, when one of your employees is a domestic violence victim, your company’s productivity, bottom line and even its other employees and customers/clients may also suffer in some way. Some employers conclude that, despite it not being […]
Why You Should Be Concerned About Discrimination Against Your LGBT Employees
Here at the EmpLAWyerologist we have been getting familiar with laws and regulations that do –and do not–protect the LGBT population in the workplace. Without trying to sound like a broken record, there is no federal statute that explicitly protects against sexual orientation and/or gender identity discrimination. That said, we have gotten unmistakable messages from […]