She showed up to work one morning, scanned her badge, and nothing happened. That’s allegedly how a 10-year employee learned she’d been fired while undergoing chemotherapy.
TL;DR: The EEOC sued a turkey processing employer, alleging it violated the ADA by refusing
Three administrations, multiple rules, and still no settled federal standard on joint employment. The DOL’s new proposed rule is the latest attempt to end that uncertainty.
TL;DR: The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule establishing a single
A law firm partner apparently missed every harassment training ever offered and made a comment that belongs in a museum of worst-possible workplace decisions. The firm’s response, though, was textbook. The case got dismissed.
TL;DR: A legal assistant alleged that
The termination decision-maker didn’t know about the complaint. That gap cost the employee everything.
TL;DR: A security supervisor reported his manager for favoring female employees, then got fired days later over training failures and performance issues. The Tenth Circuit affirmed
Over 18,000 pest-control workers were allegedly barred from competing with their former employer for two years after leaving. The FTC says that’s 18,000 too many.
TL;DR: The FTC filed an administrative complaint against the parent company of Orkin and other
The $11.5 million verdict against SHRM survived. Now the court’s explanation of why offers a sharper lesson than the verdict itself.
TL;DR: A federal court denied SHRM’s post-trial motions seeking to overturn or reduce an $11.5 million jury verdict for
An employee told Social Security it was “impossible” for him to work, then filed an ADA lawsuit claiming he could perform his job with accommodations. The court tossed it on summary judgment.
TL;DR: A truck driver with Parkinson’s disease applied
An employee returned from his third round of FMLA leave and found a performance improvement plan waiting for him. That looks terrible. But a jury will never hear about it.
TL;DR: A manufacturing engineer was placed on a PIP immediately
An engineer got fired for making offensive comments about his non-Christian co-workers, then sued for religious discrimination. There was just one problem: he wouldn’t show anyone the EEOC charge he filed.
TL;DR: A federal court in Texas granted summary judgment
A police department ran a volunteer program that looked and felt a lot like a job, complete with uniforms, badges, ranks, performance reviews, and a paramilitary chain of command. Three young women in the program alleged sex discrimination and retaliation,