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Legal Profession Blog
Disbarred Attorney Seeks Rehearing
Mike Martindale at Detroit News reports on an effort to set aside a disbarmentA former assistant state attorney general disbarred earlier this year over his public hostility to a gay…
New Jersey Law Blog
Can One Workplace Incident Create a Hostile Work Environment?
What is a "hostile work environment?" This seemingly straightforward three-word phrase has vexed employers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals alike when dealing with employee internal grievances of discrimination and harassment.…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Management Duties and Complaint Investigations: Perfection Not Required
In the recent decision of Humber River Regional Hospital and Ontario Nurses Association ("ONA") (Cherubino Grievance), an Ontario arbitrator dismissed the union's grievance alleging harassment by a supervisor and found…
The Right Coast
Amazon Suspends Top Exec Roy Price in Wake of Harassment Claim | Hollywood Reporter
The move to suspend Price comes mere hours after Isa Hackett, a producer on Amazon's The Man in the High Castle and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, detailed in an exclusive interview…
Labor & Employment Report
The EEOC’s Civility Training ProgramĀ – Watch Out For That NLRB Charge!
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it was offering a training program on respectful workplaces as an alternative to traditional harassment prevention training. This training was developed…
The Right Coast
Wisconsin class is teaching how bystanders can stop harassment – WISC
Milwaukee Public Radio reports that the group Standing Up for Racial Justice is holding bystander intervention training classes that are designed to give people the confidence to confront racism, homophobia…
The Right Coast
Wisconsin class is teaching how bystanders can stop harassment – WISC
Milwaukee Public Radio reports that the group Standing Up for Racial Justice is holding bystander intervention training classes that are designed to give people the confidence to confront racism, homophobia…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Whataburger Sued for Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a local icon, Whataburger. The Tallahassee Whataburger, the EEOC alleges, harassed a manager after she refused to hire only white people. The EEOC…
Food Safety News
Abusive veterinarian turns FSIS Billings District into his own fiefdom, paper charges
By News Desk
In a two-part series, a daily newspaper in Montana documents 12 years of harassment by a vindictive federal supervisory inspector of some of the state's small meat plants. In "Feds…
Law and the Workplace
Top Five Proactive Ways for Start-Ups to Avoid HR Nightmares
Unless you’ve been under a rock, the fact that many start-ups have recently found themselves on the wrong side of the litigation or threatened litigation “v.” should not surprise you.…