Todays topic: Retaliation. And why it’s counterproductive to engage in it. When an employee complains about discrimination, take it seriously, investigate, and move on. Barrett Distribution Cen...
https://joelustig.wordpress.com/2024/05/08/settlement-wraps-up-eeoc-retaliation-lawsuit/
For licensed practical nurses the workplace often is a patient’s home. This case is a warning to the health care agencies that employ them that they must take steps to make sure working in a pa...
When evaluating whether an applicant is suitable for the job, the question is what they can do in spite of any limitations they may have, not what they can’t do. That’s what federal disabilit...
https://joelustig.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/eeoc-alleges-amputees-ada-rights-violated/
This employer committed a two-for violation of disability rights law, the government charged. And considering the sequence of events, the employer’s decision to settle the lawsuit for a nominal...
The feds continue to be the cop-on-the-beat when it comes to policing the workplace for safety violations. Ideally employers would police themselves, but here the employer fanned on that obligati...
I never much liked piped-in music in the workplace. Sometimes you just have to put up with it. But not where it creates or feeds into unlawful working conditions, as the government alleges happen...
Deep in the heart of Texas, there was bad conduct going on in treatment of blacks and Hispanics at a firm that service oilfields. And the government moved in to stop it because the company wouldn...
https://joelustig.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/eeoc-drills-company-265k-in-bias-settlement/
Food manufacturing companies, take note. The U.S. Department of Labor has again found Hanover Foods Corp., a large food manufacturer with a history of hazardous workplace safety practices, in vio...
https://joelustig.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/hanover-foods-hit-with-additional-safety-fines/
Like many a gambling debt, this situation spiraled out of control. First, the employer denied reasonable accommodations. This led to what amounted to coerced resignations because some employees b...
Maybe we don’t think of racial segregation when it comes to package delivery — but now we should. Delivery company DHL will pay $8.7 million and be subject to the oversight of a court-appoint...