Year: 2017
Acting gay offers workers legal protection but being gay does not
An Atlanta appeals court decision over the firing of a lesbian security guard has upended the definition of sex-based discrimination used by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In a case that could have far-reaching implications, a security guard who...
When is quitting really the same as being fired?
When workplace conditions become so bad that any reasonable person would feel compelled to quit, the law will sometimes treat that person as if they were fired instead. This can open the door up to a claim of constructive dismissal (also called constructive...
How do you document sexual harassment on the job?
It's very rare for one incident alone to give rise to a sexual harassment claim—most are based on numerous small incidents instead. But how do you document what's happening when there's often no one around but you and your harasser to see? Keep a sexual...
Former California principal alleges pregnancy discrimination
It seems hardly believable that a school district in this modern age wouldn't have a policy in place to deal with the maternity leave of one of its administrators. Yet, that's precisely what the former principal of a California elementary school is alleging. Perhaps...
Public policy trumps over at-will employment
If you had a good job with a highly-valued tech company, could you be lured away by a competitor that promised to be bigger and better? That's exactly what one former Snapchat employee claims happened. The ex-employee claims he was lured away by the Facebook rival...
Are younger workers most vulnerable to sexual harassment?
Are younger employees, particularly those in their teen years, especially vulnerable to sexual harassment? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission certainly thinks so. One of the agency's directors in San Diego said that young workers can be more vulnerable to...