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Is It Time to Update Your Severance Agreements?
Keeping your handbooks, employment agreements, severance agreements and other documents current with laws and legal trends can seem like a lot of work. However, when you get caught on the wrong side of a legal dispute, hindsight says it was … Continue reading
Employers Walk the Line on Employees’ Social Media Comments
As employers, if you feel that an employee’s comment on social media, such as Facebook or Twitter is damaging to your business’s reputation, it is wise to seek legal counsel before firing the employee. Employers can end up in a … Continue reading
Largest Delivery Company in the Nation Sued for Religious Discrimination
Religious discrimination has been in the news a lot recently. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just filed a lawsuit against the United States’ largest package delivery company, UPS (United Parcel Service, Inc.) based on claims of religious discrimination. The … Continue reading
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Is the Job Applicant’s Age a Factor You Consider When Hiring?
As a business owner, have you heard your manager claim that someone is too old to hire for a particular job? Or, have there been discussions that a younger person would be a better candidate for any number of reasons? … Continue reading
NYC Employment Defense Discrimination Attorney
Author: Stephen D. Hans What If an Employee Can’t Work the Schedule the Employer Wants? In many situations, a schedule conflict is a reason not to hire a prospective employee. However, when the employee’s religion is the reason for the … Continue reading
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EEOC’s Strategic Plan and Lawsuits Based on Widespread Discrimination
When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) determines that a claim merits litigation based on widespread discrimination, it is not required to name specific individuals as victims of discrimination to bring a lawsuit. This was the ruling in a recent … Continue reading
Ruby Tuesday Is Accused of Gender Discrimination Involving Men
It is common for the media to report on cases of gender discrimination where females did not receive equal pay or the same promotional opportunities as men. In contrast to the norm, the EEOC is now pursuing a class action … Continue reading
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Sex Discrimination Cases from the 1960s to Today
Author: Stephen D. Hans Employers first faced lawsuits for workplace sex discrimination during the 1960s after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), flight attendants were among the first organized … Continue reading
What Employers Should Understand about Disability Discrimination
Author: Stephen Hans Business owners typically look from an employer’s perspective and fire employees who cannot do the job. For the most part, this line of reasoning is valid and especially if you have at-will employment, where the employer has … Continue reading
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Best practices for avoiding employee lawsuits
Small businesses often feel like a family. You’re a small group, perhaps you socialize outside of work or have a company baseball team where everybody gets along great. The idea that one of your employees might sue you never enters … Continue reading
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