Weis Markets allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and fired her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program (EAP), according to... Read more »
A federal court recently upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that found the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles unlawfully avoided rehiring unionized workers after a temporary closing. The NLRB required... Read more »
How long do you want to live? That’s the question Sonia Aranza, CEO and principal consultant at Aranza Communications, posed during a session on ageism at the SHRM INCLUSION 2023 conference on... Read more »
Takeaway: Employers should carefully examine and be sure to document their practices when faced with allegations of safety violations and related whistleblower complaints. The federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) prohibits the... Read more »
Takeaway: A company that allegedly received trade secrets from a new employee and was sued by the employee’s former employer could not compel the claims to arbitration because the company was not... Read more »
Takeaway: While closeness in time between protected activity and adverse action can be a factor to show an employer’s bad motive, it is not by itself enough to establish causation, especially if... Read more »
I t’s no surprise that job candidates lie to get ahead. According to a recent survey from Resume Builder, a resume services company headquartered in Seattle, 32 percent of Americans admit to... Read more »
Weis Markets allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and fired her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program (EAP), according to... Read more »
Employers in Maryland and Virginia should be aware of new laws that affect noncompete, confidentiality, nondisclosure, and nondisparagement provisions in pre-dispute agreements that are provided to employees at the onset of or... Read more »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two new sets of FAQs, called Volume 2 and Volume 3, to help employers correctly submit their 2022 EEO-1 forms. The guidelines, published on... Read more »