Is this sex discrimination?
My employer fired me for theft of a vacuum that my boyfriend took to try and fix, after he had advised another coworker of such. [...]
About Ann Kiernan
Ann Kiernan has litigated claims of wrongful discharge and discrimination before state and federal courts and administrative matters before the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, representing both employers and employees. Ms. Kiernan co-hosted The Employee Rights Forum, a weekly radio call-in show reaching up to a half-million listeners in the New York metropolitan area, and her articles on employment law have been published in many books and magazines. Both as a firm partner and as a director, Ms. Kiernan gained solid experience in management and human resources compliance. She has worked with Fair Measures since 1997.Can I layoff an employee due to lack of attendance and production?
Ann Kiernan replies: Someone who doesn’t come to work and doesn’t produce while at work certainly can be fired. But, please don’t take the lazy [...]
How Not to Handle a Sexual Harassment Claim
One day at work, Jeffrey Smith saw another employee, Jim Leonard, come up behind a co-worker, grab the co-worker in the rear end, then sniff [...]
Can we ask contractors to use a time clock?
May I ask those providing service under a contract to sign in and out using a time clock when they are on premises? (This is [...]
Who gets a dead employee’s records?
When an employee dies, who should get his W-2 forms? I got a call from someone who said she was his mother. Should I send [...]
Is the CEO allowed to sit in on a sexual harassment investigation?
The employer called an employee in to ask questions about rumor circulating among staff about an alleged sexual relationship with another staff member. In the [...]
Workplace Violence: Be Prepared, Not Paranoid
You’d like to think it would never happen, but you know that it can. Assaults, stabbings, even shootings can occur at your workplace. According to [...]
Can pregnant workers be laid off?
Business is very slow and I need to lay off a person from the office. However, both of the employees I am considering for layoff [...]
Can employees be forced to be vaccinated?
I am being asked to produce documentation of immunization for measles, mumps and rubella for a medical/surgical nursing job. My nurse colleagues and I have [...]
My boss won’t talk to me. Is that constructive discharge?
I was asked to give feedback about my supervisor. I reported he was a poor communicator and needed to improve his time management skills. Two [...]