Sexual Harassment: The Problem Has Not Gone Away
Posted 09-23-2011 Unlike other types of discrimination and harassment, the number of claims for sexual harassment has been going down. In fact, in 2010 fewer [...]
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.The Dangers of Performance Management Inertia
Posted 08-26-2011 It happens more often than you might think: Managers are too lenient with problem employees. Whether the inertia is due to laziness, good [...]
E-Mail = Evidence!
Posted 07-13-2011 Email is wonderful. It's fast and effective, low cost and easy to use, and all of us have come to depend on it. [...]
New Regulations Expand Rights of the Disabled
Posted 06-08-2011 On May 24, 2011, final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) went into effect. If you don't have time [...]
Did You Know? Unwritten Complaints Trigger Retaliation Protection
Posted 05-11-2011 In yet another expansion of its anti-retaliation decisions, the United States Supreme Court decided recently that an employee who made oral complaints to [...]
Meow! Cat’s Paw Leads to Employer Liability
Posted 04-06-2011 What does a cat's paw have to do with employment law? Over the past 20 years, a variety of lower federal courts have [...]
Employer Sued Over Facebook Firing. Could Your Company Be Next?
Posted 03-16-2011 Have you heard about the Facebook firing case? In October, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against American Medical [...]
Supreme Court: Friends and Family Now in the No-Retaliation Zone
Posted 02-09-2011 On January 24, 2011, a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruled that a man who was fired after his fiancée had filed a [...]
A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Posted 01-12-2011 As 2011 begins, let's take a quick look back at 2010 and a look ahead to new employment law developments: EEOC: 2010- Record-Breaking Year [...]
Don’t Let It Happen to You! Failure to Train Managers Creates Liability
Posted 12-08-2010 In a landmark decision, the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission has ruled that an employer can be found liable for failing to train [...]