Lack of Harassment Training Lands Employer in Court
An employer that did not provide employees training on sexual harassment was ordered to go to trial by a federal court of appeals. The employee [...]
About Rita M. Risser Chai
Rita M. Risser Chai was an attorney in California for 20 years and now is an attorney in Hawaii. She authored the Prentice Hall book, Stay Out of Court! The Manager’s Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits, and she developed most of the curriculum used by Fair Measures including the firm’s first website which was praised in HR Magazine. She also wrote numerous articles on employment law including one on best practice harassment prevention training published in the magazine of the American Society for Training and Development (now ATD). She taught Law and Human Resources at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for eight years, and has presented four times at the annual conventions of the Hawaii Society of Human Resource Management.Is it an invasion of privacy if employer posts customer complaints about employees?
Every so often my boss will post complaints about us from patients. They are put on a bulletin board in the back for all employees [...]
Can my employer publish personal information about me?
My employer is doing quarterly highlights of its manager team. Can they legally do an article that includes information about my personal life and distribute [...]
My personal email account was hacked at work. What case do I have?
The information I sent to another employee using my personal email was screen shot and anonymously sent to my Director. I am now being disciplined [...]
If Discrimination and Harassment Don’t Get You, Retaliation Will
Two recent cases make clear that employers can lose for retaliation, even if they win on the original discrimination or harassment case. In one case, [...]
Is workplace investigation required where employee leaves early every week?
I have an employee that calls in or leaves early at least once every other week if not every week. Reasons are stated as being [...]
Is it harassment when owner makes slurs about other groups?
The owner of my company constantly talks poorly and discriminatorily about Muslims and Arabs. While I am not one of those, I do find it extremely [...]
Can my supervisor tell everyone why I was on FMLA?
I was recently several weeks pregnant and due to complications was out on FMLA. I advised HR and supervisors because it was a requirement of [...]
Supervisor Promoted Without HR Training Causes Discrimination Lawsuit
Newly promoted supervisors may not know their legal responsibilities, and their new positions may go to their heads, which could have severe legal consequences. That’s [...]
Can I keep employee contact information and work schedules confidential?
I manage a restaurant, and we consistently have to deal with relatives or friends calling and asking when someone works or if they are off [...]