Creating Respectful
Workplaces for Businesses
Here are articles on hot employment law issues that effect managers and supervisors in everyday work situations for your ongoing learning. To search by specific workplace issues, we have also organized these articles into a list of FAQs.
In May, 2017, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) issued its Workplace Harassment Guide for California Employers, which focuses on ways [...]
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently expanded the use of the “cat’s paw” theory in FMLA retaliation cases and flatly disapproved of the [...]
The U.S. law that prohibits sex discrimination originally was intended to apply to straightforward cases where women were treated differently than men. But back [...]
Ramon and Jeffrey Cuevas are brothers who worked for Wentworth Property Management Corporation. Ramon was hired as a regional vice president, the only one [...]
In fiscal 2016, the number of federal harassment and discrimination charges rose for the second year straight, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). [...]
Since the 2016 election, you might be wondering: what’s the point of training managers to create respectful workplaces, when the tone at the top [...]
Managers’ emails to each other about an African-American employee were used to prove race discrimination in a recent case. According to the emails, the [...]
In October, 2016, the federal Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint guidance for hiring managers, recruiters, and human resources personnel, [...]
The United States Supreme Court recently handed defendant employers a significant victory in discrimination and harassment suits filed under federal law. In CSRT Van Expedited, Inc. [...]
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 [...]