Showing posts with label retaliation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retaliation. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Fired for Advocating for Non-Employees? You May Have Rights

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The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employees who advocate for non-employees such as applicants and interns are legally prot...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Yes, It's Illegal To Retaliate If HR Managers Or Management Oppose Discrimination

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Management-side lawyers are always trying to come up with new ways to make discrimination and retaliation legal. So it's no surprise tha...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

New Employer's Retaliation For Opposing Discrimination By A Former Employer Is Illegal

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 One of the biggest worries I hear from clients and potential clients is the fear that filing a lawsuit for discrimination will follow them ...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Department Of Labor Gives Examples of Illegal Retaliation

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The U.S. Department of Labor has provided a guidance that gives specific examples of what constitutes illegal retaliation. The complete guid...
Friday, October 19, 2018

10 Workplace Rights You Think you Have – But Still Don’t

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So I received this email: Ms. Ballman;  I happened to come across your article from 2011 regarding 10 Workplace Rights You Think you Hav...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Aftermath of #MeToo? I Predict Ugly Backlash

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In the wake of Al Franken's resignation over eight women's allegations of forced open-mouthed kissing, butt grabbing and boob gropin...
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Friday, July 7, 2017

Former Employer's Attorney Can Be Liable For Despicable Retaliation

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In a case that has the management-side bar moaning and groaning, the 9th Circuit held that an attorney who set up an ICE deportation sting ...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Is Retaliation Illegal? Sometimes

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Lots of people approach me every week and say they feel they were retaliated against. I usually have to ask, "Retaliation for what?...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Can My Employer Trash Me In References? 6 things you need to know about job references

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Suzanne Lucas, better known as the Evil HR Lady (she's very nice and not evil at all), did an interesting article about what employers ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

HR Says They Lost My Resume But I Think It's Age Discrimination

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This was a question on my post I Reported Harassment and Now HR Wants to Meet With Me. What Do I Do? I need some help here. I have worked ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Beware the Dark Side: "But For" Doesn't Mean "Sole Cause" In Retaliation Claims

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The management-side bar celebrated when the Supreme Court ruled in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar that Title VII...
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Friday, November 16, 2012

Firing Employees Because Obama Was Elected May Be a Felony

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I wrote before the election about a group of CEOs who, prompted by their candidate, sent a series of threats to employees that, if Presiden...
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Monday, November 7, 2011

Can My Boss Hold My FMLA Against Me?

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I received this question from calistair: I have MS, every 4th Friday I have to take off work for a treatment. I recently asked to take 2 h...
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Friday, August 12, 2011

Boss Boinking Coworker, Playing Favorites? Too Bad, Say Courts

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            Say you have a coworker, Don Dashing. He’s an idiot. A screw up. Yet he keeps getting promotions, the best leads, the best sh...