The other day, out of the blue, I got a call from Jon Jacobs, a writer for eFinancialCareers, a financial services industry job site. Jon asked me if I had heard about a case recently filed by the EEOC against... (Continue reading)
Starting the New Year this morning with a quick look at the news, I saw this AP story: “Poll: Americans see gloom, doom in 2007″ This story reports on an Associated Press-AOL News poll about Americans’ predictions for 2007. Poll... (Continue reading)
Two items here, tied together only by the common theme of EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) aggressiveness. EEOC takes on Big Labor The EEOC took on the nation’s largest public employee union, AFSCME, when the union insisted on dues payments... (Continue reading)
This is too weird. But not too weird to cost the employer some attorneys’ fees if this witch has a lawyer! Questions: Do some people (adults) seriously claim to be witches? If they sincerely believe this is true and consider... (Continue reading)
May an employer refuse to provide religious employee groups the same support it provides racial/ethnic groups under a diversity initiative? A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case decided a few months ago addressed this question, concluding that the employer,... (Continue reading)
The Workplace Religious Freedom Act may change the way companies must treat religion in the workplace, granting employees many more rights. Read here for some more detail!... (Continue reading)
Today I read a religious discrimination story from Suits in the Workplace. The case discussed involved a manager who hired only people with a close religious bond to him, engaged in office prayer, gave business advantages to his coreligionists, sang... (Continue reading)