Do You Know How to Protect your Business From Workplace Retaliation Claims?
Workplace Retaliation Claims can be extremely expensive to the organization if not handled correctly. “We are certainly seeing an uptick in retaliation claims filed by current and former employees,” says Nicole Gray, an attorney in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at McDonald Hopkins. “Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that have expanded the rights of employees who complain about retaliation, energetic enforcement by federal agencies, and increased public awareness are all factors that could explain why retaliation claims are becoming more frequent.”
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Review the Tips For Dealing With Workplace Discrimination
If your organization has not been trained in the areas of Title VII, beware. If a situation occurs that you think constitutes inequality, talk with your company’s human resources department and see what they would advise you to do. If your company doesn’t have a human resources department, talk with your supervisor. If your supervisor is the one who has committed the infraction, go to your supervisor’s supervisor. If there isn’t anyone who can help you to resolve the situation that you are in, it’s time to pull out the experts and hire a lawyer.
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Human Capital Management
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Protect the Proper Handling of Employee Discipline or Termination
“It in no way guarantees that you won’t be hit with a frivolous lawsuit, but if you have sound policies and you do your absolute best to follow them, and had a legitimate reason for the discipline or termination, ultimately, you will be in a stronger position than if those things were not there,” says Schwarz. “With the economy, there has been a dramatic increase in the last two to three years in the number of retaliatory discharge claims and wrongful termination claims, and employers need to take steps to protect themselves.”
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Human Capital Management
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Workplace Retaliation After Reporting Unfair Wages
When employers fail to pay their workers fairly, workers have a legal right to report the unfair practices. Sadly, sometimes bringing attention to an employer’s illegal practices causes the employer to retaliate by punishing or firing the employee. Therefore, many wage and overtime violations go unreported and employees are cheated out of the money they have rightfully earned and are owed.
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Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Brown Palace To Pay $105K Settlement To Single Mom
DENVER — The historic Brown Palace Hotel & Spa has agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit by paying $105,000 to woman who said she was passed over for promotion because she was a single mother of two young children.
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Human Capital Management
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Employment Interview – 8 Things Employers Aren’t Allowed To Ask You
The rough economy has made many people desperate for a job. In their eagerness for gainful employment, many people may overlook improper interview questions. Depending on how they are asked, questions about personal topics such as marital status, race and health are more than just poor manners – they are illegal under federal and some state and local laws. These types of questions can be used to discriminate against applicants, and it is your right not to answer them. Here are eight questions your employer cannot ask you.
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Human Capital Management
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Employment Discrimination and Anti-harassment Laws – What Small and Medium Business Owners Needs to know
small business owners are often unaware that apply to employment discrimination laws for them. Since such operators are usually not the luxury of large human resources departments or in-house counsel, such companies are often in the dark about their obligations under these laws caught. All employers that have 15 or more employees with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) at the latest. Employers with 20 or more employees must also with the provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the latest “ADEA”). What do these laws require? They demand that you not discriminate against employees on the basis of the employee’s age, disability, sex, race, color, national origin or religion.
I-9 Compliance Challenges
While the June 2010 ICE Strategic Plan reaffirmed the focus of the agency’s resources on the enforcement of I-9 compliance through more aggressive audits and the application of civil and criminal sanctions, the Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”) of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has also signaled an increase in its efforts to stop discriminatory practices by employers in the I-9 process.
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Human Capital Management
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Number One Spot in EEOC Complaints – Retaliation Claims
The reason for the rise in retaliation claims is simple – they are easier to prove and the damage awards are often higher than claims of discrimination. Retaliation claims typically assert that an employer took some adverse action against an employee, because the employee exercised a legal right, such as filing a discrimination claim. Courts often rule in favor of employees in the retaliation part of their lawsuits, even when the underlying discrimination claim is dismissed.
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Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
Denver Hotel Faces Discrimination Lawsuit
The Brown Palace Hotel
is at the center of a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Human Capital Management
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