Can an employer require its employees to be clean shaven if workers wear facial hair for religious reasons? The situation gets even more complicated when workplace safety is involved.
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Here’s good news for employers: The EEOC was recently ordered to pay a company’s legal fees after the agency grossly mishandled an employee’s frivolous lawsuit.
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Tags: attorney's fees, disability, EEOC
Would your company think twice about firing an employee who was repeatedly caught sleeping at her desk? According to one recent court case, you should.
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Tags: firing, napping, sleep apnea
The Wisconsin Equal Rights Division is looking into the firing of a University of Wisconsin-Madison employee who claims her dismissal is a case of age and gender discrimination. The university says she was fired because of outdated ice cream.
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Tags: age discrimination, expired ice cream, safety and quality rules
Studies have shown some managers have a bias against those employees who are overweight. So you might think a former police sergeant could have a case against his former department when he says he was denied promotions because he was considered too fat. But there’s more to the story.
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Tags: harassment, lawsuit, overweight employees, promotion denied
In this tough economy, it’s hardly unusual for people to look for second jobs to make ends meet. Example: A teacher advertised online that she was looking for extra work because her bills were piling up. Unfortunately, her ad was on the “casual encounters” section of a popular Web site. And her school computer was involved.
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Tags: Craigslist, prostitution, second job, teacher, tough economy
How many sick days per year does your company’s benefits policy provide? A New Jersey case centers around an employee who took just four sick days.
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Tags: fired, sick days, unemployment
Few companies these days can afford unproductive employees. What would happen if HR found an employee who sat in his office all day doing nothing and got paid a full-time salary?
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Tags: lawsuit, Native American, paid for doing nothing, unproductive employees
An Iowa man says he was fired after confronting a co-worker who was smoking in a company break room, in violation of the state’s Smokefree Air Act.
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Tags: harassment, racial discrimination, ratting out, retaliation, smoking
Why are employees reluctant to speak up about improprieties where they work? Retaliation is feared, as a municipal employee in Florida is claiming in a lawsuit.
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Tags: lawsuit, retaliation, whistle-blower
