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Category Archives: whistleblower/retaliation
Talk versus Email: When Electronic Communications Gets You Sued
Electronic communications are a mixed blessing. Business is more efficient and new ways of commerce continue to open. However, ubiquitous electronic communications have eroded our personal time and presented near-addicting distractions. From a legal standpoint, electronic communications, and especially … Continue reading
Why Am I Still Getting Sued By Employees?
(From Industrial Distribution Magazine). After covering union challenges and safety compliance concerns in previous articles, we’ll conclude the series by discussing those common employment law claims that continue to vex distribution employers. I will deviate from the usual format and … Continue reading
If Employees Are Unhappy With Politicians, Does That Make Them Mad At the Company?
One of my partners and I discussed what the results of yesterday’s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll might tell us about worker attitudes. NBC News pointed out that President Obama’s approval rating was at its lowest point. The more troubling results … Continue reading
Huh? What’s A Worker Center Got To Do With Me?
When Is A Union Not A Union? When It’s A “Worker Center.” By Steven Bernstein (Hospitality Update, No. 4, December 2013) In recent weeks, the fast-food industry has fallen prey to coordinated demonstrations by a number of loosely affiliated groups, … Continue reading
Pause Before Firing That Guy Objecting To A Work Practice By Quoting Misinterpreted Theology
Eric Meyer posted a spot reminding us that even if the request seems weird, an employer has some level of duty to accommodate a religious practice. In this case, a mining employee objected to a bio metric scanning system involving his … Continue reading
Firing Etiquette
A senior HR professional asked when to have HR sit in on a termination. As with many good questions, the answer is that “it depends on the facts.” Here are a few initial observations before we get to the central … Continue reading
Disturbing Poll On Sex Harrassment
The vast majority of sex harassment cases we see litigated do not have legal merit and that tends to make management labor attorneys wary of harassment claims … at least those that are litigated. It almost seems as if the individuals … Continue reading
Man Bites Dog – OSHA Style
OSHA enforces more whistleblower laws than any other agency and has made whistleblower protection one of its principal goals. So it grabs your attention when you read “Whistleblower Wins $820,000 Settlement Against OSHA.” OSHA’s foremost official overseeing injury record keeping … Continue reading
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