Fired Employee Didn’t Prove Age Discrimination or Retaliation

?Takeaway: In a retaliation case, temporal proximity between an employee’s protected conduct and termination is not enough by itself to prove pretext.  ?A longtime employee of an insurance company failed to show... Read more »

Sanitation Company Fined for Child Labor Violations at Meat-Packing Plants

?Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI) violated child labor laws by employing at least 102 minors in dangerous conditions at 13 meat-processing facilities in eight states, according to a U.S. Department of Labor... Read more »

PIPs: Write, Implement and Time Them Precisely

?A performance improvement plan (PIP) is typically a step in a progressive discipline policy—one that shouldn’t be rushed into too quickly or used for all types of performance deficiencies. If the performance... Read more »

Kroger Accused of Wage Theft

?Three senators wrote to The Kroger Company Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen on Feb. 15, accusing the company of wage theft after the installation of a new payroll system last year. We’ve... Read more »

Agency Finds Starbucks Illegally Fired Union Organizers

?Starbucks illegally fired two workers and interfered with union organizing at two stores in Philadelphia, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) panel recently concluded. In its Feb. 13 ruling, the board found... Read more »

OFCCP Extends Deadline for Objections to EEO-1 Disclosure

?On Feb. 14, the federal government announced that it was again extending the deadline for employers to file objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 data in response to a Freedom of... Read more »

5th Circuit Re-Examines Ultimate Employment Decision Rule

?A federal appeals court is reviewing a case that could change what constitutes an adverse employment action in workplace discrimination cases. Nine female detention officers at the Dallas County, Texas, jail brought... Read more »

Gas Station Chain Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

?McDonald Oil Corporation, which owns gas stations and convenience stores in Alabama and Georgia, recently agreed to pay $400,000 to five female employees to settle a class-action sexual harassment lawsuit. The company... Read more »

Minnesota Prohibits Discrimination Based on Hairstyles

?Minnesota has now joined at least 19 other states in enacting the CROWN Act, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” The law, which in Minnesota has... Read more »

A Q&A with John Ring, Former Chairman of the NLRB

John Ring served as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from April 12, 2018, to Jan. 20, 2021. On Dec. 16, 2022, he finished his tenure as a member of... Read more »
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