Uber will be exploring a former employee’s claims of “abhorrent” sexual harassment from company personnel. The former employee of the ride-sharing service cited extensive harassment in a blog post after working at the company for a year. The post prompted Uber officials to investigate and address concerns regarding potential sexual...
Sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace has been an ongoing problem for decades. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on sex; however, many women today are still experiencing sexism, discrimination and harassment at work. Oftentimes, office sexism is subtle, difficult to prove...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued enforcement guidance to address national origin discrimination as it stands in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The new guidance concerns legal developments that have taken place since the last time national origin discrimination was addressed by the...
The Department of Labor’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires employers to notify workers of company closings or layoffs 60 days in advance. WARN applies to employers with 100 or more workers, excluding those that work less than 20 hours per week or have been employed less than...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has recently joined the ranks of other large, influential companies striving to promote equal rights for their LGBTQ employees. By adding insurance for transgender workers, Wal-Mart- the largest private employer in the world- joins Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric, Apple Inc., Target Corp., and Xerox...
The so called “gig economy,” where people work many different jobs to make a living, has provoked a debate about what to call these workers and how they should be paid. Are these workers independent contractors (self-employed) or are they employees of the company for which they work? Recently three...