Quick Guide to EEOC Website Links for Employees & Job Applicants
A quick guide to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – EEOC – website links of for employees and job applicants Overview Coverage Timeliness Filing A ChargeHow to File Charge Handling...
View ArticleL.A. Hospital Pays $530,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Sexual harassment cost Garfield Medical Center, an acute care facility in Monterey Park, Calif., $530,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit. According to the EEOC,...
View ArticleLAFD Settles EEOC Harassment Case for Nearly $500,000
A Los Angeles firefighter was tormented by sexual and religious harassment at work and disciplined in retaliation for participating in another firefighter’s discrimination proceeding. Anthony Almeida...
View ArticleEEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011
By LAURA LIEBECK– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, last year handled a record number of cases alleging workplace...
View ArticleEEOC Sues Suffolk, NY, Laundry For Sexual Harassment
For years a manager at Suffolk Laundry Services in Southampton, N.Y., allegedly physically and verbally sexually harassed multiple female laundry workers at the facility. During the course of several...
View ArticleEEOC: Fry’s Fined $2.3 Million For Sexual Harassment, Sexting Manager
Ignoring sexual harassment and then retaliating against employees who report it can be very expensive. Just look at the example of retailer Fry’s Electronics. In one of the largest fines in suit of...
View ArticleHow To Detect & Prevent Workplace Bullying, A Chronic Corporate Disease
By RAKESH MALHOTRA— Stories of workplace bullying are commonplace throughout the United States. Some real-life examples: Mavis: “When I started there, I was told that someone had been acting in the...
View ArticleLargest EEOC Sexual Harassment Case Settled, Costs Burger King Franchisee...
Sexual harassment is costing the world’s largest Burger King franchisee, Carrols Corp., $2.5 million to settle complaints brought by 89 women from around the nation. The move settles a 15-year sexual...
View ArticleSexual Harassment: When Work Becomes A Sexual Battleground
ILO News— Sisandra, 28, understands all too well the impact of sexual harassment in the workplace. As a telecommunications technician in Durban, South Africa, she works in a male-dominated environment....
View ArticleBizarre Boss Requests – 5 Ways To Say No And Not Get Fired
By VICKIE ELMER— Bosses’ requests can be bizarre – and occasionally illegal. Take for example, the boss who asked a co-worker to spy on senior management. Or the one who asked to have her dog’s...
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