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Workplace Review: Catch Up Edition
Remember back in January when we announced the Weekly Employment Law Update? And how I said I would update….weekly? And for a good while I did that. Then, however, work got in the way. In March and April, our firm was busy in court with a variety of cases, including equal pay, age discrimination and unpaid wages claims. As a …
- Dec 16 2022
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- Office Holiday Party
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Workplace Week in Review: Office Holiday Party Edition
It’s beginning to look a lot like…..bad decisions
After three years, office holiday parties are back! In general, the office holiday party season is (NOT) the most wonderful time of the year for employment lawyers. A few years ago I wrote a cautionary blog about the ways in which office holiday parties can go awry. In it, I included some real-life examples of …
- Oct 31 2016
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- Blog, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence
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A Terrifying Tale of Jurisprudence: Termination Based on Internal Complaint NOT Retaliation
Seventh Circuit Allows Employer to Terminate Employee for Failing to Make his Internal Complaint of Sexual Harassment Quickly Enough After Harassment Occurred.
- Aug 4 2016
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- Blog, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence
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Let’s Stop the Victim Blaming – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
There has been a lot of buzz over the last week about recent reactions to the sexual harassment suit which Gretchen Carlson filed against Fox News and its former chairman, Roger Ailes. In case you missed it, a quick recap: Ms. Carlson filed a lawsuit against Fox and Ailes alleging that Ailes sexually harassed her in the newsroom, including “ogling” …
