Pay Up: Can Your Employer Withhold Wages for Workplace Incidents?

Let’s say you work at a busy filling station. Hundreds of people a day stop by the station to get gas, food, beer, cigarettes, etc. In the bustle of business, one of your patrons filling up his car decides to drive off without paying, and you can’t catch him in time to prevent the theft,…

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TURNING MINIMUM WAGE INTO A LIVABLE WAGE

Since 2008, the Federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour. Since that time, however, inflation has continued to rise, with a cumulative rate of 10.7%. Simply put, the current minimum wage isn’t as effective in reducing poverty and increasing the standard of living for workers as it once was. While the costs of…

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT WITHOUT “SEX”

The terms “sexual harassment” and “hostile work environment” together can invoke a great deal of images and scenarios in the mind of the listener: graphic language and gestures, sexual advances, propositions, leering, touching, groping – the list can go on indefinitely. However, a work environment does not necessary need to include acts or statements that…

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New EEOC Case Illustrates that Gender Wage Gap is Still Wide as Ever

A recently settled EEOC case shines more light on the issue of unequal pay between male and female American workers. The case involved Royal Tire, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, that was alleged to have paid a female executive tens of thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts. Not only was the female employee receiving…

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Obama Administration Deals Blow to Mandatory Arbitration

Arbitration, an out-of-court form of dispute resolution, has rapidly become the go-to tool for employers attempting to avoid litigation for workplace legal disputes. Arbitration forces employees to waive their rights to bring legal action against their employers, and agree to be bound by the decision of, typically, a single arbitrator. These agreements are often presented…

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EEOC Updates Pregnancy Discrimination Guidelines

Earlier this week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its first set of guidelines related to pregnancy discrimination in 30 years. While these guidelines do not carry the full effect and force of law, they do have the potential to persuade courts in broadening the scope of pregnancy discrimination analyses. From the EEOC press release:…

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National Origin Discrimination Still Alive and Well

One aspect of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that doesn’t often receive that much attention is discrimination based on a person’s national origin. As you could probably guess from the term “national origin,” this particular subset of discrimination involves the unfavorable treatment of a person because they hail from a certain…

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Workplace Bullying: What Protections Do You Have?

The term bullying has been used commonly for decades now, but recently, has taken on new life in our nation’s social dialogue. While in the past, bullying was looked upon by many as some sort of rite-of-passage for our youth, the cold reality of bullying’s effects on our society is now coming to light. Every…

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TALES FROM THE WORKPLACE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT EXPOSED, PT. 5

Today’s entry in our continuing series on workplace harassment comes from the case of Slone v. Toyota Motor Mfg., 2005 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 560. This case deals with a woman who reported the harassment she was experiencing on multiple occasions to her supervisor, who in turn did nothing to stop the harassment from recurring….

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TALES FROM THE WORKPLACE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT EXPOSED, Pt. 4

This week, we’re examining the story of Sandra Fuller, taken from the case Custom Tool & Manufacturing Co. v. Fuller. The allegations that were presented in that case are as follows: Sandra Fuller began working for Custom Tool & Manufacturing Company as a quality control employee, inspecting wire harnesses for defects in their manufacturing. In…

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