Allegations of an unsafe work environment, unresponsive management at Big Law: a law student perspective
This morning news of a claim filed with both the EEOC and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against Boston firm Bingham McCutchen began making the rounds, and by noon the blawgosphere was in its typical frenzy. Michelle A. Moor, an ex-associate […]
In an overtime misclassification case, a California court has held that portions of employer counsel’s pre-litigation review of jobs is not privileged, here, descriptions of the employees duties. H/T: Robin Weideman at California Labor & Employment Law Blog
Court addresses NLRA pre-emption, good faith claims, misrepresentation, and probationary status
The Supreme Court issued an important employment opinion this past Friday. The Court unanimously (per Bryner, with Eastaugh not participating) upheld some, but not all summary judgment rulings by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Mark Rindner.
Plaintiff Willard claimed that Khotol Services Corporation had breached his employment contract, breached the […]
SH training for supervisors: We earlier discussed the absence of hard federal or industry standards for adequate sexual harassment training, and suggested that state legislatures might fill in the gap. California, for instance, has legislated criteria for SH training for supervisors of larger employers. Connecticut Employment Law Blog points out that that state has also adopted […]
I. Employers Must Promptly and Effectively Investigate Employee Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment, and/or Retaliation
A. The Employer’s Dilemma
Whenever a complaint of discrimination, hostile work environment, and/or retaliation is brought to employer’s attention, the employer faces a two-edged sword. If the complaint is not promptly and effectively investigated, the complainant may sue the company based on the […]
One issue raised when the Employment Law Section discussed workplace investigations of sexual harassment charges last October was whether any external, objective standards governed such investigations. In other words, are there any Daubert-like standards that might be used to critique those investigations, or even used by trial courts to admit or bar the results of those investigations? The answer […]
