Employees who are terminated for excessive absenteeism will sue, claiming
discrimination over those employees -; possibly the ones who are more vital to your business success -; who are absent just as often.»
Not exact matches
Uber has fired 20
employees over harassment,
discrimination and inappropriate behavior, as the ride - hailing company tries to contain the fallout from a series of toxic revelations about its workplace.
Likewise, if the Saints or NFL have evidence of players or other male
employees being warned about, or punished
over, inappropriate social media interactions or fraternization, the Saints and NFL would be able to more effectively rebut allegations of sex
discrimination.
Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be: 2.3.4 aware of the Legal controls
over employment issues and their impact on employers and
employees: • able to identify legal controls
over employment contracts, unfair dismissal,
discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage
An individual alleging
discrimination in the context of his wrongful dismissal will be able to examine, for discovery, the corporate respondent's documents and key
employees, forcing an employer to turn
over incriminating evidence.
It also faced legal fees of $ 67,518 in relation to a human rights case
over discrimination against an
employee on the basis of disability.
Whether you view Burlington as a lifesaver to
employees who've suffered retaliation or as a burden to employers who'll now have to remain 100 percent stoic in the face of a
discrimination claim, litigation
over how the Court's new standard will apply will keep
employee and employment lawyers (as well as the courts that hear these claims) busy for a some time to come.
If you single out an
employee or job applicant for less favorable treatment because they are
over the age of 40, then you have committed age
discrimination.
When it occurs, LGBT
discrimination usually involves an
employee being passed
over for promotions, sidelined, demoted, penalized, or even fired for lifestyle patterns.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has other areas of responsibility such as providing public education, monitoring and conducting research related to
discrimination, and enforcing the Employment Equity Act, which applies to federal employers with
over 100
employees.
Between representing
employees seeking to vindicate their rights to be free from harassment and
discrimination, encountering her own, and then going on to preside
over federal
discrimination and harassment matters on the bench, she adds a special voice to the current discussion.
Sunday observance was also raised in the Employment Tribunal case of Ewieda v British Airways plc (2006)(displaying a cross at work) but Ms Ewieda failed with her claim for indirect
discrimination on this point, as the Tribunal found that her request for religious observance precedence
over other
employees would have given her a form of preferential treatment on the grounds of religion.
Some of the most common are wrongful termination,
discrimination, retaliation, violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the
employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly
employee as an exempt
employee, misclassification of an hourly
employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and
over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse
employees for expenses.
If your business is facing a dispute from a current or former
employee over alleged violation of benefit plans, or your business has been served with a lawsuit alleging
discrimination or retaliation, our business litigators can help in - house counsel quickly and efficiently resolve these disputes.
In the face of these patchwork gaps, American human rights groups have been advocating for the adoption of a federal bill titled the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit
discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by nonreligious employers with
over 15
employees.
Paul Boniferro, McCarthys» national leader of practices and people, says signing the accord meets some of goals the firm has established
over the years but the move is in no way connected with a
discrimination case launched by a former
employee four years ago.
So when even unconscious
discrimination seeps into the recruitment process, quality
employees are either looked
over, pass up medical sales jobs, or start out on a negative foot.