By Eric B. Meyer Worst. Advice. Ever. Two Denny’s waitresses have filed this complaint in a California Superior Court alleging that their manager … Read more
Why Do We Always Seem to Simply Settle in Silence?
You thought they were consensual emails, but it didn’t matter. You should’ve known better, even all those years ago when you were much younger … Read more
A Lesson For Employers From Herman Cain’s Sexual Harassment Case
By Philip M. Berkowitz The highly publicized accusations of sexual harassment made against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remind us why … Read more
Post-Employment Acts Don’t Create a Hostile Work Environment
By Eric B. Meyer When Krysten Overly, a financial advisor at a bank, told her male boss that she was resigning, Overly claims that he grabbed … Read more
Employer Lessons From Penn State (Hint: Ignorance Is Not Bliss)
By Eric B. Meyer This Jerry Sandusky situation at Penn State is blood curdling. I won’t rehash the facts. But in case you’ve been living under … Read more
Herman Cain, Sexual Harassment, and 10 Important Lessons For Employers
By Eric B. Meyer Speak into a microphone and point one finger in the air if your Halloween completely sucked. Politico has reported that the National … Read more
Weekly Wrap: There’s No Big Secret to What it Takes to Be Happy at Work
Is there any great secret to what it takes to be happy at work? The Washington Post‘s On Leadership blog talked this week to Shawn Achor, the author … Read more
Bad Behavior: 3 Lessons When Dealing With Workplace Harassment
By Eric B. Meyer To prove sexual harassment, a plaintiff must have been subjected to pervasive or severe behavior that would make the plaintiff (and a … Read more
Retaliation Claims: A Little Ambiguity Can Cause a Big Employer Headache
By Eric B. Meyer Retaliation claims have become the leading cause of action for employees. In fiscal year 2010, retaliation charges filed with the EEOC … Read more
Is Telling an Employee to Forget Her Dead Daughter Proof of a Hostile Work Environment?
By John A. Gallagher The Superior Court of New Jersey (one step above a Common Pleas court and one step below New Jersey’s Supreme Court), issued a … Read more