by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Nov 18, 2005
From About.com:Why People Avoid Conflict ResolutionPracticing personal courage is necessary if you want to really resolve conflicts at work. It is much easier and much safer to ignore the necessary conflict and play ostrich. Unfortunately, unresolved conflict tends to...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Nov 8, 2005
When a jury awards $3 million dollars in compensatory damages (only) to a sexual harassment victim against Sav-On (American Drug Stores Inc., 2005 WL 2002376, Aug. 2, 2005), what is the jury trying to communicate by its verdict?The case involved some alleged stalking...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 31, 2005
IBM announced this month that it will never use genetic data in its decisions to hire applicants or determine employee eligibility for its health care or benefits plans.Approximately 800 genetic tests are currently available, including those to test for certain...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 28, 2005
Sexual harassment and abuse against female farmworkers in the fields apparently often goes unnoticed. Attorneys for the EEOC claim that this occurs primarily because the majority of farmworkers have minimal knowledge of their legal rights, know little English, and are...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 25, 2005
Now, illegal immigrants injured on the job are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite their legal status.The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in a case against Farmer Bros. Co., which had attempted to deny workers’ comp benefits to an...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 19, 2005
What is a “high achieving” person? As a member of the legal profession for nearly 30 years, I have witnessed a dramatic shift in the opportunities of women to enter the profession. Perhaps 5 or 10% of law school classes were female in the mid-seventies when I...
