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Was Graveyard Shift Transfer a Result of Discrimination?

HR Daily Advisor

A federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi recently heard an employee’s claims that she was rescheduled to the graveyard shift as a result of discrimination and that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment. To state a claim for discrimination, an employee must demonstrate that she suffered an adverse employment action.

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Is Withdrawing a Discrimination Claim Protected Activity?

HR Daily Advisor

We all understand that filing a discrimination charge with a government agency is protected activity, but one employee recently claimed that withdrawing such a charge is also protected. On August 3, 2012, the EEOC dismissed her charge without finding evidence to support her allegations of discrimination. Background.

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Listen Closely! 5th Circuit Court Hears Stuttering Employee’s ADA Claims

HR Daily Advisor

Charlie contended that as a result of his workplace stress, he had a panic attack while he was driving and got into a car accident in February 2014. The ADA forbids a covered employer from discriminating against a qualified individual on the basis of a disability with regard to the terms, conditions, and privileges of his employment.

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South Africa attempts Compliance, Cracks Down on Illegal Employment

Global People Strategist

A 2017 report released by the University of Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) shows that many of the illegal migrants employed in the Southern African region are more likely to be mistreated that their South African-born counterparts. Labor Law vs. Immigration Law.

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EEOC FY 2021 Charge Data, Mediation Program Studies

HRWatchdog

Retaliation was, once again, the number one filed charge in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Fiscal Year 2021 charge data; it was included in 56 percent of 61,331 charges (a charge may include multiple types of discrimination). In FY 2018, which was immediately after the #MeToo movement exploded, the EEOC received 13.6

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Oracle Sues OFCCP in Federal Court

Berkshire Associates

OFCCP began a compliance review of Oracle’s Redwood Shores headquarters in January 2014. As part of the review, OFCCP concluded Oracle paid Caucasian male workers more while steering their female, African American and Asian counterparts into lower paying jobs.

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How a Recent National Labor Relations Board Ruling Affects Workplace Rules, Employee Handbooks

HRWatchdog

In 2014, Teamsters Local 628 challenged Stericycle, Inc.’s In Stericycle , the NLRB is reversing the approach of the 2017 Boeing case, which created a categorical framework for analyzing workplace rules, and weighed both the impact of the rules on employee rights and the employer’s justification of those rules, Ward says. Roberts says.