Long John Silver’s to Pay $200,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
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Workplace sexual harassment of employees is an awful and unfortunately commonplace situation that can damage people in many ways.
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Is It Illegal for My Boss to Be a Bully?
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Texas Employment Law Attorney Chris McKinney discusses a common question: Is it illegal for my boss to be a bully?
Read MoreWhat is Employment at Will?
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Texas employment law attorney Chris McKinney discusses employment at will and wrongful termination in today's video.
Today’s video topic is what is employment at will and how will it affect my wrongful termination claim?
Read MoreA Victory for Workers—Bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Claims is Sent to President for Signing
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Yesterday, the Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (S. 2342).
Read MoreEEOC Pt. 4 - What Happens at the End of the EEOC Investigation Process? What is an EEOC Determination Letter?
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Today, Texas employment lawyer Chris McKinney discusses what happens at the end of the EEOC investigation process? What is a Determination Letter? Chris explains all of this and more in today’s video:
Read MoreEEOC Pt. 3 - How Does The EEOC Mediation Process Work?
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Today, Texas employment lawyer Chris McKinney discusses the EEOC mediation process and explains how it works.
Read MoreEEOC Pt. 2 - What Happens After I File an EEOC Charge?
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Texas employment lawyer Chris McKinney explains what happens when you file an EEOC charge?
Read MoreEEOC Pt. 1 - What and Why Do I Have to File with the EEOC?
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In today’s video, Texas employment lawyer Chris McKinney discusses the who, why, what, where, when of the EEOC. What's it all about? Do I have to file? What do I put in my filing?
Chris covers all of this and more in this video:
Read MoreActivision Blizzard Settles with EEOC for $18 Million
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According to a Consent Decree entered September 27th, game company Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $18 million dollars to settle claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).
Read MoreTexas Expands Protections Against Sexual Harassment
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Employees of all Texas companies, regardless of size, are now covered by sexual harassment statutes following amendments to Texas’ state discrimination law, which was implemented this month.
Read MoreLone Star Ambulance Sued by EEOC For Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
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Lone Star Ambulance, a San Antonio critical care transportation company, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.
Read MoreWalmart Settles Sex Harassment Case for $410,000
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Walmart will pay $410,000 to settle a sex harassment suit brought on behalf of a plaintiff in New York State.
Read MoreFiling an EEOC Charge - Who, What, Where, When and Why of Filing a Charge of Discrimination
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Many employees are not aware that before you can you file a lawsuit in court regarding an employment discrimination or employment retaliation case, you generally need to go through an administrative agency first. Typically that is the EEOC. Today, we are going to discuss the who, what, where, when, and why of filing an EEOC Charge of Discrimination.
Read MoreHow Do I Find An Employment Attorney?
/Texas employment law attorney Chris McKinney discusses finding and hiring an employment lawyer.
So you need to hire an employment lawyer but you don’t know how to get started? Then this video is for you. Hiring an employment attorney to guide you through an employment-related dispute can be challenging.
For this reason it is important that you do some research and get your own materials together before you start making calls. Employment lawyer Chris McKinney Explains.
NELA Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Support of Workers in James School v. Biel Discrimination Case
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On March 11, 2020, the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in St. James School v. Biel (consolidated with Our Lady Of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (19-348 & 19-267)) urging the court to strike a delicate balance between religious organizations’ First Amendment rights and the right for workers to be free from discrimination in the workplace.
Read MoreSurvey Finds One-Fifth Of Job Applicants Have Been Flirted With By The Company’s Job Interviewer
/According to a recent survey reported in HR Drive, roughly 20% of job applicants reported that the person interviewing them for a job has flirted with them.
Read MoreSettlement Report: United Airlines Agrees To Pay 321,000 Plus Attorneys' Fees To Settle Sexually Harassing Conduct That Took Place Outside Of Work
/United Airlines, Inc. has agreed to pay $321,000, plus attorney's fees, to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced today.
Read MoreWomen “Treated Like a Piece of Meat” at the V.A.
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The New York Times had an enlightening, if disheartening, article this past week about the rampant sexual harassment that female veterans face when they attempt to obtain medical care at the V.A.
An entrenched, sexist culture at many veterans hospitals is driving away female veterans and lags far behind the gains women have made in the military in recent years, veterans and lawmakers of both parties say. Although the Department of Veterans Affairs has scrambled to adjust to the rising population of female veterans and has made progress — including hiring more women’s health care providers, fixing basic privacy problems in the exam rooms and expanding service to women in rural areas — sexual harassment at department facilities remains a major problem.
Women say it is galling that such a demeaning atmosphere persists, especially for the roughly 30 percent of female veterans who have reported being harassed or assaulted while serving in the military.
IHOP Franchises Agree to Pay $700K and to Create an HR Department to Settle Sex Harassment Suit
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IHOP Franchises Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Several IHOP franchises have agreed to pay $700,000 after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued them, alleging they failed to prevent or correct continual sexual harassment and retaliation against employees (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lucinda Management, LLC, et al., No. 2:17-cv-02458 (D. Nev. Feb. 19, 2019)). They will also have to create an HR department of professionals with experience handling and preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
The franchises created a hostile work environment for employees after they ignored worker complaints about harassment, EEOC alleged in its complaint. Furthermore, the restaurants allegedly retaliated against some of the employees who spoke up about the problems, behavior which included reducing work hours, groundless discipline and termination. One restaurant, the complaint said, fired an employee after the worker reported seeing a cook "regularly touch female food servers' genitals and kiss them."
The restaurants also agreed to stop using a “72-hour sexual harassment policy”, which required employees to submit complaints of sexual harassment in writing within 72 hours. This had the obvious effect of preventing valid claims of harassment from being investigated and remedied.
As a part of the settlement agreement, the franchises will work with an EEO monitor who will, among other things, ensure any harassment-related policies, procedures and practices comply with Title VII and the consent decree's requirements.
