Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Lita M. Verrier has joined the firm’s Boston office as a principal. Lita has more than 25 years of experience in all areas of business litigation, including theft of trade secrets, employment and the protection of intellectual property.
Archives for September 8, 2021
David Dubberly on SC Businesses Mandating Vaccinations
Nexsen Pruet’s Employment & Labor practice group leader David Dubberly was quoted in numerous articles by The Charleston Post and Courier, WLTX Columbia, WBTV Florence, and WJBF Augusta on what South Carolina companies should know about vaccine requirements.
Rediscover Joy at Work
Four suggestions to make your professional life a little more fulfilling.
Dell to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit
IT Systems Analyst Paid Less Than Male Coworker for the Same Work, Federal Agency Charged
EEOC Sues ISS Facility Services for Disability Discrimination
Facility Management Company Denied Employee’s Request to Work From Home to Protect Herself From COVID-19, Then Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges
Great Events to Pay $20,000 to Settle EEOC Sex-Based Harassment and Retaliation Case
Company’s Owner Subjected a Female Employee to Sexist Comments, Then Fired Her for Opposing It, Federal Agency Charged
EEOC Scores Summary Judgment Win Against Stan Koch & Sons Trucking in Sex Discrimination Case
Court Agrees With EEOC That Trucking Company’s Use of Strength Test Developed by Cost Reduction Technologies Disadvantages Women, Violates Federal Law
Star Cases / Zero Manufacturing to Pay $27,500 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge
Company Unlawfully Denied an Employee Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Her Based on the Company’s ‘No-Fault’ Attendance Policy
EEOC Brings Its First Covid-Telework Suit Under Disability Law
A health and safety manager in Georgia was fired after her employer denied her request to continue working from home because her heart condition heightened her Covid-19 risk, the EEOC alleged in its first disability accommodation lawsuit connected to the pandemic.
If You Never Met Your Co-Workers in Person, Did You Even Work There?
Kathryn Gregorio joined a nonprofit foundation in Arlington, Virginia, in April last year, shortly after the pandemic forced many people to work from home.
Four Million Workers Quit in June. Here’s What Businesses Are Doing to Get Better Career Matches
A new survey sheds some light on how unhappy American workers are becoming.
How to make work from home work for you
Tsedal Neeley, author of “Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding From Anywhere,” discusses the rise of remote work even before the pandemic, and how employers can make remote work productive for everyone.
Bullying in the Workplace: A Harbinger of Serious Problems
Who remembers their first encounter with a classroom bully?
Apple won’t make NDA exceptions for workplace harassment cases
A group of Apple shareholders is pressuring the company to exempt harassment and discrimination from employee nondisclosure agreements — and the company is refusing the demands.
Reset: Rethink, Reconsider, Reimagine The Workplace
Peter Drucker seemed to have a knack for simplifying the profound. He said, “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic.”