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Archives for November 2022
Receptionist Fired for “Being Unhappy in the Workplace” Defended Online
Internet commenters were stunned after one former receptionist revealed why she was terminated by her previous employer.
How Digital Ecosystems Are Revolutionizing The Workplace
Just as we moved from doing our jobs entirely on paper to leveraging basic computing and then to incorporating cloud-based technologies, so too has every aspect of working life and business operations continued to grow and evolve over the decades.
The 4 Steps To Building A Workplace Where People Thrive
Imagine if a company would only check the sales numbers once a year. How would they know how their business was doing? The answer is simple—they wouldn’t.
Are older workers getting ‘quiet-fired?’
‘If I ignore this worker, they’ll leave.’ Older workers are 14% less likely to receive high performance ratings—are employers ‘horse trading’ them for younger workers?
Should Workers Be Required to Participate in Inclusion Campaigns?
Grocery chain Kroger recently settled a religious discrimination lawsuit in which two former employees alleged that the company fired them for refusing to wear an apron with a logo they believed resembled a rainbow LGBTQ Pride flag.
Meet The US Workers Who Are Going It Alone—and Feeling Good About It
A large and growing slice of the American workforce has no employer-provided health care or 401(k)s to build retirement savings, and they have to pay twice as much into Social Security as their peers.
Pandemic-Related Wage and Hour Claims a Focus of JL’s Latest Class Action Trends Report
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, thousands of pandemic-related lawsuits, including hundreds of putative class or collective actions, have been filed — and the number continues to grow. A large percentage of those lawsuits involve wage and hour claims, centered around issues including, but not limited to, failure to pay for
Littler Opens Hawaii Office with Addition of Wayne Yoshigai as Shareholder
HONOLULU, HAWAII (October 31, 2022) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has opened its first office in Honolulu, Hawaii with the addition of Wayne S. Yoshigai as a shareholder.
EEOC Replaces “EEO is the Law” Poster and OFCCP Supplement with “Know Your Rights” Poster
Last week, the EEOC and OFCCP announced the replacement of the “EEO is the Law” poster in favor of a new poster called the “Know Your Rights” poster. Both EEOC and OFCCP have updated their websites accordingly. Importantly, as of the date of this blog post, DOL had not, yet,