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Richmond Times Dispatch

Labor Law: City of Richmond report shows risk of nepotism in workplace

Posted: June 16, 2024 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

A June 11, 2024 investigative report from the City of Richmond determined that the General Registrar and Deputy General Registrar violated city policies to include policies on the Employment of Relatives and Code of Ethics.

Labor Law: Hairstyle discrimination is race discrimination

Posted: April 15, 2024 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Louisiana-based drug and medical testing supply company American Screening will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against it based on alleged hairstyle discrimination which amounted to race discrimination in violation of federal law.

Having sex in your workplace will get you fired – even during the holidays

Posted: December 25, 2023 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

This shouldn’t have to be said in a civilized society – but if you have sex in your workplace, don’t cry foul when you get fired.

Retaliation lawsuit filed by EEOC gives road map for employers on how not to respond to complaints

Posted: October 9, 2023 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently sued Third Bench Holdings LLC on behalf of three employees, contending that they were retaliated against in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

Labor Law: Is your workplace struggling with a COVID-19 hangover?

Posted: April 23, 2023 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

On April 10, 2023, President Joe Biden signed legislation that terminates the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by then-President Donald Trump on March 13, 2020. This was done earlier than planned.

Labor Law: Dear workplace, it’s time to bring back the reasonable person standard

Posted: April 9, 2023 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

I’ve traveled the country this year training managers and employees on workplace civility. The complaint I hear over and over is that people are too sensitive and offended by everything.

Labor Law: Court will not dismiss case against employer for religious accommodations based on pronoun use

Posted: March 19, 2023 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

In February, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan refused to dismiss a federal lawsuit brought against an employer who allegedly declined to accommodate an employee who wouldn’t use a co-worker’s chosen pronouns due to a declared religious conflict.

Labor Law: How ‘Speak Out Act’ will affect sexual harassment concerns in the workplace

Posted: December 11, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

Earlier this month Congress passed the “Speak Out Act” designed to address the ongoing issues of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace.

Labor Law: United Airlines settles religious discrimination case for Buddhist pilot

Posted: November 13, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

United Airlines agreed to pay a Buddhist pilot $305,000 to settle a religious discrimination case filed on his behalf by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Labor Law: Kroger settles religious discrimination dispute over ‘rainbow’ symbol

Posted: November 6, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

Kroger agreed to pay $180,000 to settle a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging discrimination and retaliation against two former employees who refused to wear a heart symbol they believed demonstrated support for the LGBTQ community.

Labor Law: “Know Your Rights-Workplace Discrimination” poster gets a facelift from EEOC

Posted: October 30, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its “Know Your Rights — Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster.

Labor Law: Paying employees and planning for disasters

Posted: October 2, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

Ian has reminded us again that disasters happen. Employers need to be ready. So do employees and households.

Labor Law: Workplace implications for evolving Covid-19 restrictions

Posted: August 22, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch


Two federal agencies — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — have indicated that it’s time to minimize the disruption of COVID-19 in our lives, and that includes the workplace.

Labor Law: Jury awards over $5 million in damages to former flight attendant terminated after posting anti-abortion content

Posted: July 24, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

Earlier this month a Dallas jury awarded a former Southwest Airlines flight attendant over $5 million in her lawsuit against the airline and her union after she was terminated for, she claimed, her religious convictions against abortion.

Labor Law: Sexual harassment suit can proceed in case where firefighters viewed a nude video of colleague

Posted: June 20, 2022 | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Richmond Times Dispatch

A female Texas firefighter, who claimed that her male colleagues viewed a nude video of her that was stolen from her personal computer, can proceed with her claim of sexual harassment against her former employer, according to a recent opinion by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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