A forklift operator working at a warehouse in Mounds View, Minnesota, was fired for violating various company policies. His response? He sued his former employers for retaliation and a co-worker for defamation. Back in September of 2008, the plaintiff, who is white, testified on behalf of a black worker whose employment was recently terminated. The [...]
Continue reading...30. January 2012
Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster’s efforts to find the best and the brightest to fill the highest positions within the city through nationwide searches have failed multiple times. There are four vacant positions within the city; community development director, fire chief, human resource director and NFC Development Corporation director. Dyster recently said that the [...]
Continue reading...30. January 2012
Pregnancy-based discrimination was outlawed back in 1978 by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Prior to the enactment of the law, employers would fire women employees who became pregnant or force them to take unpaid leave, according to the National Partnership for Woman & Families. Malcolm Coco, a professor of human resource management at Abilene Christian University, [...]
Continue reading...30. January 2012
Popular retail store chain Walmart will be paying monetary compensation to settle a disability lawsuit. The settlement, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee of the company, will also include nonmonetary relief. The EEOC filed the lawsuit back in October of 2010. In the suit, Walmart was [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2012
A lawsuit has recently been made against the Sam Houston State University, claiming that the university is guilty of both racial discrimination and retaliation. The lawsuit was filed within the United States Court in the Southern District of Teas in the middle of January. An African American woman, Angel Lamb is suing the university stating [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2012
The University of Wisconsin has being making an effort to overtake the human resources system and is currently going through the second phase of the process, which will take place next week since legislations has given the University of Wisconsin the authority to set up their very own HR system which will operate outside of [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2012
Two former employees of a condominium complex filed a suit against the company, claiming that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not paying them minimum wage and overtime due. The plaintiffs recently appealed a district court’s decision. The two men worked at Aragon Towers Condo in Florida for nearly three years, performing [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
The Stoughton town manager, Francis T. Crimmins Jr., left a judgeship in order to take the job as town manager. When he did so it came at a time when the residents of the town were looking to have the Police Department cleaned up because of recent scandals that wracked the town and harmed its [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
The city of Augusta is preparing to outsource its human resources functions to a company called Automatic Data Processing. Before the outsourcing takes place, an internal memo has been leaked to the public that shows problems with the city’s existing relationship with the outsourcing company it has hired. City Administrator Fred Russell said that the [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
Nearly one in three of workers is considering leaving his or her job, according to a recent Mercer Study of 2,400 U.S. workers. That is a sharp increase from the 23% that said they’d leave their jobs in 2005. Younger employees- 40% of those age 25 to 34 intend to quit. Men-34% of men intend [...]
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31. January 2012
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