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EEOC Finds Wet Seal Guilty Of Discriminating Against Black Manager: Faces Class Action Suit
Wet Seal the fashion retailer continues to be beset with problems. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said that investigations have confirmed that the clothier discriminated against a former…
Electrical Contracting Company Lays Off Worker, Accused of Racial Discrimination
A former employee of Regent Electric, Inc. in Ohio alleged in a lawsuit that the company had discriminated against him when they laid him off. He made his way from…
Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Fired, Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination and Retaliation
A registered nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs was fired for poor performance. She alleged that her termination was due to her disability, her race, her gender and her…
Job and Salary Dispute Leads to Confusion on What Legal Claims Made it to Trial
A Hispanic man’s lawsuit against the Department of Transportation (DOT) alleged race and national origin discrimination. It led to convoluted legal disputes concerning the position he was apparently denied and…
Air Force Maintenance Inspector Alleges He Was Fired Due to Racial Discrimination, Retaliation
An Air Force maintenance inspector was fired for not following supervisors’ orders. But not according to the inspector himself, who claims that it was racial discrimination and retaliation for complaints…
Farm Businesses Face Sexual Harassment Lawsuits Filed by the EEOC
Three businesses will be facing sexual harassment lawsuits from the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), which filed on behalf of former employees. The alleged acts from bosses range from male-on-male…
University Professor Alleges Retaliation for Both Her Boyfriend’s Actions and Her Own
A university professor, who’d been educated in her native country of Spain, claimed that Ohio State University had discriminated against her based on her national origin. She further alleged retaliation,…
Passed Over for Promotion — A Lack of Qualifications, or Because of the Man’s Age?
Not being promoted in the workplace is most often due to a lack of qualifications. That’s one of the reasons proffered by the Nordam Group for a former employee, but…
The EEOC Accuses Businesses of Discriminating Against Pregnant Employees
The EEOC recently brought lawsuits, on behalf of former employees, against two businesses for purported discrimination against pregnant employees – a restaurant chain and a security company. Bayou City Wings…
Former Advance Auto Parts Store Manager in Missouri Takes Her Bosses to Court
A former employee’s complaints against Advance Auto Parts were dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and failure to state a claim. It was essentially a matter of how she…
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Firing Is Fiery!
HR Career Resources is a weekly column authored by HRCrossing, the nation's leading human resources jobsite dedicated to getting HR professionals jobs.
For most human resources professionals, hiring a new candidate is a jubilant moment. However, needing to fire one of their existing employees is one situation they pray hard to avoid getting into. Unfortunately, the need to fire an employee for the health of the organization is inevitable at times. In such cases, HR professionals are not left with a choice. However, firing an employee does not always have to be a bad experience. Terminating an employee’s services can sometimes be the best solution for an organization or the employee himself. Reasons for termination may include a lack of productivity, misconduct, a loss to the organization owing to the carelessness of the employee, and other issues. Human resources professionals faced with the situation of firing an employee need to tackle each [...]
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