The consequences of sexual harassment in your business include low employee morale and a tainted reputation. The consequences have a far-reaching impact on your organization's bottom line.
The settlement was filed on Monday by Chipotle and the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) in an administrative case that claims Chipotle failed to provide its staff with their schedules two weeks in advance. Chipotle also allegedly failed to pay its workers a premium for shifts that were unscheduled, which is required […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action claiming it failed to provide breaks and sufficient facilities for warehouse workers to pump breast milk. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, Amazon employee Fernanda Torres claimed the 640,000-square-foot warehouse in Beaumont, California where she works has just one small room […]
Employees with at least 26 weeks of continuous employment can make a request for flexible working to their employer: this could be (among other things) a request, for example, to start work later, finish later, to work a certain number of days per week from home, or to condense the working week into four days. […]
The modern employer must be committed to providing equal opportunities in the workplace and providing a supportive and inclusive working environment, irrespective of an employee’s race, age, disability, sex or gender identity. Transgender employees have various rights in the workplace, as follows: 1. To be treated fairly when applying for a job: it is unlawful […]
British supermarket chain Tesco has won a legal battle over its use of “fire and rehire” tactics. The decision could pave the way for other employers to use the controversial strategy. Tesco had previously been prevented from using “fire and rehire” following a case brought on behalf of 42 of its warehouse employees, who accused […]
On Thursday, Elon Musk’s Tesla asked a US court to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the luxury EV maker violated federal law by letting hundreds of employees go without providing advance notice. In a filing, Tesla argued that the terminated employees had signed valid agreements to bring employment-related legal disputes in arbitration and to refrain from […]
The operator of 10 New England McDonald’s franchises is set to pay $1.6 million to settle allegations that a manager at the fast-food restaurant chain made sexual comments to employees and routinely groped them. Some of the victims were teenagers. On Thursday, US District Judge William Sessions in Burlington, Vermont, approved a consent decree that […]
On Monday, a California federal judge ordered a new trial on the damages Elon Musk’s Tesla owes to a Black former factory employee who accused the electric vehicle company of racism. US District Judge William Orrick granted Tesla's motion for a new trial a week after the former Tesla employee Owen Diaz turned down a […]
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