Trump's EEOC nominees could not assure lawmakers that they would support the agency's view that adverse actions against gay or transgender workers violates federal civil rights laws.
With Hurricane Harvey and other storms or disasters, a companys failure to communicate HR matters to its employees can wreak havoc in survivors' lives -- and create more HR problems later.
A recent ruling could make it tougher for workers to prove that they were victims of bias in the hiring process and narrow the reach of the 50-year-old federal age discrimination law.
The lawsuit claims the overtime rule is still in effect, despite the injunction, and companies that decided not to comply are violating federal labor laws.
Not long after Adrian Scott Duane posted a comment on Glassdoor.com that said his companys managers "do not know what the word discrimination means, nor do they think it matters, the 32-year-old transgender workers desk had been cleared and he was fired.
Given the context of federal warnings about mosquitoes transmitting the Zika virus, an employers actions or inactions might give rise to a potential tort claim.