An employer told the EEOC one story to get a discrimination charge dismissed as too late. It told the court a different story to win summary judgment. The judge noticed. TL;DR: A magistrate judge recommended denying summary judgment on the EEOC’s age discrimination claim against a meat processing company, finding
Roughly one in ten of a railroad’s train and engine employees marked off using FMLA leave on Christmas Day. The railroad ran that spike through an algorithm, then a hearing, then a dishonesty finding, and a federal court just said a jury needs to check that whole chain. TL;DR: A
She reported the harassment and lost her job. Her supervisor testified that the man she reported wasn’t disciplined; he got training instead. TL;DR: The Seventh Circuit revived an HR manager’s sex discrimination and retaliation claims after she was fired following months of reporting sexist conduct by other managers, holding a
Last year, a jury hit the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the professional association many HR practitioners look to for certifications and guidance, with a $10 million punitive damages verdict. Now its own insurance company says that’s SHRM’s bill to pay, not theirs. TL;DR: SHRM’s employment practices insurer has
