It’s no longer breaking news that Bill O’Reilly has been ousted from his exalted spot in the heart of the Fox News nightly line-up. The real story behind the scenes, however, is how long it took to get ...
In the workplace, it may be best to stick with a handshake or a simple “good morning” instead of going in for the hug. That’s the lesson from a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that permitted a ...
The Minnesota Employment Law Report is intentionally non-political but always seeks to be topical when current events relate to employment law. This occurred in last week’s ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the administration’s executive order ...
A new catch phrase burst onto the national scene last weekend when a video emerged of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump engaging in what he termed “locker room talk” back in 2005. If you missed the ...
Against the backdrop of the Republican National Convention last week, Fox News Founder and CEO Roger Ailes stepped down after former network personality Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. Carlson claimed that ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Minnesota), recently ruled that a female truck driver can sue for sexual harassment even though much of the conduct complained of occurred after work hours. After truck ...
When Tiffany Jones sued her former employer, Family Health Centers of Baltimore, for sexual harassment, most of her claims were pretty benign (e.g. her supervisor once remarked about “taking [her] somewhere”, he blocked her path ...
As a legal matter, sexual harassment is a form of discrimination for which only the employer is liable, not the individual doing the harassing. However, our Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) provides for liability to ...
