On December 15, 2014, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the time limitation to file a claim under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA), Minn. Stat. § 181.932 is six years. Previously, the Court had held the time period was two-years. The MWA prohibits an...
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Year: 2014
EEOC settlement of disability discrimination lawsuit
EEOC Press Release, December 2, 2014 Employee’s Firing Was Because of Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Paloma Blanca Health Care Associates, LLC, d/b/a Paloma Blanca Health and Rehabilitation, which owns and operates a health and rehabilitation...
New York Times Article: Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap
November 14, 2014. Written By: Tara Siegal Bernard. NY Times. The first step is admitting you have a problem, but it’s another thing to actually address it. Take the gender wage gap, for example. Women continue to make less than men for the same work, but a growing...
New ‘Ban the Box’ law tripping up Minnesota employers
Article by: JENNIFER BJORHUS , Star Tribune, November 17, 2014 “Ban the box” sounded like a simple concept. Companies can no longer ask about a job seeker’s criminal history on initial employment applications. But some of the state’s marquee employers fumbled the new...
The Workologist’s 6 tips to resolve workplace conflict, get a raise
From: Minnesota Public Radio, The Daily Circuit, November 16, 2014 By: Rob Walker: Author of The Workologist column for the New York Times On today’s installment of our Monday work series, New York Times Workologist Rob Walker joined The Daily Circuit to take...
Workzone: Discriminatory job practices working against older workers
By Patricia Sabatini / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It isn’t easy to grow old gracefully. But for people 55 and older who want to continue in the work force, the realities of advancing age can be especially harsh. Simply put, negative stereotypes about being less...