It’s International Worker’s Day
Associated Press, May 1, 2018: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/may-day-2018-05-01-international-workers-day-rallies-demand-workers-rights/ May Day 2018 sees workers rally for rights around the world
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Can Workplace Training Eliminate Biases?
Interesting article in the New York Times on unconscious or implicit bias: Can Training Eliminate Biases? Starbucks Will Test the Thesis
Beth Bertelson quoted in City Pages article on workplace discrimination
Shannon Miller: Discrimination victim? Or an overpaid college coach? City Pages, Thursday, March 15, 2018 by David Clarey On December 9, 2014, University of Minnesota Duluth’s women’s hockey head coach Shannon Miller was informed her contract would not be renewed....
Beth Bertelson quoted in the Star Tribune
Keillor case tests blurry legal lines surrounding workplace relationships Sexual banter between workers, supervisors is minefield, lawyers say. Star Tribune, March 12, 2018 By Jeff Meitrodt For two years, Garrison Keillor exchanged flirtatious e-mails and texts with a...
Age Discrimination Collective Action Lawsuit
Moldenhauer, for an on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, v. Honeywell International, Inc., Court File No., 18-cv-00126 (U.S. District of Minnesota). On January 18, 2018, we filed a Complaint against Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) in...
Noncompete contracts can make it tough to change jobs
Star Tribune article published Sunday, February 18, 2018, highlights issues with noncompete agreements in employment: Although sometimes called different things, a noncompete agreement is essentially a contract under which an employee agrees not to compete with the...
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
“We are all one human race, destined for greatness. Let us live together in peace and love in a Beloved Community.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Her sexual harassment case would make legal history
Taken from The Lily News, October 16, 2017 Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s DeNeen L. Brown. In 1978, Mechelle Vinson filed a lawsuit against her supervisor that redefined sexual harassment in the workplace. Vinson had worked at the Capital City Federal...
The Cost of Devaluing Women
This is an interesting article from the New York Times on the cost of devaluing women: But in the dizzying past few weeks, as this crucial moment of reckoning on sexual harassment continues, it’s clear that the harassment I was subjected to is not in the past. . ....
Baby Boomers Face Job Discrimination
Star Tribune article outlines obstacles baby boomers face during job searches: http://ow.ly/5AFT30gdHKz Our office reviews severance packages. If you were terminated and offered a severance package, feel free to give us a call.
