Monthly Archives: October 2011

Nothing quite sends a shiver to the corner office as fast as a letter from a governmental agency. It’s rarely good news. More often than not, it’s the opening round for big trouble ahead…. The “official” letter may advise that an employee, or former employee, has filed a workplace discrimination charge...

I know…We sound like a broken record…. But we have been busy the past couple of weeks fine-tuning several clients’ employee handbooks. A paragraph here, a comma there….Makes all the difference in the event an employee decides s/he’s  fed up and  files a claim against you. As strategic Orlando, Florida,...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has filed suit against Bass Pro Outdoor World, LLC (“Bass Pro”) for alleged discriminary employment practices. The federal agency alleges that the popular outdoor retail chain engaged discriminatory hiring practices which denied Hispanics and African-Americans equal employment opportunity and then retaliated against employees who...