Advocating for Employees in San Antonio, TX and Beyond
The Fifth Circuit has recognized that a hostile work environment claim can exist under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The Fifth Circuit has never reached such a conclusion before now. In Dediol v. Best Chevrolet, Inc., the Federal appellate court reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer.
The Court…
A judge has ordered that five employees who voiced complaints on Facebook be reinstated to their jobs and be awarded backpay. The five employees of Hispanics United of Buffalo complained about the workloads and other conditions of their job. HUB is a non-profit agency in Buffalo, New York. Their supervisor then fired them, saying their…
It has been ten years since 9/11. That was a huge day for millions of Americans. 9/11 lead directly or indirectly to the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For those of us in the military or formerly in the military, 9/11 marks the starting point of multiple deployments, moves, new jobs, lives changed, and…
In a recent decision, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that an arbitration policy referenced in an employee handbook was not binding on the employee. In Hergenreder v. Bickford Senior Living Group, LLC, No. 10-1474 (6th Cir. 6/8/2011), the employee was a nurse who suffered from cancer shortly after starting to work for…
Written counseling is important. I have advised and represented small business owners. The best protection from a false claim is written counseling made at the time of the alleged infraction. Even the most basic workplace will have scratch paper somewhere. You as a manager need to include the basics: what the employee did wrong, when…
A worker at Ashley Furniture was killed here in San Antonio in May, 2011 by a co-worker. Now, the family of Aileen Harbridge has sued her former employer. See San Antonio Express News report. The suit claims that the killer, Jose Martinez used a pistol he borrowed from a store manager. There had been…