How'd that happen?

Morals based on a real court decision.

I'm not sure I agree. With all due respect.

Showing, again, that workplace gossip can get you sued.

Not sure I'm buying it.

A good reason to swear off gossiping at work.

Can you occasionally skip the EEOC and go straight to court if there's a really good reason?

It's the attorney who won the ground-breaking "pregnancy accommodation" case.

Not every obnoxious workplace behavior is unlawful harassment. To violate federal law, the harassment has to be unwelcome, based on a "protected category" (for example, sex or race), and "severe or pervasive."

But most employers aren't satisfied with banning only "illegal" behavior, and rightfully not. The law does a fairly good job of keeping us from each ...

Roberts v. Clark County (NV) School District involved a female-to-male transgender police officer. Although the School District later changed its policy, when Bradley Roberts first told the District in 2011 that he was presenting as a male, he was told that he could not use the men's room until he submitted proof of gender reassignment surgery. But he wasn't allowed to use the ...