Hostile Work Environment

posted on August 20, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Chandra Davis to Present at Management Information Exchange (MIE) Conference in Atlanta, September 10

Management Information Exchange (MIE) Conference for Legal Services Executive Directors, Managers and Supervisors in Atlanta, September 9 and 10. Chandra Davis to lead discussion of employment law rules and regulations on September 10. Chandra will update and review the most pressing employment law and compliance issues–FLSA, FMLA, ACA, ADA and reasonable accommodations, harassment in the […]

Filed Under: Age Discrimination, EEOC, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events, Events & Updates, Harassment, Hostile Work Environment Tagged With: ADA, Chandra Davis, Employment Law Advice, FLMA, FLSA, MIE Conference

posted on June 14, 2019 by Chandra Davis

ELS Summer Employment Law Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is available on our LinkedIn page. Articles include: Supreme Court To Decide LGBTQ Workers’ Rights Raise Your Defenses and Raise Them Early: A Good Reminder from the Supreme Court for Employment Counsel Defending Title VII Workplace Bullying: States are Taking Action Other informative topics: Employment Law Checklist, Risk Management, and Internships. #ELSFirm […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, Diversity, EEOC, Employer Resources, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Hostile Work Environment, Inclusion, Investigation, LGBT, Litigation, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Title VII, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Training, Workplace Violence Tagged With: Chandra Davis, Halima White, Jamala McFadden, Jamie Thompson, Raquel Crump, Religious Discrimination, Tennille Hoover, Title VII, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Training

posted on June 7, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Workplace Bullying: States are Taking Action

by Jamie Thompson, Summer Associate Employers should be aware that bullying may give rise to actionable harassment claims when the bullying is connected to a protected category. Bullying is often thought of as a problem that was outgrown and left behind from days in grade school and on the playground. However, bullying has crossed over […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, Litigation, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Title VII, Workplace Training Tagged With: Bullying, Employment Law, employment policies, employment practices, Harassment, Jamala McFadden, Workplace Training

posted on May 8, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Attorney Tennille Hoover Returns to ELS

Tennille Hoover is an attorney with ELS. Using her former experience as an HR director for an employer with over 6000 employees, Tennille provides strategic employment law representation and counseling to complement organizational management and minimize legal liability. Tennille is highly skilled in managing, analyzing, and problem-solving a wide array of HR matters, including employee […]

Filed Under: ADA, Age Discrimination, Department of Labor, Disability Discrimination, Discovery, Discrimination, Diversity, EEOC, Emotional Intelligence, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events & Updates, FLSA, FMLA, Georgia Bar, Harassment, Hiring and Firing, Holiday Pay, Hostile Work Environment, Inclusion, Investigation, Litigation, Professional Development, Race Discrimination, Reduction in Force, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Seasonal Workers, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Speaking Engagements, State Bar of Georgia, Title VII, Wage & Hour, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Training, Young Lawyer Division of GA Bar Tagged With: Employment Handbooks, Employment Law, Employment Law Advice, employment policies, Tennille Hoover, training

posted on February 4, 2019 by Chandra Davis

The Legal Issues Involved in the Les Moonves Saga

There’s So Much to Les: The Legal Issues Involved in the Les Moonves Saga Recently disgraced former CBS CEO Les Moonves demanded to arbitrate whether he is entitled to $120,000,000 in severance pay from CBS. The matter raises a number of employment issues that many employers grapple with, including: How to draft employment contracts, severance agreements, […]

Filed Under: Employer Resources, Employment Law, Harassment, Hostile Work Environment, Investigation, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Investigations Tagged With: Arbitration, discrimination, employment agreement, Employment Law, employment policies, HalimaWhite, Investigations, MeToo, severance pay, sexual harassment, workplace, Workplace Investigations

posted on February 1, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Social Media and Workplace Investigations

You’ve seen social media sites used in criminal investigations, but can they be used in workplace investigations? In most cases, yes. Publicly-posted social media posts can assist in conducting workplace investigations, but employers should proceed with caution. Some states have enacted laws and regulations that limit an employer’s access to their workers’ social media accounts. […]

Filed Under: Employer Resources, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Hostile Work Environment, Investigation, Social Media, Workplace Investigations Tagged With: discrimination, Employment Law, employment policies, Harassment, Investigations, policies, Raquel Crump, Retaliation, workplace

posted on May 17, 2018 by Chandra Davis

Sexual Harassment: Best Practices for Employers

Over the past several months there have been countless stories of sexual harassment scandals, but what isn’t the news telling us? The news has left many companies wondering how these allegations against their favorite celebrities arose and if their company is next. Read more ..

Filed Under: EEOC, Employer Resources, Employers, Hostile Work Environment, Sex Discrimination, Title VII Tagged With: sexual harassment

posted on March 7, 2018 by Raquel Crump

Missed our Sexual Harassment Workshop? Get the Materials Here!

On March 6, 2018, ELS presented Sexual Harassment: What the Media is NOT Telling You. The workshop discussed “unpopular” issues in sexual harassment law. Topics included sexual harassment basics and less discussed issues in sexual harassment law, including same-sex harassment, female harassers, false claims, and consensual office romance that becomes harassment. ELS can equip your organization the tools needed to […]

Filed Under: EEOC, Employers, Events, Hostile Work Environment, LGBT, Sex Discrimination, Title VII, Workplace Training

posted on March 5, 2018 by Raquel Crump

Watch our Sexual Harassment Workshop Live Tomorrow!

Can’t attend our workshop tomorrow? Watch it live on Facebook or YouTube. We’ll be starting at 11:30 am!

Filed Under: CLE, EEOC, Employers, Events, Hostile Work Environment, Press, Sex Discrimination, Speaking Engagements, Supreme Court, Title VII, Workplace Training

posted on February 22, 2018 by Raquel Crump

Read our February 2018 Issue of the Pipeline!

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Filed Under: CLE, EEOC, Employers, Events, Hostile Work Environment, Noncompete Agreements, Severance & Release, Speaking Engagements, Title VII, Volunteerism

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