Title VII

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

Raise Your Defenses and Raise Them Early: A Good Reminder from the Supreme Court for Employment Counsel Defending Title VII Claims

On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States released its opinion in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis leading to a very valuable lesson for employers – raise your defenses and raise them early. The employee in this case filed an EEOC charge against her employer for sexual harassment and retaliation for […]

Filed Under: Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, EEOC, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Hiring and Firing, Litigation, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Title VII, Workplace Training Tagged With: EEOC, Employment Law, employment policies, employment practices, Litigation Defense, Religion, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Tennille Hoover, Title VII

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 June 2, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Supreme Court To Decide LGBTQ Workers’ Rights

It may come as news to many that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that federal law does not protect employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. The Supreme Court will review whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) prohibits discrimination against employees because […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, LGBT, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Title VII Tagged With: discrimination, Halima White, Sex, Title VII

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 April 16, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Employment Law Checklist for Start-Ups & Expanding Businesses

Attorneys at The Employment Law Solution: McFadden Davis assist business clients with various aspects of employment law. We partner with our clients to provide results-oriented employment law services that are aligned with business fundamentals. ELS offers preventative and proactive services to clients in order to equip them with tools for almost any employment law issue. […]

Filed Under: Climate Assessment, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, FLSA, FMLA, Harassment, Hiring and Firing, Holiday Pay, Inclusion, Litigation, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Seasonal Workers, Severance & Release, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Wage & Hour, Workplace Training Tagged With: Employment Law, Employment Law Checklist, HR Risk Assessments, Raquel Crump

posted on April 15, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Jamala McFadden’s Highlights from The National Diversity & Leadership Conference

The National Diversity Council’s conference last week in Dallas did not disappoint! Keynote speakers President Barack Obama, General Colin Powell and America Ferrera were on point with lessons on leadership, diversity and inclusion and living a good life. It was an absolute pleasure to be included in a speaker lineup that included such heavyweights. I […]

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employment Law, Events, Events & Updates, Harassment, Investigation, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Title VII, Workplace Investigations Tagged With: discrimination, Diversity, Employment Law, employment policies, Inclusion, Jamala McFadden, NATIONALDIVERSITYCOUNCIL

posted on April 3, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Highlights from the Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys, Inc. (LIWOCA) 2019 – 14th Annual Leadership Conference

ELS attorney Raquel Crump shared highlights from the LIWOCA Annual Conference held in Washington, DC March 27-29, 2019. LIWOCA provides annual scholarships to women of color in law school. LIWOCA’s mission is to educate, mentor, inspire and network with women of color attorneys and businesswomen as well as create a forum for mentoring and networking. Raquel serves on LIWOCA’s Annual Conference Planning Committee […]

Filed Under: Employment Advice, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events, Events & Updates, Harassment, Professional Development, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Title VII Tagged With: Employment Law, employment policies, Ethical Considerations, Inc., Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys, LIWOCA, Raquel Crump, sexual harassment, Workplace Investigations

posted on March 1, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Georgia’s Judiciary has Established an Ad Hoc Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Judicial Branch of Government

As head of Georgia’s judiciary, Chief Justice Harold D. Melton announced he has established an “Ad Hoc Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Judicial Branch of Government.” The Committee is charged with gathering research, examining and evaluating best practices, and encouraging all classes of Georgia courts and court councils to establish policies to prevent […]

Filed Under: EEOC, Employer Resources, Employers, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Events & Updates, Harassment, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, State Bar of Georgia, Title VII, Uncategorized, Workplace Training Tagged With: Ad Hoc Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Judicial Branch of Government, Chandra Davis, internal investigations, outside investigator, policies, procedures, Raquel Crump, sexual harassment, sexual harassment prevention training, training, workplace

posted on January 30, 2019 by Chandra Davis

Public Employers Turn Attention to Addressing Harassment Complaints

No doubt, recent developments and media articles have captured everyone’s attention. Highlights of recent developments in Georgia: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent executive order regarding the state’s sexual harassment training program sets up new training requirements for state employees and managers. Governor Kemp made the state’s inspector general’s office the ultimate repository for complaints. The […]

Filed Under: Age Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Title VII Tagged With: Chandra Davis, discrimination, Employment Law, employment policies, employment practices, public entity employer, Raquel Crump, sexual harassment, sexual harassment prevention training, training

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