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Employer Vulnerability to Employee Lawsuits -- 

Compliance Information

Employers May be Legally and Financially Accountable for Employees Actions

 
  As the employer, you may be held legally responsible for the actions of your management 
  team and employees.  

  Actions by management or employees toward other employees, as well as how they 
  interact with your customers can be a major problem for employers.

Current Trends in Employment Lawsuits

 
  You may think that only large companies need to fear government and private employee 
  lawsuits.  Such is not the case.      

  About 550 Employment Practices Lawsuits are filed on behalf of employees in the 
  United States every day.  

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission obtained $376 Million for Victims
  of Discrimination.

  According to the EEOC, workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency 
  nationwide soared to an unprecedented level.

  In addition to the statutory bases of discrimination, charges filed with the EEOC and 
  state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies also trend upward for the high 
  visibility issues of  pregnancy, discrimination and sexual harassment.

  All major categories of charge filings in the private sector increased. 
     
  Charges based on age and retaliation saw the largest annual increases, while allegations 
  based on race, sex and retaliation continued as the most frequently filed charges.

  An appeals court upheld a unanimous federal court jury verdict finding Go Daddy had 
  retaliated against an employee when it fired the employee for complaining about 
  discriminatory comments against him.
 
  The EEOC believes the surge in charge filings may be due to multiple factors, one of which 
  being employees’ greater awareness of the law. 

  Every Employer may face employment litigation.  Here are some cases:

  A Phoenix credit card processing company, will pay $415,000 and furnish significant 
  remedial relief to settle a race harassment lawsuit

  An EEOC settlement of an age discrimination class lawsuit against Allstate Insurance 
  Company resulted in $4,500,000 being paid to approximately 90 older former employees.   

  Payday lending chain Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., unlawfully fired an employee due to 
  his disability  the EEOC charged in a lawsuit the EEOC filed.

  A management company for health clubs will pay $20,000 to settle a pregnancy 
  discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.

Even Non-Litigated Claims are Expensive!

 
  The fastest growing area of employment lawsuits is retaliation.   
  This does not include retaliation lawsuits that were litigated.    

  Some examples of retaliation from a lawsuit or a complaint filed by an employee include: 
  employment termination, pay reduction, job transfer, change in working hours, or even 
  a written statement from the employee stipulating that the employee will not reapply for 
  a job or position in that company in the future.

This CA Employee Handbook Helps You Avoid Employee Lawsuits

  Quite simply, your best tool against employee lawsuits is FingerTip Manuals California 
  Employee Handbook because it is an effective attorney drafted CA Employee Handbook 
  that complies with both California and Federal Laws and it has built-in lawsuit protection.