Category: EMPLOYMENT
TWIN CITIES CAR DEALERSHIP ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Everyone who gets up every day and heads off to work deserves to work in an atmosphere free of sexual harassment. An employee should not have to suffer a hostile work environment for fear of losing their ability to provide financially for themselves and their families. Unfortunately some employers either knowingly allow or even actively foster …
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FEDEX SETTLES OVER ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION IN HIRING PRACTICES
When Minnesota workers apply for a job, they expect that the employer’s decision will be based on their objective aptitude for the position. Yet some employers still impermissibly hire employees according to their race, national origin or sex. This week, FedEx agreed to settle with the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations that the company …
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Menard Settles Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit
A home-improvement retail giant has settled a $1 million class action lawsuit which began after several minority employees complained about discrimination. Most people in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area are family with Menards. The company has 262 stores in 13 states in the Midwest. In 2004, several Menards employees complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity …
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U OF MINNESOTA STUDY SHOWS THAT FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE YIELDS RESULTS
A recent University of Minnesota study found that flexible workplaces are not only conducive to employee health, but also to measurable productivity. The study was conducted at Best Buy headquarters in Richfield where a test initiative directed workers to focus on results and allowed them to change when and where they performed work based on …
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TWO MINNESOTA COMPANIES ACCUSED OF HIRING DISCRIMINATION
Two Minnesota companies have recently been accused by the federal government of employment discrimination. Federal regulators first accused Cargill Inc. last month of discriminating on both race and gender grounds at its Arkansas turkey plant. The government claims that the company discriminated against thousands of entry-level workers at that plant.