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Thursday, December 19, 2024
The Worst Employer of 2024 is…
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
π¨ Vote for the Worst Employer of 2024 π¨
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I've made my list, checked it twice, and now it's time to determine who's been the naughtiest and not very nice. That's right—it's time to vote for The Worst Employer of 2024.
I've narrowed down my list of 12 nominees to the worst seven finalists.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The 12th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the hurricane haranguer
What's worse than keeping employees on the job during a natural disaster? How about doing that, knowing full well how dangerous the situation is—and sneaking out yourself before things hit the fan? Impact Plastics and its CEO, Gerald O'Connor, seem to have written the playbook on reckless disregard for human life.
And when did they finally decide to send workers home? After the parking lot flooded, power was lost, and the full brunt of the storm was bearing down on them. Too little, too late.
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Monday, October 14, 2024
The 11th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the high-risk terminator
"There might be something wrong with my daughter's heart."
The manager's response? "I'm so sorry to hear about that and I hope everything is okay. Please let me know if you need anything. I'll send positive vibes your way and hope it was a mistake."
So far so good.
But he continued.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The 10th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the desecrated discriminator
"We were forced to work with 'Nazi sympathizers' who — despite their open and obvious beliefs and frequent racist, antisemitic, xenophobic, and anti-LGBTQ+ comments and discriminatory acts — were retained and even promoted to management."
Those are the claims of 7 current and former employees of a rehab center owned by Executive Recovery Group.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
The 9th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the miscarriage of justice
Today, I'm adding Troy Corp. to my list of 2024's Worst Employers—and this one hits hard.
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
The 8th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the dirty dog
If you name your business "Bark If You're Dirty," maybe you get the sexual harassment lawsuit you deserve.
The pet store just agreed to pay $340,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit that the agency brought on behalf of class of female employees.
The allegations of repeated sexual harassment are for the dogs.
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Monday, June 17, 2024
The 7th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the murder threatener
"I'm going to kill you."
"You're a dead man."
That's what Mario and Jaime Lopez, two of the owners and managers of Bianco Rosso, (allegedly) told one of their restaurant's former employees when confronting him at his new job. The issue that made them so mad? A Department of Labor investigation into management stealing from the tip pool.
According to a recently filed DOL lawsuit, Bianco Rosso and its three owners, Cristina Ramirez and the Lopezes, engaged in unlawful retaliation against employees who participated in the DOL's investigation.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
The 6th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the racist recruiter
"Only U.S. Born Citizens [white] … [Don’t share with candidates]."
That's the text of a job listing that an Arthur Grand Industries recruiter posted on Indeed.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
The 5th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the abhorrent optometrist
"The only thing that changed from when I left for maternity leave to when I was terminated was the fact that I had a baby. It sent a clear message they didn't value me as a person, as a new mom. It was shocking."
Those are the words of Dr. Alana Curatola, who is now suing her former employer, Northwest Eye Surgeons, for discrimination.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
If your company just agreed to pay $2 million to settle a horrific sexual harassment lawsuit, maybe don’t trash the plaintiff on social media
If your company just agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging horrific workplace sexual abuse and other sexual harassment, maybe it's not the best idea to trash the plaintiff on social media.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The 4th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the repulsive raisin-maker
National Raisin has agreed to pay $2 million to settle an EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit that the agency filed on behalf of a class of female agricultural workers, many of whom only speak Spanish.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The 3rd nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the supersized sex offender
A McDonald's franchisee has agreed to pay $4.35 million to settle claims brought by a 14-year-old worker raped by a manager.
According to the now settled lawsuit, the franchisee, Rice Enterprises, knew that its manager, Walter Garner, was sexually harassing child employees before Garner raped the plaintiff. Garner, already a registered sex offender during his employment, later pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the rape and is now in prison.
The allegations are as bad as you might think.
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Monday, January 29, 2024
The 2nd nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the stone-cold stunner
I've never before had a repeat Worst Employer nominee. But never before has there been an employer like Vince McMahon.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The 1st nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the S&M CEO
I've seen a lot of strange stuff in my 26-plus-year career as an attorney for employers. But this story takes the cake … and it might just run away with the title of the Worst Employer of 2024 when the votes are counted at year's end.
I present to you … the "Slave Contract."
An employee fired by software company Tradeshift recently filed a lawsuit alleging that the company's former CEO required her to sign a "Slave Contract" as a condition of her employment and then subjected her to years of sexual abuse, subjugation, and violence.
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