A butcher who said he was sexually assaulted multiple times by other male butchers at a grocery store proved his sexual-harassment claim by showing that male and female workers were treated differently, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. https://goo.gl/efQ4Lk
Amazon Workers Will Soon Earn $15 an Hour
Amazon announced on Oct. 2 that it is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all employees in the United States. The increase comes as retailers struggle to fill jobs and worker advocates join the “fight for $15” in cities around the world to push for higher wages in fast-food, retail, home health care and other low-wage industries. https://goo.gl/8M15WV
Applicant Who Rejected Job Offer Entitled to Trial
#ICYMI: Despite rejecting an employer’s job offer, a female applicant could proceed to trial with her sex-discrimination failure-to-hire claim when the hiring manager allegedly stated a preference for hiring a man and ultimately hired a man at a higher salary, according to a Virginia federal district court. https://goo.gl/2Sjeqb
‘Fight for $15’ Pins Could Not Be Banned from Uniforms
#ICYMI: In-N-Out Burger committed an unfair labor practice when it maintained a policy requiring clean uniforms without any pins or stickers supporting any causes, which it used to prohibit employees from wearing “Fight for $15” buttons, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. https://goo.gl/s6g3T8