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What are the top 10 employment cases of 2017?

What are the top 10 employment cases of 2017?

Three of the 10 most groundbreaking and relevant employment cases for HR professionals so far this year raise issues relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Three more center around Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims.

What are the most important employment law cases?

We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about. Already an XpertHR user? Log in

Who are the big companies sued for racism?

Racial discrimination lawsuits against big-name companies such as Walmart Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch, and General Electric have focused national attention on the indignities that employees of color sometimes suffer on the job.

Are there any companies investing in employee engagement?

Organizations around the world have been investing in employee engagement for decades yet despite the increase in investment, scores remain terribly low.

Three of the 10 most groundbreaking and relevant employment cases for HR professionals so far this year raise issues relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Three more center around Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims.

Can you sue some of the biggest companies in the US?

A recent academic study found that 81 of the top 100 companies in America have put legal clauses in the fine print of their customer agreements that bar consumers from suing them in federal court, and instead force victims to pursue arbitration or, in some cases, file suit in small claims court.

Are there any high profile embezzlement cases?

These scams often involve companies of different sizes and different dollar amounts, but each case is instructive in that one can see the level of crime that people may attempt. The examples below are high profile, high dollar embezzlement cases from across the country.

What was the biggest embezzlement case in Montana?

One of the biggest bank fraud cases in Montana ended in 2012 when Rhonda Lee DeVries was convicted of embezzlement after 10 years of complex credit card transactions that led her to steal nearly $4 million. DeVries received three years of probation and must pay back $3.8 million. ( Billingsgazette.com)