Tag: lawsuit
CareerBuilder Facing Class Action Lawsuit from Sales Reps
More bad news for CareerBuilder, another lawsuit in the news. VIA COOK COUNTY RECORD: A new class action lawsuit has accused Careerbuilder of underpaying its sales representatives, allegedly stripping those workers of commissions they had earned. On Nov. 1, attorneys Myles McGuire and Paul Geske, of the firm of McGuire Law P.C., filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of named plaintiff…
Don’t Wait For a Lawsuit to Close Your Pay Gaps
The era of employers avoiding public consequences for disparate treatment of women and minorities in the workplace is over. Employers that neglect internal issues on gender face severe legal and reputational risk in the age of #MeToo and Time’s Up.
CareerBuilder slapped with sexual harassment lawsuit
The lawsuit paints a disturbing picture of a corporate culture rife with harassment and executives who looked the other way. This article is only available to AIM Group clients. Please subscribe now or log in to view. The post CareerBuilder slapped with sexual harassment lawsuit appeared first on AIM Group.
CareerBuilder Gets Slapped With Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Bullying
Reported in Crain’s Chicago Business on June 13, Lori McInerney, a former marketing director who started with CareerBuilder in 2002, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer. McInerney was promoted eight times during her time there without a single poor performance review, the lawsuit says. She served as regional sales director, director of strategic initiatives, and director of marketing during her tenure.
The Soap Opera at Dice’s Parent Company Continues With Lawsuit, Job Board Sale
Amid a collapsing stock price and the search for a new CEO, DHI Group Inc. (DHX), the company that operates tech job board Dice and other niche job sites, continues to be in the news. This time, the drama centers around a lawsuit with an old nemesis and the sale of one of its job boards.
If You Do Background Checks, Here’s What You Need to Know to Avoid a Lawsuit
“Double, double toil and trouble…” Although Shakespeare surely had something else in mind, it’s easy to see how these words could conjure images of compliance woes.
Some Hires Might Not Be Worth the Trouble – Lawsuit Uber is Fighting Proves It
I’m a House of Cards fan…power, subterfuge, shady deals and intrigue. Sign me up. Can’t wait for the new season. I like drama and backroom politics. It’s fun to see how things get done. Shady deals like this, however, don’t normally happen around the HR space. But for Uber and a division of Google, it’s on. Frank Underwood would eat this up. Here’s the…
Chamber Readying Lawsuit Over OT Rules
There are 78 days left until the new U.S. Department of Labor overtime rules take effect. However, according the a recent report from Chris Opfer and Ben Penn at Bloomberg BNA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ready to sue.
Career Scams Update: TheLadders, LinkedIn, Lee Hecht Harrison & More
Every day, another racket in the career industry gets exposed because consumers like you post your stories on websites like Ask The Headhunter.
LinkedIn settles lawsuit over 'add connection' feature for $13m
The $13m settlement is filtering down to LinkedIn users in the US as a result of the class-action, and on Monday the site notified eligible users that they could have a claim (the notifications, naturally, were sent by email). The amount users will …
After Lawsuit Settlement, LinkedIn’s Dishonest Design Is Now A $13 Million Problem
Anyone who has ever signed up, or even known anyone who has signed up, for LinkedIn has probably found themselves on the receiving end of dozens of follow-up emails, inviting you to "expand your professional network." Even worse, they're virtually …
LinkedIn to Pay $13 Million for Unwanted Emails Lawsuit; Customers Could Get …
As part of the settlement, LinkedIn agreed to tell members that two email reminders may be sent to each requested connection. By next year, users will also be able to stop reminder emails from being sent. Lawyers representing the LinkedIn members can …
LinkedIn agrees to settle unwanted email lawsuit
LinkedIn users are used to getting way too many LinkedIn emails, but they received one tonight that was much different than usual: LinkedIn was announcing that it had agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over sending unwanted emails. The lawsuit …
Homejoy Shuts Down After Battling Worker Classification Lawsuits
This is one of the first startup casualties as a result of the worker classification issue.
LinkedIn Prevails In Lawsuit Over 'Reference Search'
A federal judge in San Jose ruled earlier this week that LinkedIn's “Reference Search,” a tool it provides to premium members who use it to find job candidates' past colleagues, does not run afoul of a 1970 federal law called the Fair Credit Reporting …