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North Carolina

Discrimination claims harder for employees to make if bias is ancient history

03/01/2008
Just because an employee experienced unfair treatment years ago doesn’t mean you have to ignore recent poor performance. You can discipline the employee as long as the charges are fair, accurate and unbiased now …

Sued for injury? Check if workers’ comp paid out

03/01/2008
If your company is sued by someone other than your own employee for an injury that occurred on your premises, it’s worth finding out if the injured person collected any money under workers’ comp. That can easily happen if the person was traveling on business. Here’s why you should check …

Discrimination costs grocery chain $40,000

03/01/2008
Eugene Gates Jr. had worked as a meat slicer in a Charlotte grocery store for nearly 40 years when it was purchased by Compare Foods, of Freeport, N.Y. Shortly after the buyout, the company cut his hours in half and gave his shifts to a young Hispanic worker, telling Gates the company needed someone who could better relate to the store’s customers …

Smithfield lawsuit against UFCW gets green light

03/01/2008
A federal judge has given the go-ahead to Smithfield Foods’ racketeering lawsuit against the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), but cautioned Smithfield that to succeed, it will have to specifically allege how the union will profit from its actions …

Undocumented workers jailed

03/01/2008
Three illegal immigrant workers arrested in a raid at Smithfield Foods’ Tar Heel packing plant have been sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by deportation. All three pleaded guilty to fraud and misuse of documents …

Raleigh’s Golden Corral faces sexual harassment suit

03/01/2008
Four former employees are suing Raleigh-based Golden Corral Corporation for sexual harassment they say they endured while working in a restaurant in Port Richey, Fla. The plaintiffs, two men and two women, claim they were repeatedly sexually harassed by three male workers, including an associate manager …

Henredon Furniture to pay $465,000 for racial harassment

03/01/2008
The EEOC has settled a lawsuit with Henredon Furniture Industries for $465,000 over harassment endured by black workers at its High Point manufacturing plant …

N.C. employers named to Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

03/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and five North Carolina employers made the list …

Problems with obtaining FMLA and wage-and-Hour releases

03/01/2008
There are many reasons why employers need to obtain releases of liability and of potential claims from their employees from time to time. But in some circumstances in North Carolina, it may be difficult—or even impossible—to get a valid release from an employee. Wage-and-hour claims and FMLA claims present possible traps for uninformed employers …

Employer responsibilities when subpoena demands personnel files

03/01/2008
Q. What should the employer do when an employee’s personnel file is subpoenaed? …