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Recently hired Huffington Post Senior Vice President of Sales Moritz Loew was let go after only three months on the job, thanks to a background check that turned up a 9-year-old DWI arrest. Loew had an outstanding warrant in Seattle from 2003 for failure to appear in court for the charges. “My biggest regret is having even touched a set of car keys after drinking beer,” Loew wrote in an email message to friends and colleagues. “If this is the …

Employers are not mandated to allow their employees to telecommute, but they must as least consider the possibility for people with disabilities that prevent them from interacting in a standard workplace, according to a ruling by a federal court in Ohio. The decision, in Core v. Champaign County Board of County Commissioners, came about after a woman who sought accommodation in her workplace for her extreme chemical sensitivity. First, Pamela Core asked her employer, the country Department of Job and …

Cuando Vicky Gutiérrez, una reportera de Telemundo con 50 años de edad, fue despedida en marzo, ella no se quedó de brazos cruzados. Presentó una demanda por discriminación por edad, señalando que había sido despedida como represalia por haberse quejado sobre las condiciones de su lugar de trabajo. Gutiérrez demandó a Telemundo y a NBC, propietaria de la primera, en una corte del Estado de California en Los Ángeles el 1ro de Agosto, demandando la cantidad de $2,000,000 de dólares. …

When Vicky Gutierrez, a 50-year-old reporter for Telemundo, was laid off in March, she didn’t take it sitting down. She sued for age discrimination, pointing out that she was replaced by a much younger woman and claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaints about workplace conditions. Gutierrez sued Telemundo and its parent company, NBC, in California state court in Los Angeles on August 1, demanding over $2 million. Some of the things she alleges she complained about included toxic …

Your Employer Can Fire You For Taking Medical Leave An employer does have the right to fire an employee who is on extended medical leave, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The decision comes after a Massachusetts bank terminated an employee who had taken several months of medical leave on her doctor’s orders. Find Out More…   Courtney Love Sued by Ex-Assistant For “Evil,” “Despicable Conduct”  Hole singer Courtney Love, who was sued last month for alleged nonpayment of …