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The 10th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the transphobic terminator

The 10th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the sex offender supervisor

The 10th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the jack(a$$) in the box

The 11th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the horrific human traffickers

The 11th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Cosby Suite

The 11th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the cable guy

The 12th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Pregnancy Prognosticator

The 12th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the hurricane haranguer

The 13th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Abortion Forcer

The 13th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the slaughtering supervisor

The 14th (and final) nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the slumlord supervisor

The 14th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Singing Supervisor

The 15th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the (Not) Better Boss

The 18th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the fecal loving fast-food manager

The 19th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the barbaric boss

The 1st nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the repeat, repeat offender

The 1st nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021" is … the bogus bonus payor

The 1st nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the crashing chief

The 1st nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the foul-mouthed retaliat

The 1st nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the S&M CEO

The 20th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the malignant mogul

The 2nd nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the uncaring chief

The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the stillbirthing leave spurner

The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the claim-filing clinic

The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the enslaving employer

The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the child labor abuser

The 2nd nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the stone-cold stunner

The 3rd nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the arresting retaliator

The 3rd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the pregnant pauser

The 3rd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the cancerous employment canceler

The 3rd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the awful accommodator

The 3rd nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the supersized sex offender

The 4th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the perverted Peking-duck purveyor

The 4th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the socially distant mass discharger

The 4th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the WTF racist

The 4th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the pizza shop pressurizer

The 4th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the repulsive raisin-maker

The 5th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the safety ignorer

The 5th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the sh**ty superior

The 5th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the dog dumper

The 5th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the abhorrent optometrist

The 6th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the deportation threatener

The 6th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the sexual harassment ignorer

The 6th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the defecation denier

The 7th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the penny pincher

The 7th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the murder enabler

The 7th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the pretend priest

The 8th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the vaccine vetoer

The 8th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … Vince McMahon

The 8th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the head hunter

The 9th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the enslaving employer

The 9th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the active shooter

The 9th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2023” is … the cake boss

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Third Circuit Explains Joint Employer Status Under FLSA on "Significant Control" over Essential Terms and Conditions of Employment

Thomas and Molk on Employer Costs and Conflicts under the Affordable Care Act

Tip-Pooling â Can My Employer Take My Tips and How?

To Compel Arbitration Under Federal Arbitration Act, Employer Must Prove It Applies

Triple Damages When The Employer Disputes Only Part of the Wages Claimed

Two Big Employer Title VII Wins at the Supreme Court Today

Two Dozen Muslim Kentucky Employees to File Discrimination Claims After Employer Fails to Let Them Pray

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Holds Employer Liable for Age Discrimination Based on its Contractor's Conduct

Urine trouble: Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether an employer can require “direct observation” of a workplace urine-sample collection

USCIS Memo Outlines Employer-Employee Relationship for H-1B Purposes

USCIS Publishes Revised Employer Handbook on Form I-9

Vance v. Ball St. narrows employer liability for harassment

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Washington Supreme Court Decision May Spur Joint Employer Class Actions

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Employer Wellness Programs

What amount of unemployment tax does a Maryland Employer pay for each employee in a year?

What Business Owners Need To Know About To Comply With The ACA Employer Mandate

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What does an employer have to do to lose $366 million?!

What does the ADA have to say about employer inquires about prescription drugs

WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS CAN MY EMPLOYER ASK ME ABOUT MY HEALTH?

What Provisions Does the Employer Need In Its Non-Compete Agreeement?

When Is A Supervisor Also An Employer?

When Your Employer Asks You to Work from Home! Are You Prepared?

Where Employer Induced Employee to Accept Employment by Subsidizing Employee's Commute, the Employee's Death While Commuting Was Compensable under Kentucky Workers Compensation Law

While I Am in the Land of Aloha, the Legislature Permits Guns on Employer Parking Lots Premises

Who are this year’s crop of nominees for The Worst Employer of 2021? Check out today’s episode of Hostile Work Environment to find out.

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Who is a "Management Level Employee" for Imputing Notice of Co-worker Harassment to an Employer?

Who is An Employer or Employee Under The FLSA?

Who Is An Employer Under The ADEA?

Who owns personal email on an employer-issued smartphone?

Who owns social media accounts—the employer or employee?

Who Pays Seaman's Attorney's Fee When Employer Refuses Medical Treatment?

Widespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHA

Will the Supreme Court (re)define employer liability for harassment by supervisors? Vance v. Ball St. Univ.

Will Your Employer Try to Steal Your Social Media Accounts?

With a Friend Like Justice Scalia ... Cat's Paw Decision Not Very Employer Friendly

WOMAN FIRED FOR CALLING IN SICK TO CARE OF HER DAUGHTER SUES HER EMPLOYER AND WINS.

WOMAN FIRED FOR SUFFERING FROM PARALYSIS SUES HER EMPLOYER AND WINS THOUSANDS- CALL LOS ANGELES EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS IF YOU’VE BEEN A VICTIM.

WOMEN IN POWERFUL POSITIONS MOST LIKELY TO BE HARASSED AT WORK. DON’T LET YOUR CA EMPLOYER SEXUALLY HARASS YOU.

Workplace Slander and Defamation Suits Take Off

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Wrongful Discharge for Complaining to an Employer or OSHA about Unsafe Work

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You May Be Entitled To Back Pay If Your Employer Makes An Error In Your Classification

You Say Let's Talk Severance/Your Employer Hears I Quit (Or, Employees Are From Pluto, Employers Are From Uranus)

YOUR CA EMPLOYER CAN’T FIRE YOU BECAUSE YOU TAKE LAWFUL PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

YOUR CA EMPLOYER CANNOT FIRE YOU BECAUSE OF AN INJURY YOU RECEIVED ON THE JOB.

YOUR CA EMPLOYER CANNOT FORCE YOU TO BREAK THE LAW

Your Employer May Be Personally Liabile For Failing To Pay Overtime

Your Employer May Need To Pay You For Time Spent On Your Smartphone

Your Employer Must Pay You What You Deserve: Consenting to "not" be paid overtime wages violates FLSA

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