We wrote last year about the dismissal of a claim by an employee who got fired because her boss’s wife was jealous of her good looks. Well, her appeal may have been too much for the boss’s wife ...
An employee suffered a severe injury from driving a nail through his head but it was the employer who got hammered for disability discrimination. Biagio Stragapede, a water worker for the City of Evanston, Illinois, suffered a ...
In a somewhat surprising and disturbing decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that even a single one-word racial epithet can create a viable hostile work environment harassment claim. Two African American laborers sued staffing agency ...
Based on a recent decision from the United States Supreme Court, resistance to a subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will likely be futile. In the typical case, a charge from the EEOC ...
In March, the European Court of Justice ruled that employers can lawfully prohibit female Muslim employees from wearing headscarves at work, a decision that would not likely be issued in American courts. The lawsuit involved two ...
For the very first time, a federal appeals court has ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is sex discrimination and therefore outlawed by Title VII. While Title VII does not explicitly identify ...
A recent federal court ruling may have the effect of making more businesses subject to expansive Title IX procedures and protections for their student employees or interns. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ...
Lost in the tumult of the overtime rules injunction was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) issuance of an updated enforcement guidance on National Origin Discrimination on November 21. Not updated since 2002, the guidance offers a ...
