A fired art professor looking to revive her age bias suit against Liberty University urged the Fourth Circuit on Thursday not to become the first federal appeals court to rule that instructors of nonreligious courses at religious schools can qualify as ministers.
The Second Circuit recently asked New York state's highest court to decide whether an out-of-state resident who was denied a Manhattan job can bring discrimination claims under Empire State and New York City law, a question that has bedeviled lower courts for years.
The Sixth Circuit said a Michigan federal court was wrong to dismiss a suit claiming a law firm illegally fired an attorney for requesting unpaid leave because of her son's medical condition at the beginning of the pandemic, ruling Wednesday that her request itself is protected by federal law.
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A fired art professor looking to revive her age bias suit against Liberty University urged the Fourth Circuit on Thursday not to become the first federal appeals court to rule that instructors of nonreligious courses at religious schools can qualify as ministers.
The Second Circuit recently asked New York state's highest court to decide whether an out-of-state resident who was denied a Manhattan job can bring discrimination claims under Empire State and New York City law, a question that has bedeviled lower courts for years.
The Sixth Circuit said a Michigan federal court was wrong to dismiss a suit claiming a law firm illegally fired an attorney for requesting unpaid leave because of her son's medical condition at the beginning of the pandemic, ruling Wednesday that her request itself is protected by federal law.
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January 26, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday questioned why a lawsuit alleging that J.M. Smucker Co. violated the constitutional rights of workers who were denied religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate targeted just the company and not the Biden administration, given that the employees likened the company officials to "state actors."
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January 26, 2023
A South Florida video producer urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to revive her suit against her former employer BrandStar Studios Inc., arguing the lower court should have let a jury hear her claims that BrandStar violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act when it fired her while she was caring for her sick father.
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January 26, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday accused the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs of offering a female job applicant a lower salary than what men were paid for the same position, asserting it violated federal civil rights law.
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January 26, 2023
GlaxoSmithKline LLC discriminated against older employees by systematically firing seven medicinal chemistry workers over the age of 50 while keeping "substantially" younger employees, according to a new lawsuit.
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January 26, 2023
A Chicago teacher can continue litigating her discrimination claims against her former union, the city's Board of Education and a school administrator, an Illinois federal judge ruled, dismissing the union's bid to toss her amended suit.
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January 26, 2023
A Second Circuit panel on Thursday dissected the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's argument that a single example of a higher-paid worker of the opposite sex is enough for a viable Equal Pay Act claim, appearing open to the position but parsing whether it should apply across the board.
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January 26, 2023
A recent Fourth Circuit decision shows how battles over what constitutes substantially similar or substantially equal work and over the validity of pay history as a justification for pay differences will dominate the courts in years to come, attorneys say.
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January 26, 2023
Three female AstraZeneca sales representatives didn't deliver enough facts to support their claims that the company paid them less than men, an Illinois federal judge ruled in dismissing their suit.
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January 26, 2023
A former London Fischer LLP attorney has settled an Americans with Disabilities Act suit brought in New York federal court after alleging the firm fired him upon learning he had been diagnosed with an incurable cancer.
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January 26, 2023
Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP announced Thursday that it has chosen one of its longtime partners to become chair of its labor and employment practice group.
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January 26, 2023
A Fourth Circuit panel Thursday appeared inclined to uphold a win for UPS in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by a driver, indicating that it bought the delivery giant's arguments that the driver's request for a smaller truck wasn't a reasonable accommodation.
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January 26, 2023
Seven former Walmart managers in Georgia and Florida accused the company of denying them overtime pay in a federal lawsuit, which also includes claims that a woman was discriminated against because of her sex and that the company fired a manager after he took medical leave.
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January 25, 2023
Fox News was hit in New York state court Wednesday with another sexual harassment lawsuit from an ex-employee, this time from a onetime booking director who accused the company of inaction when the late executive Roger Ailes repeatedly sexually assaulted and filmed her so he could threaten blackmail.
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January 25, 2023
A Fourth Circuit panel on Wednesday seemed skeptical of a North Carolina state health plan's efforts to reverse an order blocking it from refusing to cover treatments related to gender dysphoria and gender transition, appearing inclined to back the decision finding that the exclusion was discriminatory.
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January 25, 2023
An attorney representing a Florida nurse who complained of a supervisor saying to her face that "Blacks are lazy" told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday the remark was discriminatory and that she was allegedly wrongly fired, despite a lower court ruling that found in favor of her former employer.
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January 25, 2023
A Texas school district can fire a teacher over social media posts directed at former President Donald J. Trump that targeted students over their immigration status and ethnicity, a Lone Star State appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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January 25, 2023
The Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a trial court erred by tossing a 55-year-old worker's suit accusing an energy company of unlawfully letting her go after it acquired the company she worked for, saying the question of whether a reduction in force occurred had to be answered.
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January 25, 2023
U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Wednesday appointed 22 Republicans to the committee.
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January 25, 2023
Two fired workers told a New York federal court they had reached an agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to drop out of a proposed class action accusing the drugmaker of violating federal law by denying religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
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January 25, 2023
Employment and labor law firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has named a longtime equity partner to lead its Macon, Georgia, office as managing partner.
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January 25, 2023
Miller & Martin PLLC promoted a corporate litigation attorney and a labor and employment attorney to the membership, the Tennessee-based firm announced.
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January 25, 2023
Harry D. Jones is preparing to lead Polsinelli PC's international labor and employment group with a philosophy that helping companies navigate work-related issues around the globe means connecting them to specialist attorneys with a nuanced understanding of how the law, business and culture intersect in different nations.
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January 25, 2023
A Black staff member for the New Jersey State Bar Association who alleged she was passed over for a salary hike and promotion in favor of a less qualified white candidate has agreed to end her claims, according to a joint stipulation of dismissal filed in New Jersey state court.
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January 25, 2023
Bressler Amery & Ross PC has added a labor and employment litigation partner in Birmingham, as well as seven other attorneys in Alabama, New Jersey and Florida and a new managing director of operations.
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January 25, 2023
The Third Circuit refused to reinstate a former energy company worker's retaliation lawsuit against his employer, saying too much time elapsed between his allegation that a co-worker had inappropriately touched him and his firing to suggest a connection.