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August 05, 2024
A specialty alcohol and ingredients manufacturer unlawfully fired an electrician with sciatica after colleagues raised concerns about his ability to climb stairs and ladders, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Illinois federal court Monday.
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August 05, 2024
A shipping company agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of firing a manager after watching his health decline due to cancer, a filing in Georgia federal court said.
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August 05, 2024
A former general counsel at steakhouse chain Palm Management is asking a New York federal judge not to toss her lawsuit or force her into arbitration, calling the arbitration clause in her employment agreement "unenforceable due to unconscionability based on the content of the clause."
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August 05, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to reopen a former football coach's lawsuit accusing a Georgia school district of unlawfully refusing to renew his contract because he's white, backing a lower court's determination that an earlier case against Black school board members barred the current claims.
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August 05, 2024
A Connecticut federal judge tossed a Catholic chaplain's suit alleging Wesleyan University fired him for complaining that a Muslim chaplain's departure was an unfair firing, stating the former employee didn't support his claims with enough proof that bias affected the Muslim chaplain's employment or his own.
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August 05, 2024
A technology company refused to hire a well-qualified job applicant for a sales director position because he was "too old" and Indian, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in California federal court.
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August 02, 2024
A Florida federal judge has ruled the state's Department of Management Services illegally excluded gender-affirming treatment for transgender employees under state-sponsored health benefits plans, finding the state's exclusion only applies to trans individuals and is facially discriminatory under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
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August 02, 2024
The California Supreme Court recently held that a single racial slur by a worker's peer can be the basis for a harassment suit under state law, a ruling attorneys say is "historic" and stands as a warning to employers to take any instances of race-based misconduct seriously. Here, Law360 experts discuss three takeaways from the state high court's decision.
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August 02, 2024
Women who opted out of or objected to a recently vacated $10.5 million deal between Ascension Health Alliance and workers who allege the company retaliated or fired them for seeking COVID-19 vaccine exemptions cannot now intervene in the renewed bid for settlement approval, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, finding their request untimely.
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August 02, 2024
A rehabilitation and assisted living facility fired a nurse after refusing to rework her schedule to accommodate a sleep disorder that keeps her awake at night and asleep during the day, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court.
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August 02, 2024
A North Carolina auto parts company said it promptly addressed a former employee's complaints about how colleagues were treating her, urging a North Carolina federal court to dismiss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the worker was fired for speaking up about sexual harassment.
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August 02, 2024
A nutritional supplement manufacturer in Arizona will pay $20,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it failed to address multiple complaints from female employees that they were being harassed, according to court papers.
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August 02, 2024
Sephora urged a Georgia federal judge Friday to toss a Latina manager's retaliation claims that she was fired for refusing to engage in an allegedly discriminatory hiring scheme that would have prioritized white applicants, arguing her suit lacks proof the company knew about her concerns.
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August 02, 2024
This week, a New York federal judge will consider a New York City preschool's motion to trim an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former administrator who claims she was falsely promised a promotion and faced discrimination after an accident.
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August 02, 2024
U.S. law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has opened an office in Munich, its second in Germany, in a move to expand its legal services in Europe.
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August 02, 2024
Emory University must face a male student's suit claiming he was mistreated during a hearing about sexual assault accusations against him, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, saying he'd provided enough details to suggest the school's sexual misconduct policy created an implied contract between them.
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August 02, 2024
Nordstrom forced a stylist to work through her entire shifts even when a bout of COVID-19 aggravated her endometriosis symptoms and then fired her after she complained, she told a California court.
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August 02, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for arguments regarding dueling partial summary judgment bids in a class action alleging Charter Communications failed to pay out unused vacation time when it merged with Time Warner Cable. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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August 01, 2024
A Black attorney sued Duane Morris LLP in California federal court, alleging the firm systemically underpaid female and nonwhite attorneys while also engaging in an employee misclassification scheme that allowed it to offload firm expenses onto nonequity partners.
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August 01, 2024
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that only employees who can hire, fire or promote other workers count as supervisors whose harassment can place vicarious liability on their employer under state civil rights law, adopting the federal high court's narrow definition of the term.
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August 01, 2024
The Sixth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a lawsuit from a special education teacher who accused a Kentucky school district of firing her due to animus toward her need to pump breast milk, saying she failed to rebut the district's argument that she was let go for poor performance.
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August 01, 2024
A former teacher can't revive his disability bias lawsuit claiming a school board unlawfully refused to let him continue working from home following a mid-pandemic return to in-person instruction, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, faulting the educator for refusing to discuss alternative accommodations.
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August 01, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a trucking company in North Carolina federal court, accusing the company of refusing to hire deaf workers regardless of whether or not they held the proper credentials, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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August 01, 2024
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling "dramatically changes the landscape and scope" of a former Reed Smith LLP attorney's discrimination suit, the firm has told a state court judge in a brief asking that discovery and damages be limited and one claim be dismissed.
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August 01, 2024
Former Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has filed a suit against the school's top administrators alleging they fired him over baseless sexual harassment allegations to protect their own jobs after the Larry Nassar debacle.