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2019 News

12-31-2019

Frontier Airlines Accused of Pregnancy Discrimination in Two Lawsuits

12-26-2019

NLRB Reverses Course on Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations

12-24-2019

Uber Pays 4.4 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims

12-19-2019

Hospital Entitled to Rescind Job Offer Because of Applicant’s Disability Related Use of Pain Meds

12-18-2019

Equity Law Partner Not Entitled to ADEA Protection

12-17-2019

Timing and Incorrect Disparate Pay Standard Revive Employee’s Discrimination Claims

12-12-2019

Legal Writing Professor Asserts Gender Discrimination Against Wake Forest

12-11-2019

Interns Are Not Employees Under the NLRA

12-10-2019

Google’s Interesting Termination Choices

12-05-2019

ADA: Hostile Work Environment Criteria and Demotion as Accommodation

12-03-2019

The Fallout for Ken Fisher’s Questionable Comments

11-27-2019

Employer Should Have Notified Crying Employee of FMLA Rights

11-26-2019

Good Documentation Disproved FMLA Retaliation

11-25-2019

No ADA Protection for Discrimination Based on Future Impairments

11-21-2019

Employer Need Not Follow Its Policies Precisely to Overcome Discrimination Claim

11-20-2019

Investigating Attorney Disqualified as Trial Counsel

11-19-2019

When Anxiety Does Not Qualify as a Disability

11-14-2019

Nurse’s Perceived Visual Disability Case Goes Forward

11-13-2019

WeWork Latest Woe: Pregnancy Discrimination Claim

11-12-2019

Davis Polk Accused of Racial Discrimination and Retaliation

11-07-2019

Lifeguard Fails on Claim He Was Wrongly Fired Based on Sex Harassment Complaints

11-06-2019

For “Safety Sensitive” Jobs, No Amount of Cannabis May Be Safe

11-05-2019

St. Louis Police Officer Wins $19 Million Verdict for Discrimination

10-31-2019

Employer Able Tie Regular Attendance to Essential Function

10-30-2019

Employee Wins ADA Trial for Post-Partum Depression

10-29-2019

More Changes Enacted to CA Employment Laws

10-24-2019

Money Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment

10-23-2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs New Employment Law Measures

10-22-2019

EEOC Charges that Female Employees at Hotel Were Subjected to Hostile and Abusive Work Environment

10-17-2019

“Regarded As” Disability Claim Against Boeing Proceeds

10-16-2019

Extended Leaves May Be Reasonable Accommodation

10-15-2019

Sex Discrimination and an Anti-Fraternization Policy

10-10-2019

Unreasonableness Not Grounds to Avoid ADA Interactive Process

10-09-2019

Employees Cannot Waive Statute of Limitations on EEOC Charges

10-08-2019

Second Circuit Oks ADA Suit of Associational Discrimination

10-03-2019

Pronoun Harassment Allegations Not Enough to Show Hostile Work Environment

10-02-2019

UPS Agrees to $2.25 Million Settlement of Pregnancy Discrimination

10-01-2019

NAACP Facing Questions About Sexual Harassment

09-26-2019

Overtime May Be an Essential Function

09-25-2019

Whether Teleworking is Reasonable Accommodation Varies

09-24-2019

Passengers Challenge Sexual Assaults During Lyft Rides

09-19-2019

Is New York Hypocritical in Its Claims to Protect Sexual Harassment Victims?

09-18-2019

Public Accommodation Could Not Have Blanket Prohibition on Service Animal

09-17-2019

California Takes on Gig Economy and Its Workers

09-12-2019

“Jewish” Applicant May Purse Sec. 1981 Claim But Not Title VII

09-11-2019

Employees Cannot Be Required to Use Real Names in Social Media Posts

09-10-2019

Nurse Reassigned After Racial Comment By Patient May Proceed on Discrimination Claim

09-05-2019

Employee Failed to Demonstrate Employer Knowledge of Hostile Work Environment

09-04-2019

Vacation While on FMLA Leave Not Automatic Grounds for Termination

09-03-2019

Google Issues New Guidelines Aimed at Checking Political Speech

08-29-2019

Ninth Circuit Tells College Football Player He is Not Employee

08-28-2019

Irregular Title IX Investigation Leads to Bias Claim by Accused

08-27-2019

Circuit Court Split Evident on Title IX Cross Examination

08-22-2019

Employee’s Refusal to Work for Safety Reasons Protected Activity

08-21-2019

DOL: FMLA Covers School Meetings

08-20-2019

Illinois Passes Greater Protections for Those Alleging Workplace Discrimination

08-15-2019

Appellate Court Rules Facebook Comments Not Enough for Harassment

08-14-2019

Regular Attendance is Essential Function Even When Prior Allowances Made

08-13-2019

Employee Must Meet Employer in the Middle for ADA Claim

08-08-2019

Being Called a Racist is Not Race Discrimination

08-07-2019

Close Timing Along with Corroborating Evidence Supports Retaliation Claim

08-06-2019

New York State Legislature Strongly Urges Ernst and Young to Drop Arbitration

08-01-2019

Contract Still Key to Arbitration Says Eighth Circuit

07-31-2019

What Happens When the Rules of Professional Conduct Meet an Employment Contract

07-30-2019

Google Pays for Age Discrimination, Again

07-25-2019

Employer Called Female Employee’s Hands Disgusting Must Go to Trial

07-24-2019

California First State to Ban Hairstyle Discrimination

07-23-2019

“Bikini Baristas” May Be Ordered to Cover Up

07-18-2019

Fifth Circuit Upholds Firing for Transgender Comment

07-17-2019

When Essential Job Functions Changes, So Can the Accommodation

07-16-2019

NY’s Prohibition of Arbitration for Harassment Overruled By Federal Court

07-11-2019

Oregon Joins In and Passes New Protections for Harassment

07-10-2019

Class Action Suit Filed Against Macy’s Over Criminal History Checks

07-09-2019

No Fishing Trip During FMLA Leave

07-03-2019

California Jury Awards $15 Million Verdict Against Jack in the Box

07-02-2019

New York State Moves to Expand Workplace Protections

06-27-2019

Court Rejects Employer’s Heightened FMLA Notice Requirement

06-26-2019

Indiana Attorney General Accused of Harassment By Four Women

06-25-2019

Seventh Circuit Also Says Obesity Alone Not Covered By ADA

06-20-2019

Twelve White Males Sue the SF Police Department for Discrimination

06-19-2019

Wiccan Professor Sues for Religious and Sex Discrimination

06-18-2019

Work Restrictions Are Not Enough to Qualify for ADA

06-13-2019

Appellate Court Upholds One Comment Age Discrimination Verdict

06-12-2019

Connecticut Poised to Pass Big Changes Related to Anti-Discrimination Laws

06-11-2019

U.S. Supreme Court Finds EEOC Charge Not Jurisdictional Issue

06-06-2019

California State Agencies Fail to Provide Sexual Harassment Training for all Supervisors

06-05-2019

Harvey Weinstein Reaches Tentative $44 Million Settlement with Accusers

06-04-2019

Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settled with the EEOC for $80,000

05-30-2019

Bonuses and FMLA Leave

05-29-2019

Doctors With Hospital Privileges Are Not Employees

05-28-2019

McDonalds Get Hit on Two Fronts in One Week

05-23-2019

Employees Seeking Citizenship Should Avoid Marijuana Industry

05-22-2019

Reminder That Racial Bias May Be Established Through Just a Few Comments

05-21-2019

Employee Must Resolve “Disabled” Conflict Under SSDI and ADA

05-16-2019

California Jury Awards $11 Million for Sex Harassment

05-15-2019

Panic Attacks May Be Covered By ADA

05-14-2019

Push Back Against Arbitration Moves Into Video Game Industry

05-09-2019

Attorney Sues Luxury Brand for Sexual Harassment

05-08-2019

EEOC Says Attorney Disabled by PTSD From Public Defender Job

05-07-2019

2019’s Discrimination in Advertising

05-02-2019

The UK Approach to Diversity Challenged - White Male Prevails in Discrimination Case

05-01-2019

Transgender Man Gets Apology From Colorado Tire Co.

04-30-2019

Arbitration Agreements Must Be Clear About Class Action Claims

04-25-2019

Failure to Provide Lactation Room Costs Tucson Fire Department $3.8 Million

04-24-2019

Workers Testing Positive for Drugs Reaches High

04-23-2019

Amazon Workers Push for Climate Change Concessions

04-18-2019

ADA Claim Requires Limit of Ability to Perform Broad Range of Jobs

04-17-2019

Case Revived for Failure to Consider in Light Most Favorable to Employee

04-16-2019

Jones Day Faces Second Lawsuit for Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination

04-11-2019

Domestic Abuse Victim Proceeds on Gender Discrimination Against Employer

04-10-2019

University Gets Financial Reminder Adult Children Covered By FMLA

04-09-2019

IHOP Franchisees Agree to Pay $700,000 for Sex Harassment Policy

04-04-2019

OSHA Becomes More Aggressive About Workplace Violence

04-03-2019

Pharmacist Afraid of Needles Proceeds on Accommodation Claim

04-02-2019

Via a Settlement Agreement, Facebook Agrees to Change Its Ways

03-28-2019

University Allegedly Overlooked Sex Harassment to Avoid Race Discrimination

03-27-2019

DOL Provides New Guidance on FMLA Leave

03-26-2019

Fourth Circuit Finds Professor Lower Salary Not Based on Her Sex

03-21-2019

Sexual Harassment Still Rampant for Female Veterans

03-20-2019

New Sexual Misconduct Rules for Federal Courts

03-19-2019

Third Circuit Upholds Encouraging Long-Term Employees to Retire

03-14-2019

Second Circuit Upholds ADA Hostile Work Environment Theory

03-13-2019

The Reality of Amazon’s Raising of its Minimum Wage

03-12-2019

Employee With Positive Drug Test Fails to Meet ADA “Regarded As” Standard

03-07-2019

It is Worse When a Supervisor Says It

03-06-2019

Google Ends Mandatory Arbitration for Employees

03-05-2019

Ninth Circuit‘s Decision on Salary History Put Aside, For Now

02-28-2019

Circuit Court Holds Off-Duty Police Also Employees of Security Company

02-27-2019

New York City First to Issue Guidance for Discrimination Based on Hair

02-26-2019

Employee Testing Positive for Marijuana Not Necessarily Impaired

02-21-2019

Rumor About Sleeping With the Boss May Be Sex Discrimination

02-20-2019

Fifth Circuit Reiterates Title VII Does Not Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination

02-19-2019

Employer Required to Make Effort to Stop Harassment By Non-Employee

02-14-2019

First Circuit Court Focuses on Totality of Circumstances for Hostile Work Environment

02-13-2019

Conflict Between Workplace Ethics Course and Religion Goes Forward

02-12-2019

Employer’s Forced Medical Exam Fails to Support Employee Termination

02-07-2019

Employers Must Tread Carefully After Sex Harassment Complaint

02-06-2019

En Banc Seventh Circuit Finds ADEA Excludes Job Applicants for Disparate Impact

02-05-2019

Paul Weiss Partner Posting Proves Diversity Still Lacking in BigLaw

01-31-2019

Les Moonves Challenges the Loss of His Severance Package

01-30-2019

Seventh Circuit Supports a “Thick Skin” In the Working Environment

01-29-2019

Oracle Discrimination Suit Back On

01-24-2019

Woman Wins $21.5 Million Verdict for Religious Discrimination

01-23-2019

Seventh Circuit Set to Decide Whether Obesity Protected by ADAAA

01-22-2019

U.S. Supreme Court Finds Limits in Arbitration

01-17-2019

ADA Does Not Protect Disability Related Outburst

01-16-2019

Valuing Longevity is Not Age Discrimination

01-15-2019

Congress Steps Up on Their Own Sex Harassment Issues

01-10-2019

UPS Pays $4.9 Million For Alleged Religious Discrimination

01-09-2019

Employer Able to Establish Attendance Was Essential Function

01-08-2019

Dave & Buster’s to Pay $7.4 Million for ACA Avoidance

01-04-2019

Ninth Circuit Diverges on “Ministerial Exception”

01-03-2019

EEOC Discusses Qualification Standards vs. Essential Functions

01-02-2019

Female Top Flutist Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Orchestra