Here are a few short takes about employment discrimination stories that made the news this past week: New Evidence Of Gender Pay Gap And Discrimination Against Mothers In Management Women made little progress in climbing into management positions according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office yesterday. As of 2007, the last year …
After months of complaining that a female co-worker had repeatedly harassed him to have sex with her, Rudolpho Lamas’s boss offered a suggestion. Maybe, the boss said, Rudolpho should try walking around the office singing, “I’m too sexy for my shirt.” Everyone at work thought the situation was hilarious: a widower turning down the explicit …
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Admission Of EEOC “No Probable Cause“ Determination Is Reversible Error I ran across this case recently and I think it’s definitely worth talking about. It deals with a real problem in discrimination cases that has been around for as long as I can remember and it affects just about everyone who files an EEOC charge. …
EEOC Settlement Shatters Glass Ceiling The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a whopping 19 million dollar settlement of a class action “glass ceiling” lawsuit against Outback Steakhouse last week. The lawsuit involved a class of female employees who claimed that they were illegally denied: equal opportunity for advancement promotional opportunities to high level profit sharing …
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Sex Discrimination Against Men Violates Title VII Sex Discrimination Against Men Violates Title VII It’s not often that you see cases involving discrimination against men, but in the last few weeks the EEOC has reported two noteworthy settlements. The Sex Discrimination Case Against Lawry’s In early November, the EEOC announced a $1,025,000 settlement of a class …
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New ADA Regulations Will Bring Necessary Change I received a call from a reporter from MSNBC a few days ago. She indicated that she wanted to ask me some questions about the new Americans with Disabilities Act regulations recently put out by the EEOC. The interview caused me to reflect on just how important the …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
