Here are a few Short Takes worth sharing: Sex Discrimination Ninth Circuit Certifies Wal-Mart Class Action: In Dukes v. Wal-Mart, a decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 26th, the Court certified a class in a Title VII lawsuit involving 1.5 million women seeking compensation for back pay. The Court remanded the case …
Hearings Held On Federal Discrimination Bill To Overturn Gross Decision Last week, both the House and Senate held hearings on the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3721, S. 1756). The legislation would overturn the awful Gross v. FBL Financials Services, Inc. case decided by the Supreme Court last year. If passed, the …
Court Elaborates On Types Of Evidence For Proof Of Discrimination The recent case of Merritt v. Old Dominion Freight is hands down one of the best decisions I have come across in a long time. It addresses gender discrimination, sex stereotyping, and a corporate culture of discrimination in a way few cases have. It’s simply …
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Wage Discrimination Needs Attention And A Legislative Fix April 20, 2010 is Equal Pay Day. It was established in 1996 to illuminate the gap between men’s and women’s wages. The date symbolizes how far into 2010 women must work to earn what men earned in 2009. This year, with the support of President Obama, Equal …
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Employee’s E-Mails To Lawyer On Company Laptop Are Off Limits The decision by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency has a lot of lawyers talking. The case has to do with the privacy interests of an employee’s personal e-mail on a company computer and the attorney-client privilege. The reason …
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Bankers and Police Officers Charged With Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Two vastly different professions – banking and law enforcement – yet they share something in common and that is a culture of gender discrimination. It’s the same stuff that’s been going on for decades in spite of federal laws which make sex discrimination, …
It’s Nothing New: Male Dominated Professions Foster Culture Of Sex Discrimination Read More »
Employee Fired For Taking Medical Leave Gets Jury Verdict Reinstated When does too much time off for an illness justify a termination because of poor attendance? Not every time according to a case decided this past week from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Here’s what happened. Facts Of The Case Edward Carmona worked for …
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. …
Direct Evidence Of Age Discrimination Gets Plaintiff Jury Trial: Court Wrongfully Applied Mixed Motive Standard To Bounce The Case It’s hard to believe that this age discrimination victim got thrown out of court and had to go to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for a reversal but here’s what happened in the recently decided …
Complaints To Supervisor/Harasser Are Sufficient To Overcome Affirmative Defense On Hostile Environment Claim There’s lots of meaty reading in the Second Circuit case of Gorzynski v JetBlue Airways Corporation decided this month. The 31 page opinion hits multiple issues including sexual harassment, age discrimination, race discrimination, and retaliation. The Federal District Court threw out 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.
