Banker Terminated When “Regarded As Disabled” And Because Of Perceived Mental Impairment Has ADA Claim Disability claims involving mental impairments can be tough. That’s why this recent case from a federal district court in the Eight Circuit is an important and helpful read. Here’s what happened in the case of Lizotte v. Dacotah Bank.* Facts …
Employee Fired Because Of Depression Wins Right To Jury Trial Read More »
Kmart Employee Fired For Taking Medical Leave Wins Family and Medical Leave Act Appeal You would think most employers know that you’re not supposed to fire someone because they take a medical leave of absence – but it looks like K-Mart may have missed the boat. A sales clerk at one of its Michigan stores …
FMLA Retaliation Victim Wins Appeal In Sixth Circuit Read More »
As Congress ended its last session, a legislative victory for employee rights advocates came with it. The bill, signed by President Obama at the end of December, came about because of the horrible story involving Jamie Leigh Jones. Here’s one description of what happened as reported in September by Think Progress: In 2005, Jamie Leigh …
New Legislation Bans Artibtration In Federal Defense Contracts Read More »
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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When Do Discussions About Sexual Harassment At Work Constitute Reporting Which Requires Investigation? This case addresses an issue in sexual harassment cases that comes up often in real life experience but is not often the central issue of an opinion from a federal court of appeals. It has to do with reporting of sexual harassment …
Sexual Harassment Victim Wins Important Appeal In Second Circuit Read More »
Employee Terminated Because Of Bankruptcy Gets Right To Trial In Federal Court I must admit that I don’t ever remember seeing a case involving bankruptcy discrimination — so when I ran across a recent federal court case out of Florida on the subject, it struck me as one well worth talking about. The case, Myers …
Female Pharmacist Wins Appeal Including Punitive Damages and Huge Front Pay Award It’s one thing to prove discrimination. It’s an altogether different thing to prove damages which occurred as a result of it. In the recently published gender discrimination case of Haddad v Wal-Mart Stores Inc,*, the Supreme Court Judicial Court (“SJC”) of Massachusetts affirmed …
Court Upholds $1.9 Million Dollar Verdict In Gender Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart Read More »
Judgment For Employee Due To Employer’s Failure To Accommodate I don’t remember ever reading a case quite like this one. The facts are quite graphic so be prepared. The story revolves around an incident of a store’s failure to accommodate a disability which led to a tragic result. What Happened In The Case A woman …
One Shocking Incident Of Disability Discrimination Supports Verdict For Employee Read More »
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 …
Big Settlements In Two Male Sex Discrimination Cases Read More »
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.
