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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.
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August 01, 2024
Two experienced employment defense lawyers are joining a California-based women-owned boutique whose clients have included big companies such as shipping giant UPS and software company Microsoft, the firm said Thursday.
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August 01, 2024
This month, the Fifth Circuit plans to scrutinize a $50,000 penalty issued against a Texas law firm, while the Ninth Circuit will examine a fired San Francisco attorney's age bias claim and later hear the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's take on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Here, Law360 looks three oral argument sessions in August that employment discrimination attorneys may want to add to their calendars.
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August 01, 2024
A U.S. Department of Education final rule that includes a more expansive take on sex discrimination and issues safeguards against sexual orientation and gender identity bias went into effect Thursday, although over two dozen states have been able to block the new standards.
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August 01, 2024
A cosmetic surgery provider fired a surgical sales coordinator because she asked to work from home after she was diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Georgia federal court.
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August 01, 2024
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland twice refused to promote a white law enforcement officer in favor of nonwhite candidates despite his qualifications for the role, he told an Ohio federal court.
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July 31, 2024
Netflix has been hit with a wrongful firing suit in California state court by a former employee who accused it of fostering a workplace environment that's "very sexual in nature," requiring that employees engage in one-on-one meetings that are "nothing more than speed dating" and that subjected her to unwanted advances.
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July 31, 2024
A white ex-city manager of a small Georgia city who was fired after a new administration allegedly vowed to replace him with a Black person will get another shot at pressing his racial discrimination claims as the Eleventh Circuit gave the case new life Wednesday.