Retailer Permitted Disability Harassment at West Virginia Store, Then Retaliated Against Employee For Reporting Harassment of a Co-Worker, Federal Agency Charged - Elkins, WV - National retailer Big Lots Stores, Inc.,...more
In a recent case in federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carissa Nealis, a white woman and account executive for CoxCom, LLC, made a retaliation claim based on her reports of a coworker being treated unfairly....more
Cruise Director Fired for Supporting Coworker's Harassment Claim, Federal Agency Charges - MEMPHIS, Tenn. - American Queen Steamboat Company, a cruise company headquartered in Memphis, unlawfully fired an employee after...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed two recent Title VII lawsuits in which it alleges that various private employers engaged in sexual orientation discrimination. Although sexual orientation is...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a “friend of the court” brief in a sexual orientation discrimination appeal, arguing that sexual orientation discrimination is “sex discrimination” prohibited by Title VII....more
Lighting Manufacturer Fired Employee Because of Grandfather's Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charges - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Philips Lighting, a Dutch company that provides goods and services in the fields of...more
In employment law, including association discrimination cases, timing is everything. When Terry Booker was fired from his job of 22 years at Delfasco, a manufacturing facility in Greene County, Tennessee, in March 2012,...more
Third-Party Harassment Costs Employer $30,000 - Why it matters: Employers, take note: harassment in the workplace can be committed not just by supervisors and coworkers, but by third parties such as customers,...more