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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Get with the Pronoun: Eleventh Circuit Rules Pervasive Misgendering Is Harassment

If an employer or coworker persistently uses a transgender worker’s wrong name or identified pronoun, can that constitute a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII? In Copeland v. Georgia Department of Corrections,...more

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Sprouts Farmers Market Resolves EEOC Discrimination Charge

Federal Investigation Determined Grocery Subjected Employees to Sexual Harassment and Retaliation - LOS ANGELES – Sprouts Farmers Market, a national grocery chain featuring natural foods, has settled a federal charge of...more

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Florida Court of Appeals Holds that an EEOC Charge Does Not Need to Specifically Allege the Florida Civil Rights Act to Exhaust...

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Ramos v. Steak N Shake, Inc., 2D22-3465, 2023 WL 8791666 (Fla. 2d DCA Dec. 20, 2023) - Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal examined the issue of whether section 760.11, Florida Statutes, requires that the aggrieved...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Retaliation. The second guy always gets caught.

Mike Daniels is a 300-pound mound of sound who played defensive tackle in the National Football League. After receiving more than a few personal foul penalties during his 10-year career, he explained that “the second guy...more

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Couple’s discrimination and retaliation case against Colorado Supreme Court dismissed

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Judges and courts enforce anti-discrimination and retaliation laws, but are they ever accused of violating those laws themselves? That is exactly what was alleged in a recent Tenth Circuit case that offers helpful takeaways...more

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EEOC Sues Formel D USA, Inc. for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation

Automotive Quality Control Company Failed to Protect Female Employee from Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in...more

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The EEOC is Actively Targeting the Construction Industry

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Risks and potential liabilities in the construction industry are not new. Construction participants know the typical hot spots: Projects are delayed. Supply chain issues raise materials costs. Owners and general contractors...more

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Revising Prior Order, Georgia Court Holds Two EEOC Charges and Resulting Lawsuit by the Same Claimant Are All Claims “Made or...

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, applying Georgia law and revising its prior summary judgment order, has held that a restaurant is not entitled to coverage under a...more

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Court Rules that EEOC Charge for Retaliation Based on Prior Charge for Discrimination Is Separate Claim

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A Georgia federal district court has held that a charge filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was a “claim” and that there was no coverage for a charge first made against an insured during one policy...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Plaintiff’s “Paramour Preference” Plan Panned: 9th Circuit Finds Romantic Relationship Not Enough to Show Discrimination Against...

In another chapter in litigation alliteration, in Maner v. Dignity Health, f/k/a Catholic Healthcare West, the Ninth Circuit held that a male employee’s theory that his supervisor’s long-term romantic relationship with a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Less May Actually Mean More: EEOC Stats on 2020 Filings

The EEOC has released its annual report on discrimination charges filed across the country for the fiscal year 2020. So, how does the data line up with the 2019 data...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

EEOC Argues For Broader Causation Standard And Provides A Peek Into The EEOC’s Future Focus

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Legal precedent, including language from the U.S. Supreme Court, requires federal courts to take a broad view of the “but-for” causation standard for determining unlawful age discrimination in the workplace, Equal Employment...more

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EEOC Resumes Issuance of Charge Closure Documents

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On August 3, 2020, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it will resume issuing charge closure documents. The EEOC had suspended issuing charge closure documents on March 21, 2020...more

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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Provides Guidance as to When Increased Scrutiny May Show Unlawful Retaliation

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Federal law (as well as many states’ law) forbids an employer from retaliating against an employee who engages in protected activity, such as complaining of unlawful discrimination. One way that many employees seek to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Employment Law This Week®: NJ Limits NDAs, DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rule, Pay Data Collection, Sexual Harassment Training

This Employment Law This Week® Monthly Rundown features a recap of the most important news from March 2019. The episode includes: 1. New Jersey Limits Nondisclosure Agreements in Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation...more

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EEOC Sues Kansas City Wedding Venue for Retaliation Against Black Employee

28 Event Space Intimidated, Fired Worker Who Supported Coworker's Race Discrimination Claim, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS - 28 Event Space, LLC, a popular Kansas City, Mo., wedding event space in the Crossroads...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

English-Only Workplace Rules: Risky in a Diversifying Workplace

A manufacturer has “subjected its employees to an ugly mix of sexism, racism, and xenophobia and violated federal law prohibiting harassment and retaliation” the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Jury Okays Firing Transgender Employee for Negative Glassdoor Review

On October 29, 2018, a San Francisco federal jury unanimously found that a Silicon Valley tech company did not commit unlawful retaliation by firing a transgender employee who accused the company of discrimination in a...more

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Web Exclusive - That’s My Story And I’m Sticking To It: A Look At The “Honest Belief” Rule

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You find out an employee launches a false complaint of discrimination or harassment and you terminate them for their dishonesty. There’s no harm in that, right? Think again. There has been a recent trend of cases where courts...more

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Big 5 To Pay $165,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Sporting Goods Retailer Subjected Management Trainee to Racial Slurs and Death Threats, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - Sporting goods retailer Big 5 Corporation will pay $165,000 and provide other relief to settle a...more

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Teamsters Local Union No. 455 Pays $153,000 To Resolve EEOC Discrimination Class Finding

DENVER - Teamsters Local Union No. 455, which has locations in Denver and Fort Morgan, Colo., has agreed to pay $153,000 to resolve discrimination complaints investigated by the Denver Field Office of the U.S. Equal...more

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EEOC Sues Fermilab For Retaliation

Fermilab Denied Promotion to Female Engineer After She Complained About Sex-Based Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ("Fermilab") violated civil rights law by failing...more

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EEOC Sues Metairie Dry Cleaner for Discrimination and Retaliation

Marion's Cleaners Fired Hispanic Employee for Opposing Verbal and Physical Abuse Based on Her Race and National Origin, Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-based Mariam Enterprises, doing business as Marion's Cleaners...more

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“Why Matters” – In Texas, Proving Same-Sex Harassment “More Complicated” than Proving Opposite-Sex Harassment

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On April 6, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision assessing what evidence is necessary to support an actionable same-sex sexual harassment claim. In an opinion totaling over 100 pages, the six-justice majority and...more

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EEOC Sues Waterford School District for Retaliation

School District Failed to Recall Teacher in Retaliation for His Age Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - The Waterford Public School System, a school district located in Waterford, Mich., violated...more

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