Hostile Environment, Discrimination

EEOC Wins Substantial Jury Verdicts Totaling Over $260 Million

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 5/10/2013

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has obtained significant jury verdicts for damages totaling $260 million in disability discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits. These verdicts stress the importance for...more

Third Circuit "Clarifies" Continuing Violation Doctrine

by John Barry, Joseph C. O'Keefe, Lawrence Sandak, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/25/2013

In Mandel v. M & Q Packaging Corp., No. 11-3913, 2013 WL 141890 (3d Cir. Jan. 14, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "clarified" the application of the continuing violation doctrine as defined by the U.S....more

EmployerLINC.com - February 8, 2013: Court enforces agreement to arbitrate

by Charlie Plumb | McAfee & Taft on 2/11/2013

In a January 23, 2013 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma continued a recent trend in Oklahoma cases enforcing arbitration clauses included in employment agreements or relationships....more

Are Courts Reluctant To Grant Summary Judgment In Hostile Work Environment Cases?

by James G. Ryan | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 2/4/2013

The Second Circuit has recently reiterated its hesitancy to permit summary judgment in hostile work environment claims that present ambiguities as to the sufficiency of plaintiff’s case. In Rivera v. Rochester Genesee Reg’l...more

Gay Cop Gets $1.5 Million from LAPD for Discrimination

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 1/25/2013

A former Los Angeles police officer has settled a lawsuit against the department for anti-gay discrimination and retaliation for $1.5 million and an agreement to turn in his badge. Sgt. Ronald Crump sued his employer in...more

Public School Teachers, Free Speech, and Hostile Environment

by Theresa Lynn Sidebotham on 1/14/2013

In public school, the constitutional tension can be high on these issues: students' and teachers' free speech rights; teachers' Free Exercise rights; the school's concern for the Establishment clause; when bullying begins;...more

Are You My Supervisor?

by Paul Monsees | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/3/2013

Late last month, the Supreme Court considered whether and when a co-worker can be deemed a supervisor for purposes of evaluating if the employer is strictly liable for that person’s harassment of another employee....more

Who Is a “Supervisor” Under Title VII and Why You Should Care

by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 12/18/2012

Oral Argument in Vance v. Ball State University Takes an Unexpected Turn - Late last month the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Vance v. Ball State University, No. 11-556. The issue that Vance is expected to...more

RockTenn Services Pays $500,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/5/2012

DALLAS - RockTenn Services Company, Inc. an Atlanta-based manufacturing company, will pay $500,000 to 14 employees and provide other significant relief to settle a racially hostile environment lawsuit brought by the U.S....more

“Old Man” Comments By A Supervisor Were Sufficient To Cause Hostile Work Environment And Individual Liability, New Jersey...

by Christopher R. Coxson, Theresa Donahue Egler, Evan J. Shenkman | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/15/2012

In Farrell v. Toys R’ Us, 2012 WL 4069515 (App. Div., September 18, 2102), an assistant store manager claimed that he was subjected to an age-based hostile work environment in violation of the NJLAD because his supervisor...more

June in the Eleventh Circuit – a Trend?

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/6/2012

Employers should take note of a handful of recent decisions issued by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in June...more

Gay Employee Could Proceed With Retaliation But Not Harassment Claim Under Title VII

by Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/1/2011

Dawson v. Entek Int’l, 630 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2011) Shane Dawson, a former temporary production line worker for Entek, ran a production line that rolled up battery separators. Dawson, who is gay, worked with 24 other...more

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