Hostile Environment, Title VII

Ostracism and Petty Mistreatments May Collectively Rise to the Level of Hostile Work Environment for Light Duty Employee

by Maria Greco Danaher | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/7/2013

A female plumber on “light duty” in the city of Chicago’s Department of Sewers filed a lawsuit alleging that her supervisor assigned menial work to her, prohibited her co-workers from interacting with her, and subjected her...more

Utah Construction Company Pays $230,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/17/2013

Court Found Holmes & Holmes' Work Environment Was Hostile to Blacks - SALT LAKE CITY - Utah construction company Holmes & Holmes Industrial, Inc. will pay three former employees $230,000 and improve its future...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

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

Second Circuit Approves Post-Judgment Injunction Due To Unique Facts Of Sexual Harassment

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/1/2012

EEOC v. KarenKim, Inc., No. 11-3309-cv (2d Cir. Oct. 19, 2012): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit on behalf of female employees who worked at the defendant’s Oswego, New York grocery store. During...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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