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Macon Custodial Company Fired Woman for Reporting CEO's Verbal and Physical Abuse, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Home Companions Plus, Inc., doing business as Angels at Home, a custodial and personal care service...more
Mlive.com and the NSBA Legal Clips recently reported that a Michigan School entered into an agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) to resolve allegations that the district failed to...more
Berryhill Baja's Owner Subjected Two Female Bartenders to Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - A Houston judge has granted summary judgment (judgment prior to trial) in favor of the U.S. Equal...more
Restaurant Owner Subjected Female Employees to Pervasive Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assaults; Fired Manager Who Opposed the Harassment, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - SPOA, LLC, which runs the Italian restaurants...more
An unremorseful mail room clerk’s sexual harassment and grabbing of a contract worker was just cause for dismissal, the Ontario Divisional Court has held, overturning and criticizing an arbitrator’s decision....more
Series Litigation Value: various harassment, discrimination, and bizarre workers’ compensation matters = astronomical; future employment matters due to Dwight taking over as Regional Manager = enough to keep Dunder Mifflin’s...more
Though sexual harassment is one of the most common forms of workplace discrimination, the trends employers are seeing in harassment claims are anything but typical. To stay ahead of the curve, employers need to keep...more
Think harassment at work only happens to women? Think again. Men are often victims, too. Although men at work in New York City are far less likely to report discrimination in the workplace, it happens — and it can be...more
If you are the target of unwelcome and unwanted sexual advances or gender-based hostility in the workplace, you must step forward and report each instance so that your employer has the opportunity to take immediate and...more
Teens at Quick Service Restaurant Chain in Hawaii Were Physically Groped and Demeaned by Supervisor, Federal Agency Says - HONOLULU - Chinese quick service restaurant giant Panda Express will pay $150,000 to settle an...more
Company Subjected Female Employee to Sexual Harassment, Resulting in Intolerable Work Environment Forcing Her to Resign, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -Joe-Ryan Enterprises, Inc., a trucking company located...more
We most often think about sexual harassment in the workplace and envision a corporate boss and his secretary as the typical scenario but we forget about students and interns....more
Suit Charged That Interim Rector Subjected Women to Groping and Sexual Remarks - NEW YORK - Grace Episcopal Church of Whitestone, Inc., a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will pay $192,500 to settle a...more
On April 26, 2013, the Second Circuit held that New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") claims must be analyzed separately from federal and state discrimination claims and that the severe or pervasive standard of liability...more
Employer Failed to Stop Supervisor's Sexual Demands, Retaliated Against Workers Who Spoke Out, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and...more
River Point Farms Supervisor Reinforced Domestic Abuse, Federal Agency Charged - PENDLETON - A Hermiston, Ore., farm which calls itself America's largest onion grower will pay $150,000 to a female worker and provide...more
Litigation Value: Office romance with the new Regional Manager (and A.A.R.M.) = fodder for a potential sexual harassment claim; eliminating nonsense from the workplace = every human resources manager’s dream; Dwight giving...more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A jury has rendered a verdict of more than $1.5 million in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against New Breed Logistics, a North ...more
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
Kenneth Hatai sued his employer (CalTrans) and his supervisor (Sameer Haddadeen), alleging discrimination based on his Japanese ancestry and the fact that he was not of Arab ancestry like Haddadeen. The case was tried to a...more
Egg Producer Fired Employee for Reporting Race and Sexual Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - WAELDER, Texas - Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a national company that produces, processes and sells shell eggs, violated...more
Florida Travel Agency Subjected Women to Verbal and Physical Abuse and Disrespect, Manager Fired for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA, Fla. - A federal jury has returned a unanimous verdict awarding a total...more
Women Employees Abused at Arizona Prison, Civil Rights Agencies Charged - PHOENIX - The GEO Group, Inc., a prison management company, will pay a total of $140,000 to two women and furnish other relief to settle a...more
Tracy Hopper is suing her former employer, the Lake California Property Owners Association Inc., claiming that she was sexually harassed by her former boss, general manager Scott Kelly. Hopper, formerly a bookkeeper at the...more
As a young lawyer, I was retained by the state of Florida to represent a former legislative aide that had been accused by a member of the House of Representatives of falsely accusing him of sexual harassment to oust him out...more
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