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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

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Stone Pony Pizza Sued for Race Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/21/2013

Company Refused to Hire African-American Applicants, Federal Agency Charges CLARKSDALE, Miss. - Stone Pony Pizza, Inc., a Clarksdale pizza restaurant and bar, violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of...more

EEOC General Counsel Offers Enforcement Insights

by Kelly Kolb | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 4/10/2013

EEOC General Counsel, P. David Lopez, spoke at this year’s Florida Bar Advanced Labor Topics Seminar, and offered insights into the issues of interest to the EEOC’s attorneys. The areas of interest were broken down into 4...more

East Coast Waffles Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/29/2013

Federal Agency Charged Restaurant Fired Employee for Complaining About Customer Harassment - TAMPA, Fla. - East Coast Waffles, Inc., an Atlanta-based company which owns and operates more than 100 Waffle House...more

EEOC and Grand Central Partnership to Pay $135k to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/8/2013

Developer Fired Rastafarian Who Complained About Threat of Violence, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Grand Central Partnership, Inc. will pay $135,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment...more

Great Taste, Less Filling: Revisiting The NFL’s Rooney Rule

by CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 3/5/2013

The Rooney Rule was established to promote the hiring of minorities among the NFL’s head coaches and general managers. But with numbers at their lowest since the Rule’s inception ten years ago, is the Rooney Rule working?...more

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of “Reverse” Racial Discrimination Claim Against Cracker Barrel

by Kyle P. Konwinski | Varnum LLP on 1/14/2013

In Martinez v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., Case No. 11-2189 (6th Cir. Jan. 10, 2013), in a published decision, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a "reverse" racial discrimination claim arising out of...more

California Court Upholds Arbitration Agreement

by Tracey Fagelbaum | Proskauer - California Employment Law on 1/14/2013

Maribel Baltazar sued her former employer, Forever 21, Inc., alleging she was constructively discharged and subjected to discrimination and harassment based on her race and sex....more

Second Circuit Holds Employer Need Not Provide Employer-Specific Data To Show That Examinations Are Job Related

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/27/2012

M.O.C.H.A. Society, Inc., v. City of Buffalo, No. 10-cv-2168 (2d Cir. July 30, 2012): The Second Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether an employer can show that examinations having a disparate impact are job related and...more

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