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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Greektown Casino Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/6/2016

Employer Failed to Grant Leave Extension for Employee With Stress-Anxiety Disorder And Fired Him Instead, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - A Detroit casino operator violated federal law by denying a reasonable...more

EEOC Sues Owners of Happy Jack’s Casino For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/16/2016

Federal Agency Says Owners Rejected Applicant Because She Took Prescription Drugs For Her Medical Condition - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - M.G. Oil Company, which operates Happy Jack's Casino in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,...more

Borgata Babes: Casino Is Entitled to Enforce Weight Restrictions

Genova Burns LLC on 10/5/2015

On September 15, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division found in Shiavo v. Marina District Development Company, LLC, that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) does not encompass allegations...more

New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination Does Not Go So Far As To Protect “Weight, Appearance, or Sex Appeal”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/22/2015

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed summary judgment for the defense on several claims in the widely-followed “Borgata Babes” case, reining in the plaintiffs’ attempt to expand the New Jersey Law Against...more

Fifth Circuit Recognizes Color Discrimination Claim Even in the Absence of Evidence of Race Discrimination

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/16/2015

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or color. In most situations, these two protected classifications are interchangeable, with discrimination on the basis of color...more

New Jersey Casino’s Waitress Appearance Policy Not Discriminatory

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/20/2013

A trial court judge recently held that Borgata Casino’s “Borgata Babes” program—its employment of scantily-clad, attractive casino servers who were required to watch their weight—did not run afoul of the New Jersey Law...more

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