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Hiring & Firing Discrimination Internal Investigations

Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and... more +
Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Better 4 You Breakfast Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliatory Discrimination

School Meals Provider Will Pay $62,500 to Settle Retaliation Claims and Provide Training to Employees on Retaliation - PHOENIX - A Commerce, Calif.-based company that provides prepared meals to schools has agreed to...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

ABL Management to Pay $35,000 to Settle Retaliation Lawsuit with EEOC

Company Fired Panama City Employee After He Reported Male Supervisor Sexually Harassed Him, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ABL Management, Inc., a Baton Rouge, La.-based food management company, will pay...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Rite Way to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Federal Agency Wins $70,000 for Worker Who Was Fired for Helping With Sexual Harassment Investigation - GULFPORT, Miss. - Rite Way Service, Inc., a former Alabama corporation that provided janitorial cleaning services to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Third Circuit Issues Employer-Friendly Ruling in Discrimination and Retaliation Case

On August 12, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion in Jones v. SEPTA, a discrimination and retaliation claim brought by a former employee of the Philadelphia-area transit agency. The Third...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employee’s Wrongful Termination And Defamation Claims Were Properly Dismissed

John McGrory alleged his employment was terminated because he is male and because he participated in his employer’s internal investigation. He also alleged defamation associated with a statement the vice president of human...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Court Rejects FEHA Claim Brought By Fired Department Manager

McGrory v. Applied Signal Tech. Inc., No. H036597 (January 24, 2013): A California Court of Appeal recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit where the employee refused to cooperate with a company investigation and claimed...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employee Was Properly Terminated For Lying And Failing To Cooperate During Company Investigation

John McGrory sued his former employer, alleging he was unlawfully retaliated against for being uncooperative and deceptive during a company investigation into allegations that he had discriminated against a subordinate...more

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