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Federal Agency Charges Company Fired Female Employee After She Resisted Supervisor’s Sexual Advances - THIBODAUX, La. – X-Treme Tech Services, LLC, which provides marine electronic services, violated federal law when a...more
Cleaning Service Provider Sexually Harassed Female Workers and Punished Them for Complaining, Federal Agency Claims - MILWAUKEE – The Cleaning Authority-Fox Valley, a cleaning service provider in eastern Wisconsin,...more
Morals based on a real court decision. My law partner Jon Yarbrough alerted me to a recent court decision that is full of little gems for employers. I thought I'd break the decision down into "true fables," each with a...more
Law and Practice Chambers - The 2020 Chambers US Regional Employment Guide features guidance on employment law across 14 states and includes a unique state comparison tool for readers. The guide provides expert legal...more
Common sense suggests that once the discipline train has left the station an employee should not be able to derail it by filing a charge of discrimination or engaging in other protected activity. This concept is typically...more
Using timely research, Blank Rome’s COVID-19 litigation team provides a weekly report highlighting the latest cases and updates in key litigation areas, such as workplace claims, class actions, breach of contract claims, and...more
The importance of a thorough, independent investigation prior to taking adverse employment action was reaffirmed this week by the Fifth Circuit in Brown v. Walmart. Brown sued her employer, Walmart, for retaliation when she...more
This summer, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which hears appeals from North Carolina federal courts, issued an opinion that has employers taking note. In Villa v. CavaMezze Grill, LLC, the court...more
This is not a post about any of the activities of the Trump Administration even though the headline uses his catch phrase. We are taking a break from our multi-part series of commenting on the investigation of Trump’s ties...more
The cat scratches again! Five years ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down Staub v. Proctor Hospital, wherein it held that an employer may be liable for a supervisor's discriminatory animus when the independent...more
Question: One of our male supervisors wants to fire a female employee who complained that he was sexually harassing her. The harassment allegations appear to have some substance: he asked her for pictures of herself in a...more
Who's The Boss? - In Butler v. Drive Auto. Indus. of Am., Inc., the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over North and South Carolina) joined the majority of federal appellate courts in holding that...more
Following are two recent federal court rulings related to arbitration. Acknowledgement of Dispute Resolution Policy Sufficient to Compel Arbitration of Retaliation Claim - Ashbey v. Archstone Property Management,...more
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently made two noteworthy rulings in a single case concerning sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII. First, as it relates to sexual harassment, the Court found that two...more
Last month, the Tennessee Supreme Court narrowed the definition of retaliation under state law. Less than one month later, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio and...more
Angela Aguilar who worked in a copper mine for approximately 11 months claimed she was sexually harassed, retaliated against, subjected to intentional infliction of emotional distress and was constructively terminated from...more
Staffing Company Unlawfully Fired Employee Who Reported Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Jiudicy, Inc., doing business as Labor Finders, one of the country's largest industrial labor staffing...more
Dried Fruit Producer Fired a Class of Workers Who Protested the Widespread Abuse by Supervisors, Federal Agency Charges - FRESNO, Calif. - Z Foods, Inc., doing business as Zoria Farms, and its predecessor company,...more
Federal Agency Says Westmont Senior Residence Fired Employee for Complaining About Sexual Hostile Work Environment - CHICAGO - A Westmont, Ill., senior living center violated federal law by retaliating against an...more
On August 27, 2013, the Missouri Supreme Court issued its decision in Farrow v. St. Francis Medical Center (No. SC 92793), which fundamentally alters the manner in which employers must address untimely claims under the...more
Despite Prior Case by EEOC, Company Owner Again Harasses and Retaliates Against Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges - BOSTON - Fred Fuller Oil Company, a Hudson, N.H.-based oil company, violated federal law when...more
Adria Richards is a self-described “endlessly enthusiastic technology evangelist.” While attending a large technology conference in Santa Clara, California, Ms. Richards overheard two men sitting behind her making a series...more
Victory Nissan of Dickson Fired Employees for Protesting Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Cappo Management, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation and automobile dealership doing business as...more
Male Supervisor Subjected Male Employees to Sexual Touching and Comments, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Metro Special Police & Security Services, Inc., a Charlotte-based provider of private security and...more
Waitresses Were Abused at Merrill, Wis., Restaurant; Some Were Fired for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - MADISON, Wis. - A Merrill, Wis., restaurant will pay $41,000 and furnish other relief under a consent...more