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No Claim By Employee Who Was Friends With Alleged Harasser Atalla v. Rite Aid Corp., 2023 WL 2521909 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023) - Hanin Atalla and Erik Lund had a social relationship and became “close friends” before Atalla...more
Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX – Phoenix call center LogistiCare Solutions LLC violated federal law when it fired temporary employees placed by a...more
Pregnant Nursing Assistants Were Denied Accommodations and Fired, Agency Charged - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Century Care of Laurinburg, Inc. d/b/a Scottish Pines Rehabilitation & Nursing Center (Scottish Pines), a North Carolina...more
Real Estate Investment Firm Fired Employee Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - CAMDEN, N.J. -- Friedman Realty Group, Inc., a Gibbsboro, N.J.-based real estate investment firm that owns and manages apartment...more
An employer’s shifting rationale for termination doomed it to facing a jury trial on a pregnancy discrimination claim in the recent case Fassbender v. Correct Care Solutions....more
One of the many challenges for employers is that, occasionally, employees must be terminated. Unfortunately, sometimes those former employees claim to have been terminated illegally, giving rise to the risk of legal and...more
The settlement of a recent pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against RTG Furniture Corp., provides a valuable reminder to employers that even well-intentioned...more
Furniture Company Fired Employee After She Disclosed She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - RTG Furniture Corp. of Georgia, a Florida corporation that operates a chain of Rooms to Go furniture...more
Orchid Grower Fired Several Employees After Childbirth, Federal Agency Charges - FRESNO, Calif. - Dash Dreams Plant, Inc., a grower and wholesale distributer of orchids in Dos Palos, Calif., violated federal law when it...more
Company Violated Law by Firing Pregnant Employee, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - CFS Health Management Inc., dba Shefa Wellness Center, a Canton, Ga., medical practice specializing in cosmetic skin care treatments,...more
California Supreme Court to Consider "Day of Rest" Law: Why it matters - The California Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the number of consecutive days an employee may legally work without running afoul of...more
Company Failed to Provide Disabled Pregnant Employee With Accommodation and Subsequently Fired Her While on Maternity Leave, Federal Agency Charged - AUSTIN, Texas - E-MDS, Inc., an Austin-based business which provides...more
Federal Agency Charges Ryan's Pointe, LLC Fired Manager Because of Her Hispanic National Origin and Pregnancy - HOUSTON - Ryan's Pointe, LLC violated federal law by discharging its apartment manager because of her...more
Moving Company Fired Female Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - DURHAM, N.C. - DeHaven's Transfer & Storage, Inc., a residential and commercial moving company, violated federal law when it fired a...more
EEOC Says Your Health Team LLC Fired Employee Because of Pregnancy - DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Your Health Team, L.L.C. for violating...more
Dallas Suburb Steakhouse Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - Arthur's Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining steakhouse and lounge in Addison, a suburb of Dallas, will pay $20,000 to a former...more
Restaurant Terminated Pregnant Server, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - Avalona Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Loafers Lounge in Catonsville, Md., violated federal law when it fired a server because she was...more
Moonshine Whiskey Bar Removed Pregnant Bartender From Her Duties, Federal Agency Charged - PHOENIX - The Moonshine Group, LLC, owners of the Moonshine Whiskey Bar in Tempe, Ariz., violated federal law by removing a...more
Nursing Center Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination - NHC Healthcare/Clinton, LLC Failed to Provide Pregnant Employee with a Reasonable Accommodation and Subsequently Fired Her, Federal Agency...more
Houston Home and Community Services Organization Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Employee Pursuant to Illegal No-Pregnancy Policy, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - A federal judge has awarded a pregnancy discrimination...more
Company Violated Federal Law by Firing Pregnant Employee, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - CFS Health Management Inc., d/b/a Shefa Wellness Center, a Canton, Ga., medical practice specializing in cosmetic skin care...more
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that the board discriminated against pregnant teachers at Scammon Elementary School by subjecting...more
Federal Agency Charged Bridgeview Facility Illegally Fired Pregnant Social Worker - CHICAGO - Midway Neurological & Rehabilitation Center, a provider of short- and long- term medical and rehabilitation care located in...more
Last month, a federal district judge in San Diego upheld a $185 million jury verdict in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against AutoZone Stores. The verdict is a record for a single-plaintiff employment discrimination...more
On November 17, 2014, a San Diego federal jury of five men and three women awarded Plaintiff Rosario Juarez $185 million dollars in punitive damages in her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her former employer AutoZone...more