Bloomberg BNA is out with a news story about a recent case filed in federal court in Georgia, which poses an interesting question: does Title VII protect an employee on
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“Associational Discrimination” Case Upheld in UK
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An employee, not otherwise disabled, is fired because he takes time off to care for a disabled son. Is the ADA violated? An employee is fired because of the disability…
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5 Things You Need To Know About Retaliation
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"Any employment discrimination problem — sexual harassment or anything else — can always be made worse and more injurious to the conduct of the employer’s business. Retaliation is guaranteed to do…
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Another Case Involving Associational Discrimination and Employee Caregivers
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An employee, not otherwise disabled, is fired because he takes time off to care for a disabled son. Is the ADA violated?
Yesterday we wrote about the concepts of…
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Under the ADA No Need To Accommodate Employee Who Cares For Disabled Daughter
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The concepts of “associational discrimination” and “family responsibilities discrimination” have just met in a case arising out of Illinois.
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New Associational Discrimination Commentary
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On January 25, 2011 we blogged we about a big new case on the issue of associational discrimination — discrimination, usually retaliation, based upon relationships or associations.
We just read an interesting article…
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