As many employers begin returning people to work, Philadelphia has passed an ordinance protecting employees who share safety concerns related to COVID-19.
The ordinance requires employers to comply with all
Continue Reading Philadelphia: Employees May Disclose, Refuse to Work in Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions
Many of us are currently buckling in for a frigid holiday weekend (except for the lucky folks down in the south and southwest). However, recent data issued by the U.S.
Continue Reading Everything is Freezing, Except Charges at the EEOC
Seems that they are coming faster now – EEOC suits under the ADA against health care facilities, that is.
The EEOC just sued a senior living community in Colorado for
Continue Reading Senior Center Fires Health and Wellness Director With Fibromyalgia
Ealier we published an alert just minutes after the Supreme Court handed down two significant Title VII decisions giving pro-business groups a clear victory, and dividing predictably along partisan lines
Continue Reading New Discrimination Decisions Favor Employers
Two decisions were just announced by the Supreme Court over the issues: “who” is a supervisor for Title VII purposes, and what is the legal standard for retaliation. We reprint
Continue Reading Two Major Title VII Decisions From The Supreme Court
A UK employer provided a negative employment reference because an employee who had been fired had filed a discrimination claim. Was this retaliation, or as it is known in the UK, “victimization,” under
Continue Reading Post-Employment Retaliation Not Actionable In The UK
This Utah company must be the poster child for the “worst practices” award: a company supervisor repeatedly called a class of African-American employees racial slurs such as the “N-word;” the company
"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
Continue Reading A Refresher Course For Employers On Retaliation
We warned last May about using “last-chance agreements.” We highlighted the case of EEOC v. Cognis Corp.. In that case, plaintiff was a longtime employee who, as a condition
Continue Reading EEOC Settles “Last Chance Agreement” Case for $500,000
In our practice we have received a number of inquiries over the years from employers whose departing employees executed severance agreements and then turned around and filed discrimination charges against
Continue Reading Can You Withhold Severance To An Employee Who Files An EEOC Charge?