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April 10, 2024
An attorney representing a former Novant Health executive should receive about $140,000 after prevailing on claims that his client was fired for being white amid a diversity push, the healthcare network said, urging a North Carolina federal judge to reduce the ex-executive's request for about $152,000 in attorney fees.
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April 10, 2024
The Third Circuit breathed new life Wednesday into a former district office manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired by the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus for reporting she had discovered mold in a state representative's office, finding she was acting outside her job duties when she spoke up.
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April 10, 2024
An Arkansas school district violated federal anti-discrimination law when it denied an asthmatic employee's request to switch to temporary telework during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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April 10, 2024
An Ohio appeals court sent back to a lower court an arbitration award dispute over a township's claim that a maintenance worker "abandoned his position," finding Wednesday that an arbitrator did had the power under a labor contract to order reinstatement and make the employee whole.
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April 10, 2024
Alston & Bird LLP urged a Georgia federal court to reject a former aide's objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation to force her to arbitrate her claims alleging she was fired after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
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April 10, 2024
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney failed in her bid to have a New Jersey state judge disqualified from her gender discrimination suit against the firm, with the judge on Wednesday turning down her argument that he improperly reviewed a certification from the firm's general counsel.
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April 10, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Workday shouldn't be able to dodge a Black job seeker's California federal court suit claiming it uses biased algorithms to screen out applicants, arguing that the software company can't evade liability by claiming it's not an employer.
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April 10, 2024
A former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee's sexual assault lawsuit against the legal recruiting giant must go to arbitration, a New York state judge has decided.
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April 10, 2024
A former in-house attorney at South Korean conglomerate Coupang told a Washington federal judge this week that his whistleblower claims against the company are valid according to the terms of his employment contract.
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April 10, 2024
A New Jersey municipal court administrator has agreed to end a suit alleging she was sexually harassed by a former municipal court judge after a state superior court ruled she could not include the Administrative Office of the Courts as a defendant in the case.
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April 10, 2024
A former executive for an India-based information technology company was let go as part of an unlawful scheme to offload older American workers and make room for younger college graduates, he claimed in a suit in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
A Starbucks manager berated a barista who suffered from anxiety and depression until he had a panic attack, then fired him, according to a suit filed in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has expanded its ranks in Minneapolis with a lawyer who said she is looking to use her new position to help clients navigate remote work challenges and increasing disability bias issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 10, 2024
The union that represents Long Island Rail Road workers is suing the commuter railroad for firing an employee who had been with it for 25 years after he allegedly tested positive for marijuana when returning to work after being treated for cancer.
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April 09, 2024
A Starbucks employee brought a proposed class action in California state court on behalf of similarly situated workers in the Golden State over the coffeehouse chain's "systemic failure" to provide adequate lactation spaces and sufficient pumping time for nursing employees.
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April 09, 2024
Kent State University "twisted itself into knots" to justify its alleged discrimination, a transgender professor has told an Ohio federal court, as the school in turn claimed the scholar was denied a promotion for bad-mouthing colleagues online.
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April 09, 2024
Two worker-side attorney organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday it should review an Eleventh Circuit decision finding only current employees can lodge disability discrimination lawsuits related to post-employment benefits, arguing the appeals court deepened a circuit split harming both workers and employers.
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April 09, 2024
A newly amended bill in California would give employees a legal right to ignore after-hours work communications, though Golden State employment lawyers on both sides of the bar said the bill would likely need more changes in order to have its desired impact. Here are four open questions attorneys have about the legislation.
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April 09, 2024
A North Dakota federal judge clarified an injunction Tuesday that blocks the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from requiring a Christian business group's members to provide gender transition-related healthcare coverage, finding the agency won't be penalized if it goes after one of the group's members unknowingly.
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April 09, 2024
Olive Garden will pay $30,000 to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of refusing to hire a busser because he used a cane, according to an order filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
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April 09, 2024
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a trial court's decision to jettison retaliation claims from a former dental hygienist's sexual harassment lawsuit before it went to trial twice, signaling the pitched legal battle may be soon teed up for a third go-round.
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April 09, 2024
Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration after suing Fox News' former chair and CEO over sexual harassment allegations, told senators on Tuesday that more is needed to protect workers, particularly older ones, despite important legislation enacted two years ago.
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April 09, 2024
The Fifth Circuit won't revive a suit claiming a supervisor in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' equal employment opportunity office sexually harassed a subordinate, saying the worker took too long to report the alleged misconduct and the VA took prompt action when she did speak up.
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April 09, 2024
A California federal judge declined to entirely toss a Black former UPS employee's race and pregnancy discrimination suit, saying she had evidence of "extreme and outrageous" racist comments to back up her race bias claims but not enough proof to support her sex-based pay and pregnancy discrimination allegations.
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April 09, 2024
Delta has agreed to resolve a former flight attendant's New York federal court suit alleging she was fired after the airline determined she needed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation when she complained that her husband, a Delta pilot, repeatedly raped her.