October 19, 2023
A Massachusetts federal judge has ruled that an electrical equipment manufacturer did not discriminate against an engineer when it denied his request to work from home amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 28, 2023
An electrical parts company on Monday slammed its former engineer's "last-ditch effort" to revive a discrimination claim by asking Massachusetts' top court to decide whether employers must accommodate workers due to a family member's disability, saying the question would not affect the outcome of the case.
February 13, 2023
A fired engineer suing his former company after being denied a work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic wants Massachusetts' top court to rule on whether employers must accommodate workers due to a family member's disability.
January 13, 2023
An engineer suing his former employer for firing him for refusing to work in person during the onset of COVID-19 told a judge Friday that assessing whether he was vulnerable to the virus requires turning the clock back to March 2020.
December 12, 2022
A Massachusetts-based electrical parts company argued Monday that it fired a Chinese American engineer because he abandoned his job and did not qualify for remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the worker claimed that the company took an unlawful hardline stance in letting him go.
July 25, 2022
An ongoing suit by a Chinese-American engineer fired for refusing to come into the office during the COVID-19 pandemic was amended Monday to include new claims that his former company granted white employees the ability to work remotely.
September 22, 2021
A Massachusetts engineer fired for refusing to come into the office during the COVID-19 pandemic after his remote-work request was denied can continue to pursue disability and age discrimination claims, a federal judge has ruled.
September 04, 2020
The pandemic has brought with it a wave of novel employment litigation, including lawsuits accusing businesses of not adequately protecting workers, denying disability accommodations and failing to notify workers before laying them off. Here, Law360 looks at six coronavirus-related employment suits to watch.
August 10, 2020
A federal judge on Monday voiced skepticism over a discrimination suit filed by a Massachusetts engineer who was fired for refusing to come into the office during the coronavirus pandemic, calling the complaint "bare-bones."
June 26, 2020
A Massachusetts engineering firm fought back against a claim that it fired an employee because he asked to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying Friday that the worker simply abandoned his job after the request was denied and he offered no proof of discrimination.