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21-2914
Appellate - 2nd Circuit
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The Second Circuit on Monday upheld a win for beauty brand L'Oreal over a fired Black executive who sued for race and disability bias, finding she hadn't rebutted the company's argument that she was terminated for poor performance and conflicts with colleagues.
A Second Circuit panel on Thursday contemplated reviving a Black former L'Oreal employee's disability and race discrimination suit alleging she was terminated due to her depression, with U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff pointing to circuit precedent stating employers aren't required to excuse fireable conduct related to a worker's disability.
The Second Circuit this week is to hear arguments in the New York City Fire Department's bid to undo a lower court decision requiring it to pay nearly $18 million to compensate paramedics and other workers who claim they were not paid for work they performed before and after their shifts. Here, Law360 looks at that case and other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the state.
The Fifth Circuit will hear the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's challenge to a trial judge's decision granting religious organizations broad carveouts to workplace discrimination law, while the Ninth Circuit will consider whether playing certain rap music can create a hostile work environment. Here are six argument sessions slated for February that are worth watching.