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November 08, 2024
A 20-year employee of Roswell, Georgia, hit the Atlanta-area city with a disability discrimination lawsuit Thursday, claiming it fired him rather than accommodate his known cognitive disabilities aggravated by a workplace injury two decades earlier.
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November 08, 2024
Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its employment counseling and litigation capabilities in Cleveland with the addition of a longtime UB Greensfelder LLP attorney.
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November 08, 2024
A New Jersey court gave a former state workers' compensation judge challenging her removal from the bench more time to make her case, according to a court order.
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November 08, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a nursing home's attempt to block a National Labor Relations Board case against it on the grounds that the agency is unconstitutionally structured. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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November 08, 2024
A union-represented longshoreman who left his job to serve in the U.S. Air Force for nine years is ineligible for a promotion he might have received if he served five years or less, the Ninth Circuit affirmed, saying he didn't qualify for an exception to the years requirement.
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November 08, 2024
A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-affiliated health plan defeated a former service coordinator's suit claiming she was fired because she's Black, with a Pennsylvania federal judge finding she couldn't overcome the employer's explanation that her job performance put patients in danger.
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November 08, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential final approval of a nearly $16 million settlement for Delta Air Lines flight attendants alleging wage claims. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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November 08, 2024
A Kansas federal judge declined to toss a former medical center worker's suit claiming she was forced to resign due to sexual harassment, while chiding the center for failing to take into account recent high court precedent clarifying the legal standards around Title VII sex bias claims.
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November 07, 2024
A proposed class of transgender individuals asking for the reversal of a ruling blocking Florida's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that hostile discrimination analysis of statutes applies to classes beyond those recognized as "suspect" or "quasi-suspect."
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November 07, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit declined to revive longtime women's basketball coach MaChelle Joseph's discrimination and retaliation claims against Georgia Tech, concluding Thursday that Title IX does not provide an implied right of action for sex discrimination in employment.
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November 07, 2024
The full Eleventh Circuit shouldn't roll back a transgender deputy's win in her lawsuit challenging a Georgia county's refusal to pay for gender-affirmation surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union and legal groups argued Thursday, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision made clear that such policies violate federal law.
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November 07, 2024
An HSBC executive has agreed to end her racial discrimination lawsuit against her employer over an allegedly denied promotion, the parties informed a Manhattan federal court Thursday.
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November 07, 2024
The WNBA has asked a Nevada federal court to toss the lawsuit of a female basketball player, arguing that the suit, which claims the Las Vegas Aces traded her to a less prestigious team after learning she was pregnant, failed to show the league was her employer.
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November 07, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission's more than $2 million penalty against Lyft over claims that the ride-hailing giant misled prospective drivers about their earning potential on the platform provides lessons for employers about pay transparency compliance, including the need to manage expectations and create clear compensation plans, attorneys say.
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November 07, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit upheld a Bombardier unit's win Thursday in a retired Black worker's suit claiming he was forced to leave his mechanic role because of the racism he experienced on the job, finding he hadn't alleged any mistreatment serious enough to sustain his case.
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November 07, 2024
A former practice group assistant at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has filed a wrongful termination suit in California state court, accusing the firm of discriminating against her because of her disabilities and firing her in retaliation for raising hostile work environment and other concerns.
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November 07, 2024
Polsinelli PC has hired a new shareholder in Washington, D.C., who spent more than two decades with Reed Smith LLP, which included time as that firm's global labor and employment chair.
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November 07, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's federal contractor watchdog said Thursday it reached a $57,000 deal with a medical supply company to resolve allegations that it didn't consider promoting women to a certain role.
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November 07, 2024
A chemical company must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to stop a Hispanic employee from using racist slurs, with a Missouri federal judge ruling jurors could find a single confrontation with a Black co-worker was extreme enough to support the case.
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November 07, 2024
The Sixth Circuit declined to reinstate a transgender EMT's suit claiming she was fired due to her gender identity, ruling that she couldn't overcome her employer's position that she was terminated for being rude and unprofessional on the job.
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November 07, 2024
The Library of Congress does not have to face an almost 20-year-old lawsuit in which African American employees alleged that the institution subjected them to workplace harassment and discriminatory practices in hiring and pay, a D.C. federal judge ruled, finding that the workers' Title VII claims lacked specificity.
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November 06, 2024
A former Black police chief for a Denver transportation district is suing the agency for discrimination and retaliation after he was fired in September, claiming the district failed to properly investigate complaints about racist behavior by white officers and then fired him based on a retaliatory complaint.
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November 06, 2024
A New York federal judge rejected the latest bid from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and an Ironworkers local for approval of a deal to end a decades-old race bias suit, finding Wednesday they still couldn't provide data showing racial hiring disparities had been eliminated.
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November 06, 2024
Even with some races still unresolved after Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump's defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican gains in Congress will likely spur efforts to curtail workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, experts say.
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November 06, 2024
A Washington federal judge sent back to state court a job applicant's proposed class action accusing HP of violating state law by failing to include salary ranges in job postings, saying the worker hasn't shown she has standing to pursue the dispute in federal court.