The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) fired one of its employees for disruptive conduct. He challenged the reason for his discharge in state court and a few years later filed a suit in federal court, this time claiming that he was terminated for a prior complaint of racial discrimination. The man had worked for IDOT [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 14, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently upheld a jury’s verdict against Service Temps, Inc. regarding disability discrimination. The original lawsuit had been filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of an applicant who is deaf. Service Temps, doing business as Smith Personnel Solutions, had refused to hire [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Minnesota Board of Public Defense (BOPD) will be paying 53,000 dollars to settle an age discrimination lawsuit. Four former employees had been denied employer contributions for retiree health and dental insurance because they had been over the age of 55 at the time of retirement. The BOPD will also pay future premium costs for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 30, 2012
Sometimes followers of certain religions are unmistakable in terms of appearance. This may not appeal to company owners who’ve hired religious workers, but if accommodating said person(s) can be done without “undue hardship,” then the business must abide by the law. A company that operates a chain of Taco Bell restaurants in North Carolina will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 25, 2012
A former air traffic controller sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), citing a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) for not rehiring him. But it was his untimely charges and responses to court filings which ultimately cost him the case. The man worked for the FAA from 1974 to 1981. President Regan [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Reputed threats, allegations and a sexually explicit photo: Just another day at the airport. A woman employed in customer service at U.S. Airways’ New Orleans Airport learned that a co-worker had posted a picture of her on his Facebook page. The picture showed the woman leaning over, exposing a portion of her underwear. She complained [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 19, 2012
A truck driver for Tyson Foods, Inc. was fired after he tested positive for drugs. He filed a lawsuit, but his failure to prove his case in court stemmed from his filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy – and what he hadn’t disclosed. Three days into his orientation at Tyson, the man was terminated after the company [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A franchisee of popular fast-food chain, Wendy’s, will be facing a lawsuit for allegedly discriminating against a job applicant with a disability. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed the suit against CTW LLC after a hearing-impaired applicant with suitable qualifications and experience was not hired. The job hopeful had applied for a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 13, 2012
A driver working in Atlanta was suspended after two warnings and then fired due to “insufficient work” for the company’s senior employees. He claims that his termination was in response to complaints of allegedly discriminatory employment practices. So was it retaliation? The man had only been working at Atlanta Peach Movers, Inc. for a month [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 9, 2012
A sales rep was fired because customers found him “hard to work with.” He alleges that his termination was in actuality a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. The man began working in sales at Kimberly-Clark, which manufactures personal and healthcare products, in 1985. His sales [...]
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