Church can be sued for sexual discrimination 
Published: September 27, 2011
Tags: First Amendment, hostile work environment, sexual harassment
The First Amendment does not completely bar sexual discrimination claims brought against a church by a former ministerial employee, Maryland’s highest court has ruled.
Age-bias plaintiff can sue for hostile work environment
Published: September 14, 2011
Tags: age bias, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, hostile work environment
An age discrimination plaintiff can pursue a claim for hostile work environment, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Volunteer fire department may be sued under Title VII
Published: September 8, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, hostile work environment, Title VII
A volunteer fire department may be sued for sexual discrimination under Title VII even though its paid employees numbered less that the statute’s 15-employee threshold, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
City employee’s hostile environment claim revived
Published: August 18, 2011
Tags: hostile work environment, sex harassment
A Baltimore city employee made out a sufficient claim of hostile environment sex harassment when she alleged her boss forcibly kissed her, fondled her leg, described his sexual encounters and propositioned her repeatedly to join him in his Jacuzzi, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing summary judgment.
City approves $58,500 settlement with former employee
Published: April 7, 2011
Tags: California, gender discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment
Concord, Calif. has agreed to pay a $58,500 settlement to a former public works employee who sued it, claiming gender discrimination and harassment.
Gay employee can sue for retaliatory discharge
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2011
Tags: hostile work environment, McDonnell Douglas, retaliatory discharge, sexual orientation discrimination, Title VII
A gay employee who was fired after complaining about workplace slurs could sue for retaliatory discharge, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Male worker can sue for harassment
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, sex harassment, Title VII
A male employee who claimed he received unwelcome romantic advances from a female co-worker can sue for sexual harassment, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
‘Dismissed’ worker gets $1 million settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 19, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Illinois, public library, retaliation, wrongful termination
A former Moline, Ill. Public Library worker is getting a $1 million-plus legal settlement from a lawsuit in which she claimed a retired library director fired her in retaliation for complaints she made against the director.
Nursing home can’t accommodate patient’s racial preferences
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Title VII
A nursing home created a hostile work environment by accommodating a patient’s demand for white-only health-care providers, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Threats against employee aren’t ‘gender neutral’
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: hostile work environment, Title VII
Physical threats that a female employee received from her male supervisor couldn’t be disregarded as “gender neutral” for the purpose of her hostile work environment claim, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
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