Employee who complained about office affair can’t sue 
Published: May 1, 2013
Tags: hostile work environment, paramours, retaliation, sex discrimination, Title VII
An employee who alleged she was forced to quit her job after her complaints about an office affair were ignored could not sue for retaliation under Title VII, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Employee must arbitrate ‘pattern-or-practice’ suit
Published: March 26, 2013
Tags: arbitration, class action, sex discrimination, Title VII
An employer could compel arbitration when sued by a former female employee for engaging in a continuing pattern or practice of sex discrimination, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Benchmarks: On-the-bubble employee unable to show retaliation
Published: February 11, 2013
Tags: retaliation, retaliatory discharge, sex discrimination
A Kentucky court has decided that a retaliatory discharge lawsuit was fatally flawed due to evidence that the employer was contemplating firing the plaintiff before she ever complained of sex discrimination.
Workplace bias charges down slightly, EEOC says
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 1, 2013
Tags: Discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, job bias, retaliation, sex discrimination, systemic discrimination
Workplace discrimination charges went down slightly in fiscal year 2012, according to year-end data released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Benchmarks: Can sexy assistant be fired when jealous wife complains?
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 26, 2012
Tags: sex discrimination, sexual harassment
Does a male employer risk liability for sex discrimination if he rids himself of an attractive female employee because of his wife’s insecurities?
That’s the question one state supreme court had to answer just before heading off for the Christmas holiday.
Pattern-or-practice suit against Cintas may proceed
Published: November 14, 2012
Tags: EEOC, sex discrimination, Title VII
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity could pursue a pattern-or-practice sex discrimination suit under Title VII’s general grant of enforcement authority, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Police officer wins employment case
Published: November 6, 2012
Tags: Missouri, police, retaliation, sex discrimination
A Missouri jury has returned a verdict for a Capitol Police officer who alleged retaliation for complaining about sex discrimination at her job.
Famed ADA lawyer sued for sexual harassment
Published: October 11, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Discrimination, sex discrimination, sex harassment
A quadriplegic California lawyer who has gained notoriety by suing thousands of businesses for disability discrimination is himself facing a lawsuit brought by four former employees who are accusing him of sexual harassment.
State AGs weigh in against DOMA
Published: September 18, 2012
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, equal protection, estate planning, estate tax, same-sex marriage, sex discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination
The 2nd Circuit should strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection rights of same-sex couples, a trio of state Attorneys General argues in a new brief.
HHS: No discrimination for transgendered employees
Published: September 7, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Department of Health and Human Services, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, HHS, sex discrimination, transgendered employees
Employers and insurers may no longer deny health plans to transgendered individuals, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights.
