White employee can sue for failure to promote (access required)

Published: September 10, 2009
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A white New York City employee can sue for failure to promote and hostile work environment, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment for the city.

Affirmative action policies may show bias (access required)

Published: September 7, 2009
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A reverse discrimination plaintiff could use her employer’s affirmative action policies as direct evidence of bias, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

Gay employee can sue for gender stereotyping (access required)

Published: August 31, 2009
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A gay man can sue for gender stereotyping, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing summary judgment for his employer.

Parent may be liable for subsidiary’s discrimination (access required)

Published: August 27, 2009
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A parent company may be liable for a subsidiary’s employment discrimination based on evidence that the two entities acted as an integrated enterprise, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

Employer not liable for noose incident at work (access required)

Published: August 12, 2009
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An employer took reasonable action to detect and address discriminatory activities after a noose was hung in the workplace, and therefore it is not liable for racial harassment under Title VII, the 7th Circuit has ruled.

Judge slashes $10M award to three Philly cops (access required)

Published: July 27, 2009
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A federal judge has ruled that three former Philadelphia cops who were awarded $10 million in damages by a jury in May 2008 in a race-discrimination and retaliation suit against the city will each only get $300,000.

Employers hurt by Supreme Court bias decision (access required)

By Kimberly Atkins - Published: June 30, 2009
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When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Ricci v. DeStefano, it did more than rule in favor of New Haven firefighters who sued after the city tossed out the results of a civil service exam after too few minority employees passed.

The justices also created a tough dilemma for employers.

Court rules in firefighters’ discrimination case (access required)

Published: June 29, 2009
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New Haven city officials violated Title VII by refusing to certify results of a test used to give firefighters promotions after only two minority members passed, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

Employer not liable for sexual harassment (access required)

Published: June 10, 2009
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An employer could not be held liable for sexual harassment because supervisory employees with knowledge of an alleged hostile environment were not “management level” for the purposes of Title VII, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.

Fiancé can’t sue for retaliation under Title VII (access required)

Published: June 9, 2009
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A man who was fired after his co-worker and fiancée filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC can’t sue for retaliation under Title VII, the en banc 6th Circuit has ruled.

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