Have you ever wondered whether sexual remarks and inappropriate behavior by your same-sex boss could be grounds to sue for sexual harassment? Well, the short answer is yes. It is unlawful for men to sexually harass men; and women to sexually harass women. (Of course,...
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Gender Discrimination
Sexual Harassment Shocker: “How to Please Women” Not An Appropriate Topic For Staff Meetings
It seems like a no-brainer that sexual discussions, propositions and jokes have no place in the workplace and allowing them can lead to serious liability for employers. Still, the number of cases where boneheaded bosses decide to make bad jokes, request sex from their...
Retaliation By Association – Do You Have A Claim Against Your Employer?
It is no secret that, under state and federal law, employers may not retaliate against employees for engaging in protected activities such as reporting or assisting with an investigation into discrimination. But what if your employer retaliates against you because you...
National Origin Discrimination: Employers Cannot Discriminate By Paying Lower Wages
Mitsuwa Corporation, the largest Japanese supermarket in the United States, recently agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). The lawsuit alleged that Mitsuwa...
$240-Million Plaintiff’s Verdict in Disgusting Case of Disability Bias
In May of this year, a federal jury in Iowa sent a $240-million-dollar message to any company that believes it can take advantage of intellectually-disabled workers without suffering the consequences – think again. The award came at the conclusion of a disability...
Gender Discrimination: She’s Too Aggressive! – Employer Pays Hefty Price For Gender Stereotyping And Retaliation
Dr. Carol Warfield recently receive a $7-million-dollar settlement from a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital after filing claims of gender discrimination. Warfield’s lawsuit alleged that she was demoted from department chairwoman for being “too aggressive” and...
Title VII: Sexual Harassment Training Is More Important Than Stock Car Racing
“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs.” Dr. Claire Lewicki in Days of Thunder. The...
Recent Workplace Discrimination Decision By United States Supreme Court: Vance v. Ball State University
The U.S. Supreme Court, in addition to its recent flurry of more widely known decisions dealing with gay rights, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, issued several other lesser known decisions, including Vance v. Ball State University, a decision directly...
Gender Discrimination: “Boys Will Boys” Doesn’t Excuse Sexual Harassment
It shouldn’t take a gender discrimination employment lawyer to tell you it is a bad idea to make fun of a femal employee’s butt. Nonetheless, a former AutoZone, Inc. employee, Marcela Fuentes, won $860,000 in a sexual harassment suit against the company after male...
Gender Discrimination: The Staffing Agency Did It!
Note to employers: arguing that the staffing agency that places employees at your facility is to blame for your discriminatory conduct is not going to shield you from liability. Illini Precast found this out the hard way. Illini Precast, a manufacturer of...