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In Henrie v. Carbon Sch. Dist., No. 22-4015, 2023 WL 1948621, at *1 (10th Cir. Feb. 13, 2023), Annette Henrie, a teacher for the Carbon School District, did not like her boss. In September 2015, she filed a written complaint accusing him of demeaning and belittling...
In Jungclaus v. Waverly Heights Ltd, No. 22-1908, 2023 WL 2182373, at *1 (3d Cir. Feb. 23, 2023), Kathleen Jungclaus worked at Waverly for almost 20 years, initially as Waverly’s Human Resources Director and then as Vice President of Human Resources. While in that...
Our employee’s rights attorneys have discussed it before, really bad employee conduct typically trumps a protected class. In Kilpatrick v. HCA Hum. Res., LLC, No. 22-5307, 2023 WL 1961223, (6th Cir. Feb. 13, 2023), HCA Human Resources (HCA) fired Montrell Kilpatrick...
The recent case of Bradley v. Dhybrid Systems, LLC, No. 21-4047, 2023 WL 1978683, at *1 (10th Cir. Feb. 14, 2023) provides a cautionary tale to both employers and employees regarding how to properly handle employment law claims and what can happen if you play games....
Recently, one of our employment attorneys sent a notice of claim to an employer on behalf of a wrongfully fired client. In an amenable communication, opposing counsel contacted our office on behalf of his employer client. He suggested that as a preliminary matter,...
Failure to hire cases can be very difficult, but not impossible. Today, we look at the recent case of Connors v. Merit Energy Co., LLC, No. 22-2080, 2023 WL 2003622, (8th Cir. Feb. 15, 2023). In this case, Kimberly L. Connors worked as a lease operator by XTO Energy,...
Torrey Terrial Townsend was employed by First Student as a bus driver. After Townsend was fired for leaving keys in an unattended school bus, First Student fired him. Townsend, who is Black, sued her former employer for race discrimination and wrongful termination...
Meet Henry Diaz, a former police officer for the City of Somerville in Massachusetts. In the early morning hours of June 30, 2017, Diaz, who was off-duty at the time, was driving through East Boston. When a pedestrian stepped in front of his car, he stopped, got out...
Discrimination against LGBTQ+ people is far too common, especially these days. It seems like you cannot turn on the news without seeing a story about discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. If it is not a story about LGBTQ+...
Our employment law attorneys blog a lot about the substantive law that protects employees from being wrongfully fired or otherwise discriminated against based on race/color, national origin, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, gender...
As our employment discrimination attorneys have harped on, there are a lot of problems that can ruin a wrongful termination if you try to go through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) process on your own. Any claim filed under Title VII must first...
Today, we consider the recent United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit case, Williams v. Fed. Express Corp, No. 22-2014, 2022 WL 17580657, at *1 (3d Cir. Dec. 12, 2022). Lori Williams, an African American female, had been working at FedEx since 1995, when...
What law protect employees from retaliation at work? There are several federal employment statutes protect employees from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation relating to various protected classes. Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is not easy. In fact, with one clerical misstep, your very good claim or race discrimination or sexual harassment might be lost forever. The entire EEOC process is fraught with peril – kind of like the opening scene...
There are a lot of factors that you should consider when selecting an employee’s rights attorney to represent you in your employment discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment claims against your employer. Our employment law attorneys have discussed...
There are a lot of reasons not to delay in reporting or opposing discrimination at your workplace. Initially, if you timely report discriminating or harassing conduct, it gives your employer the opportunity to correct the problem. Moreover, timely reporting...