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Recently, in Valerio v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2025 WL 686028 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025), Kissairis Valerio, a Black and Hispanic female officer, was fired from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department (MTAPD) after allegedly mishandling...
Is This Racial Discrimination And Harassment At Work? In Jason Jones v. Fluor Facility & Plant Services, 2025 WL 707869 (6th Cir. 2025), Jason Jones, an African American maintenance worker, was subjected to blatant racial harassment by his white coworkers at Fluor...
We’ve all been there: a co-worker or supervisor does something that annoys us, and the urge to fire off a snarky or angry email feels almost irresistible. Maybe a customer complaint pushes us over the edge, or you feel like you're not getting the respect you deserve....
“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, Would you capture it or just let it slip?” Eminem’s famous words from “Lose Yourself” ring true for employees facing discrimination or feeling they have been wrongfully...
What happens when you disappear from work for six months, fail to show up despite warnings, and refuse to engage in meetings that might save your job? According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the answer is obvious: You can absolutely...
Dorota Peterson’s case had all the makings of a classic employment discrimination claim. She alleged that she was wrongfully fired from her job at Staples because of her age (55), her Polish nationality, and retaliation for raising workplace complaints. Firing someone...
Have you ever felt like your employer is not very clear or sending you mixed signals? Statutes of limitations can make or break your wrongful termination or employment discrimination claim, especially when those mixed signals cause confusion about when the clock...
Some cases should be clear-cut—but they are not. Marci Walkingstick Dixon v. State of Oklahoma ex rel. Regional University System is a prime example of race discrimination, gender discrimination, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Marci...
Every year, like clockwork, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) reminds us just how out of touch it is with the realities faced by ordinary workers. The 2024 Annual Performance Report and the Office of General Counsel’s Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report...
You are on FMLA leave, recovering from surgery or caring for a loved one, and then the unexpected happens—your employer tells you your job has been eliminated due to a reduction in force (RIF). Is this legal? The answer depends on whether the RIF is legitimate or just...