On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, I was fortunate enough to accompany our client Joanne Grace to provide testimony before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the problems cause by forced arbitration. (See: Video, News Coverage). Grace, along with...
Sexual Harassment
EEOC Releases Revised Anti-Harassment Guidelines for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Will the EEOC’s update to its enforcement guidance help employers address issues related to the LGBTQ+ community? Probably not, but it is a great start. Across the United States, sexual orientation and gender identity remain subjects of extensive debate and political...
What Is Considered A Racially Hostile Work Environment?
In our last blog post, our employment discrimination lawyers discussed the egregiously racially hostile work environment was presented in Banks v. Gen. Motors, LLC, No. 21-2640, 2023 WL 5761361 (2d Cir. Sept. 7, 2023); and how the District Court Judge still through...
The Best Employment Discrimination Cases Still Have Risk
Today, we focus on hostile environment claims based on both race/color discrimination and gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To do so, we consider the recent case of Banks v. Gen. Motors, LLC, No. 21-2640, 2023 WL 5761361 (2d Cir....
Yes, You Can Be Fired For Sexually Harassing Multiple Women At Work
It is human nature to root for good over evil; for morality to triumph over inequity; and for light to drown out the darkness. For this reason, most stories portray the plight of a hero fighting against the villain. This is not one of those stories. This is the tale...
The Cautionary Tale Of A Good Employment Case
As my good friend, Kenny Rodgers, once said, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away, know when to run.” There comes a time in most every case when a plaintiff-employee can claim the win by settling the case. The trick is to...
Don’t Count On Judges To Do What You Expect
Sometimes, no matter what you do; no matter what evidence you present; no matter what the law says – a judge is going to do whatever the judge wants to do. A good example of this proposition is found in the case of Edge v. TLW Energy Services, L.L.C., No. 22-50288,...
Yes, Managers Can Be Demoted For Not Reporting Sexual Harassment To HR
Managers, supervisors, group leaders, and any other person with supervisory oversight over employees should be clearly trained what to if any employee reports sexual harassment by another employee. It takes a lot of courage for women to report that they are being...
It’s Critical To Hire Good Attorneys And Tell Them Everything
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....
Professionalism And Reputation Matters
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...