Sexual Orientation Discrimination

You Can Win Retaliation Claims Even If You Lose Discrimination Claims

Today, we look at the recent United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit case Stoval v. Grazioli, No. 20-2041, 2023 WL 3116439, at *1 (3d Cir. Apr. 27, 2023). In this case, Flavia Stovall, who is African-American, worked in the New Jersey Judiciary, Camden...

Not All Bad Employer Acts Create A Discrimination Claim

In yesterday’s blog, we talked about how Abraham Freud lost most of his religious discrimination claims because he waited too long to file his claims. (Read about it here). Today, our employment lawyers are taking a closer look at the claims that remained. What is an...

If You Wait, You May Lose Your Discrimination Claim

Meet Abraham Freud. He is a special-education teacher working for New York City Department of Education. Freud is an Orthodox Jew, who feels that his employer has been discriminating against him for a long time – in fact, too long a period of time. What is a statute...

Wrongful Termination: How Do I Prove That I Am Qualified For The Job?

Recently, in Crivelli v. Montgomery County Emergency Services District Number 7, No. 22-20312, 2023 WL 2823065 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit address the issue of proving qualification for a particular job as part of...

Can “Not A Good” Fit Be Used To Excuse Employment Discrimination?

As with most employment discrimination legal questions, the answer is “it depends.” Indeed, it will likely come down to the particular workplace facts as opposed to the law in question. As our employment discrimination lawyers have discussed often before, under Title...

Are You In A Legally Hostile Work Environment?

There are certain things that are universally hated: bad drivers that flip you off because nothing is their fault, a sink full of dishes, clothing that is supposed to be in your size but is cut so small just to make you feel fat, cancer, being told to calm down when...

Yes, You Can Be Fired For Boinking Your Boss’s Ex

In Smith v. Mcdonough, Sec’y of Veterans Affairs, No. 22-6131, 2023 WL 2765898, (10th Cir. Apr. 4, 2023), Eric Smith, a longtime employee of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), sued his employer for employment discrimination and harassment that he...

Employers Do Not Automatically Win A Wrongful Termination Because Employee Violated Rule

Thomson Reuters has a nepotism policy that prevents close family and relations from being in the same reporting chain of command. This policy provides that a conflict of interest exists when “[s]omeone with a close relationship with you is in a direct reporting...

Gender Identity Discrimination Is Wrong And Illegal In The Workplace

Today, I’m going to rant a bit. I’m mad. But first, thank you Anheuser-Busch, maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers. If you don’t know, Bud Light honored transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in a new promotion. Thank you to Jack Daniels for working with Ru...

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