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Court Finds Owner’s Alleged Ageist Remarks About Discharged Employee Warrant A Jury Trial In Age Discrimination Case
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employers from making employment decisions on the basis of an employee’s age. As explained by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in Adams v. City of Montgomery, 2012 WL 1414979 (M.D. Ala. April 24, 2012), “remarks that show bias are particularly probative… Read More »
Court Rejects Employer’s Rationales For Treating Employees Differently In Race Discrimination Case
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race. As explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power v. Manhart, 435 U.S. 702 (1978), a fundamental purpose of Title VII is “to strike at the… Read More »
Employers Must Publicize & Train Employees On Their Sexual Harassment Policy
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes sexual harassment in the workplace unlawful. In order to eradiate sexual harassment in the workplace, as the U.S. Supreme Court in Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) determined, “Title VII is designed to encourage the creation of anti-harassment policies and effective… Read More »
Court Finds That Employer’s Baseless Rationales For Firing Employee Establish A Strong Case Of Race Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) forbids employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race. Having long represented employees who have been subjected to race discrimination, our Central Florida race discrimination lawyers have learned that employers frequently proffer a bagful of reasons to justify an employee’s termination…. Read More »
Employer’s Use Of Alleged Unwritten Company Policy To Justify Employee’s Discharge Supports Jury’s Finding Of Sex Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which is federal law, protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sex. Having substantial experience in representing employees victimized by sex discrimination, our Central Florida gender discrimination attorneys have learned that employers often make employment decisions based on unwritten, if not conjured… Read More »
Whataburger Manager Sues, Claiming Management Required Racially-Discriminatory Hiring
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the former hiring manager at a Florida location of a Whataburger restaurant. The EEOC claims in its suit that upper management retaliated against the woman when she refused to make hiring decisions on the basis of race…. Read More »
Appellate Court Rejects Employer’s Attempt To Portray Same-Sex Sexual Harassment As Mere Horseplay
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from sexual harassing behavior in the workplace which is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a hostile work environment. Unlawful sexual harassment under Title VII is not limited to harassment from members of the opposite sex. Instead, Title VII also makes… Read More »
Both Men And Women Are Protected From Sexual Harassment At Work
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) makes sexual harassment which is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the terms and conditions of the victim’s employment and create a hostile work environment unlawful. Having litigated sexual harassment cases for more than 15 years, our Central Florida sexual harassment attorneys have… Read More »
Sexual Harassment Victim Claims Constructive Discharge Where Employer Told Him To Deal With It Or Quit
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which is federal law, protects employees from sexual and racial harassment in the workplace which is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a hostile work environment. When an employee endures hostile work environment harassment, the employee’s abusive work environment sometimes gives rise to… Read More »
Employer’s Toleration Of Performance Problems Can Be Evidence Of Age Discrimination When They Become The Basis For A Discharge
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which is federal law, protects employees from discrimination on the basis of age. Having represented employees victimized by age discrimination for more than 15 years, our Central Florida age discrimination attorneys have learned that employers often terminate older employees for alleged performance deficiencies that the company had… Read More »