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When A Supervisor Makes Employment Decisions Based On A Sexual Harassment Victim’s Submission To Or Rejection Of Sexual Behavior
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) makes sexual harassment an unlawful employment practice. In making sexual harassment unlawful, Title VII entitles employees to work free from sexual intimidation or coercion, including quid pro quo sexual harassment. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, quid pro quo sexual harassment… Read More »
Court Finds That Employees Are Protected From Retaliation When Complaining About Customer Sexual Harassment
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from sexual harassment in the workplace. Title VII protects employees from sexual harassment by co-employees, supervisors, managers, owners, clients and customers. Under Title VII, employers are also prohibited from retaliating against employees when they complain about sexual harassment in the workplace…. Read More »
Appellate Court Rules That Employers Are Strictly Liable For Supervisor Sexual Harassment Involving Unfulfilled Threats Or Promises
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from discriminating employees on the basis of sex. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII. Having long represented victims of sexual harassment, our Central Florida sexual harassment attorneys have learned that quid pro quo is perhaps… Read More »
Former Car Salesman Wins $1.3 Million in Damages for Disability Discrimination in Employment
A man who was diagnosed with a serious form of cancer and was terminated for allegedly unrelated reasons has just been awarded $1.3 million in damages by a Florida jury. The case is titled Axel v. Fields Motorcars of Florida. Positive job performance despite cancer diagnosis Scott Axel had been working for Fields Motorcars… Read More »
Court Finds Victim’s Verbal Sexual Harassment Complaint Satisfies Company Policy Requiring The Filing Of A Sexual Harassment Complaint
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employers are liable for sexual harassment which is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create a hostile work environment. As explained by the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Dees v. Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., 163 F.3d 417 (11th Cir. 1999),… Read More »
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 »
