Recent Blog Posts
Establishing Pregnancy Discrimination When Employer Hires The Employee & Then Fires The Employee After Learning She Was Pregnant When Hired
Standing alone, it is not unlawful for an employer to ask a job applicant whether she is pregnant when interviewing her for employment. However, if the job applicant is pregnant and not hired, evidence that the employer asked the job applicant whether she is pregnant can be used to show that pregnancy discrimination played… Read More »
What Type Of Remarks Reflect A Discriminatory Failure To Hire?
Federal and Florida law prohibit employers from refusing to hire any individual because of his or her race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, disability, or age. Although it is sometimes difficult for victims of a discriminatory failure to hire to have access to all of the information helpful in proving their case before… Read More »
Employers Are Forbidden From Making Employment Decisions Based On Age Stereotypes
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which is federal law, and the Florida Civil Rights Act, which is Florida law, forbid employers from making employment decisions on the basis of age stereotypes. As explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 613 (1993), “Congress’ promulgation of the… Read More »
EEOC Lawsuit Uses Federal Law To Protect Employees Claiming Sexual Harassment
On March 8, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Consent Decree with FYC International, Inc. (FYC) which settled an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of employees of FYC in the U.S. District Court, District Court of Connecticut. In the case of EEOC v. FYC International,… Read More »
EEOC Sues Daytona Beach Corporation on behalf of Victim of Pregnancy Discrimination
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed a lawsuit against Brown & Brown, a large insurance brokerage based in Daytona Beach. The lawsuit asserts that the company denied a woman a job due to the fact that she was pregnant. In March 2015, Nicole Purcell applied for an entry-level job with Brown… Read More »
New Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Juvenile Correctional Facility Workers
A group of individuals formerly employed by Youth Services International has filed a lawsuit against the organization. They allege that the organization retaliated against the former workers for reporting concerns about the welfare of teen residents of the detention center run by Youth Services International. Youth Services International withdrew from a contract to operate… Read More »
Four Florida Educators Sue School Board for Racial Discrimination
A group of African-American teachers has recently filed a lawsuit against a Florida school board, alleging that, despite being qualified, they were all passed over for administrative positions due to their racial backgrounds. The teachers filed the lawsuit against the Lee County School Board for its failure to promote them to administrative positions despite… Read More »
The “Alter Ego” Sexual Harasser: A Company Owner Engages In Sexual Harassment
A recent case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) in the U.S. District Court, Southern District Court of Florida on behalf of three female employees of McWhite’s Funeral Home, Inc. (“McWhite’s Funeral Home”) illuminates the legal consequences which arise when the person engaging in the sexual harassment is a company owner…. Read More »
Racial Harassment Is A Form Of Prohibited Race Discrimination
Under the Florida Civil Rights Act (“FCRA”) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), an individual is protected against discrimination with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of race. Harassment of an employee because of his or her race which… Read More »
Legal Protection For Employees Subjected To National Origin Harassment & Retaliation For Complaining About National Origin Harassment
Under the Florida Civil Rights Act (“FCRA”) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), an individual is protected against discrimination with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of national origin. Because the term “national origin” is not defined in the… Read More »
