Category Archives: Sex/Gender Discrimination
Is The Failure to Investigate A Male Employee’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Sex Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employee rights lawyers have learned that employers often do not investigate sexual harassment complaints by male employees, even though they investigate sexual harassment complaints by female employees. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employers… Read More »
Florida Employee Told She Was “Making Too Much Money As A Female” Claims Sex Discrimination
Having litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida state and federal courts for more than two decades, our Sumter County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers know women continue to face substantial obstacles in their long fight for equal treatment in the American workplace. Although Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which… Read More »
Job Applicant Claims Discriminatory Failure To Hire Where Employer Disclosed It Wanted A Woman In The Job
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Alachua County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers know that many employers mistakenly believe they are lawfully permitted to discriminate against men in the hiring context. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) forbids discrimination on the basis of sex with… Read More »
Female Employee Claims Gender Discrimination Where Employer Told Her That The Position “Needed A Man”
Having litigated gender discrimination cases under the federal anti-discrimination laws for nearly twenty years, our Marion County, Florida sex discrimination lawyers know that women continue to face substantial disadvantages in their efforts to obtain jobs traditionally held by men. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are protected… Read More »
Is Disciplining A Woman More Harshly Than A Man Evidence Of Gender Discrimination?
Having litigated gender discrimination cases under the federal anti-discrimination laws for nearly twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that employers continue to treat female employees differently and less favorably than male employees. In an employment discrimination case, as explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hazen Paper Co. v…. Read More »
Can A Woman Be Denied A Promotion Because She Is A Working Mother With Young Children?
Having litigated sex discrimination cases in Florida state and federal courts for nearly twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that employers continue to make employment decisions based on gender stereotypes. The prohibition of discrimination because of sex in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)… Read More »
Are Sexist Remarks Evidence Of A Discriminatory Failure To Promote?
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for almost twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that women continue to be denied promotional opportunities because of their gender. Although Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) made gender discrimination an unlawful employment practice more than 50 years ago,… Read More »
Employers Continue To Refuse To Hire Women For “Men’s Jobs”
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) bans discrimination on the basis of sex in the workplace. Since the passage of Title VII, women have made significant gains in workforce participation, wages, benefits, and access to high-level positions. However, gender segregation persists in many occupations in the U.S. workforce. For… Read More »
Employee Claims That Supervisor Involved In Firing Her Said He Was “Uncomfortable Around Women”
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex. “In forbidding employers to discriminate against individuals because of their sex,” as explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power v. Manhart, 435 U.S…. Read More »
Can A Woman Be Fired Because She Lacks The “Midwestern Girl Look”?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits discrimination against any employee with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of sex. As observed by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Burns v. Johnson, 829 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2016), “the idea… Read More »
