On March 31, 2022, a Kentucky jury unanimously awarded $450,000 to an employee, who was terminated following two panic attacks the employee suffered at work. The jury concluded the employee’s anxiety disorder was a disability...more
On March 11, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment, dismissing a Texas city employee’s claim that he had been unlawfully terminated from his job because of his age. The Fifth...more
4/5/2022
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII ,
Wrongful Termination
Mental health is the latest emergent issue for employers due to recent events such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, resulting recession and other factors like the perpetual display of racial injustices in the...more
2/4/2022
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Mental Health ,
Risk Mitigation
On April 3, 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit in EEOC v. Vantage Energy Services, Inc., No. 19-20541, clarified its interpretation of the relate-back doctrine for administrative charges. The Fifth Circuit...more
4/16/2020
/ Administrative Procedure ,
Administrative Remedies ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Relate Back Doctrine ,
Reversal ,
Technical Standards