#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Decision on LGBTQ Employees, EEOC on Older Workers Returning to Work - Employment Law This Week®
I-12: Update on the DOL's New OT Rules, and Part 2 of My Interview with Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez
Did I remember to mention "timing"? Retaliation claims have been the hottest at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for many years. Part of that is because every law that the EEOC enforces has an...more
Federal Lawsuit Says Recreational Gear Company Fired Employee After He Complained About Age Discrimination - DENVER – Amer Sports Winter & Outdoor Company, a recreational gear company headquartered in Utah with employees...more
Settles Federal Lawsuit Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility Fired Physical Therapy Assistant Because of His Age and Sex - CLEVELAND – The Laurels of Athens, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Athens, Ohio, owned and...more
Employee Who Wanted To Donate/Freeze Her Eggs Was Not Protected By Pregnancy Statute - Paleny v. Fireplace Products U.S., Inc., 103 Cal. App. 5th 199 (2024) - Erika Paleny alleged harassment, discrimination and...more
Settles Federal Charges Retailer Harassed Older Managers and Fired Those Who Reported the Harassment - ST. LOUIS – Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment...more
IT Staffing Agency Refused to Refer Applicant Who Objected to Recruiter’s Discriminatory Inquiry Concerning His Age, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Software People, Inc., an IT support staffing agency based in Long...more
Regional Director Called Subordinates “Grumpy Old Men” and Wanted a “Millennial Team”, Agency Alleges - ST. LOUIS – Nationwide retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, which does business as Dollar General, violated federal law by...more
IT Staffing Agency Refused to Refer Applicant Who Objected to Recruiter’s Discriminatory Inquiry Concerning His Age, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK – Software People, an IT support staffing agency based in Long Island,...more
Legal precedent, including language from the U.S. Supreme Court, requires federal courts to take a broad view of the “but-for” causation standard for determining unlawful age discrimination in the workplace, Equal Employment...more
Federal Agency Works with Healthcare Provider to Eliminate Policy Which Affected Older Practitioners - MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has reached a settlement with...more
Can a news organization avoid a discrimination claim by arguing that it was exercising its First Amendment right to choose who writes the news? That’s the question that the California courts have been grappling with in...more
School District Failed to Recall Teacher in Retaliation for His Age Discrimination Complaints Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - The Waterford Public School System, a school district in Waterford, Mich., will pay $107,000...more
Department Retaliated When Manager Reported Age Bias in Hiring, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS - The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) violated federal law when it discharged a manager who alerted officials...more
Older Workers Denied Promotions and Suffered Retaliation for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The State of New Mexico, Corrections Department (NMCD), the state agency that operates correctional...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issues a yearly report describing its complaint and litigation trends....more
Phoenix Restaurant Subjected Women to Physical and Verbal Abuse, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX - Phoenix restaurant Francisco Fine Foods LLC, doing business as Mariscos Altata, agreed to pay $220,000 and furnish other...more
In Skiba v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, the Seventh Circuit issued a helpful decision for employers facing retaliation claims under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The case involved a...more
Q. If a supervisor makes a comment about an employee’s age, will the company be liable for age discrimination? A. While ageist comments are never appropriate in the workplace, an Illinois federal court recently ruled...more
School District Failed to Recall Teacher in Retaliation for His Age Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - The Waterford Public School System, a school district located in Waterford, Mich., violated...more
In the case of DiFiore v. CSL Behring, LLC, the Third Circuit ruled for the first time that the more demanding “but for” causation standard applies to retaliation claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), rejecting the lower...more
Last week, the EEOC announced that The American Dental Association has agreed to pay $1.95 million to settle retaliation claims. The Association’s former legal counsel and director of human resources alleged that they were...more
In its December Vaughn decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that plaintiffs in age discrimination cases may not collect compensatory or punitive damages. The court based its decision on its interpretation of...more
Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed its earlier position that compensatory and punitive damages are not available to plaintiffs who allege violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)....more
Timely Topics - The final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on May...more