Discrimination, Retaliation, Reasonable Accommodation

Employment Law Update: Federal Judge Rules Attorney Was Fired for Legitimate Workplace Behavior Concerns, not Due to Alleged...

Whiteford on 7/25/2025

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington highlights the importance of clear, documented reasons for employee terminations. In Kang v. The Boeing Company, a case involving a former...more

“If we do it for you, we’ll have to do it for everybody”: 4 worst practices for employers

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/18/2025

Accommodate, accommodate, accommodate! I started practicing law two years before Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), and four years before it took effect (1992 for larger employers, 1994 for smaller...more

VibraLife of Katy to Pay $80,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/1/2024

HOUSTON – VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability...more

The Insidious Deception That Is "Employment At Will"

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/28/2021

Employers, don't get played. "This is an employment-at-will state, and I can fire you for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all." Oh, yeah?... ...more

Update On Proposed Oregon Legislation – What Employers Need To Know

Tonkon Torp LLP on 4/13/2021

For this second installment in our legislative update series we have a status report on the employment-related bills discussed in our previous alert, as well as a survey of the bills that have since been introduced related to...more

Best in Law: New 2020 Laws for Employers

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 2/6/2020

Partner Joseph Ortiz Discusses Changes in the Southern California Newspaper Group - For California employers, 2020 brings sweeping changes to equalize the workplace. This playbook of new employment laws — aimed at...more

Failure to Investigate and Fat-Shaming Permit Employment Claims to Proceed

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/2/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Under California law, obesity can qualify as a disability if it has a physiological cause and limits a major life activity. Proving such a claim has been difficult. The First District Court of Appeal’s...more

Now in Effect: California Employers Must Provide New Hires with Written Notice of Victim Rights

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/31/2017

As reported in our new laws for 2017 post, employers must give written notice to new employees (and to current employees upon request) explaining the rights of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. All...more

Food Service Company to Pay $35,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/31/2017

Legendary Baking Fired Employee Because of Spinal Cord Condition, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - An Illinois food service company will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination...more

New Law Prohibits Retaliation or Discrimination in Response to Request for Accommodation

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 11/19/2015

Effective January 1, 2016, Assembly Bill 987 prohibits an employer from retaliating or otherwise discriminating against a person for requesting accommodation of his or her disability or religious beliefs, regardless of...more

California Employment Law Notes - September 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/8/2015

Newly Enacted California Statutes - The Word "Alien" Is Stricken From The California Labor Code - Section 1725 of the California Labor Code defines "alien" as "any person who is not a born or fully naturalized...more

Maryland Passes Bill Protecting Interns From Employment Discrimination

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 4/27/2015

On April 14, 2015, an act protecting interns in Maryland from employment discrimination officially became law. As of October 1, 2015, employers are prohibited from discriminating against interns with respect to the terms,...more

Brookdale Senior Living Communities Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/29/2014

Employer Refused to Accommodate and Fired Former Health & Wellness Director, Federal Agency Says - DENVER - Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc., a Delaware corporation based in Brentwood, Tenn., violated the...more

EEOC Sues Taprite Fassco for Sex and Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/12/2014

Quality Control Inspector Punished After Reporting Unequal Wages and Denied an Accommodation for Her Disability, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO, Texas -Taprite Fassco Manufacturing, Inc., a San Antonio-based...more

Making Your Termination Decision Count (Don’t Sleep on This One…)

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/19/2014

The success or failure of an employer’s defenses in employment litigation often turns on what motivated a termination decision. My consistently subpar performance or my complaint about harassment? My taking of leave or...more

EEOC Sues Upper Chesapeake Health System for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/30/2013

Health Care System Fired a Pulmonary Function Technologist After She Requested an Accommodation and Filed a Discrimination Charge, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - Upper Chesapeake Health System, a leading health...more

The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2013

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/19/2013

In This Issue: - Immigration. Washington takes the first step toward immigration reform. - State Round-Up. Learn about the latest employment law news in your state. - Traditional. Wade Fricke and Matthew Kelley...more

EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/12/2013

Developmentally Disabled Walmart Employee in Akron Store Fired for Complaining About Sexual Touching, Federal Agency Charges - CLEVELAND - Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. violated federal law by allowing a male employee...more

D.O.E. Technologies and doeLegal Will Pay $130,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/4/2013

Hard-of-Hearing Employee Fired for Requesting Accommodations, Federal Agency Charged - WILMINGTON, Del. - D.O.E. Technologies, Inc. and a related company, doeLegal, LLC will pay $130,000 and furnish other relief to...more

Kintetsu International Express to Pay $77,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Harassment, Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/4/2013

Supervisor Constantly Degraded Tour Coordinator with Arthritis, Then Forced Her and Co-Worker Out for Reporting Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Kintetsu International Express (USA), Inc. - a...more

EEOC Suggests That Title VII and ADA May Apply to Employment Situations Involving Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/1/2012

Neither Title VII of the Civil Rights Act nor the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) specifically prohibits discrimination against individuals who may be victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking....more

Termination Two Days Before Taking FMLA Leave “Unusually Suggestive,” New Jersey District Court Holds

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/16/2012

In St. Cyr v. Brandywine Senior Living, Inc., 20 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85426 (D.N.J. June 20, 2012), the court denied summary judgment in an FMLA interference and retaliation suit in which an employee was terminated a mere two...more

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