Employment Litigation, Retaliation, Disparate Treatment

Manager’s acts and omissions provide evidence of discrimination and retaliation

McAfee & Taft on 8/11/2025

Responding to discriminatory comments, modifying work duties after a request for disability accommodation, and documenting internal business reorganizations are part of a manager’s job. But if handled incorrectly or...more

Why Comparator Analysis Matters: A Key Fourth Circuit Ruling

Poyner Spruill LLP on 7/29/2025

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 generally prohibits covered employers from taking adverse actions against employees on the basis of race, sex, and other protected categories. Employee discipline is often the subject...more

Employee Replaced by White Male Coupled With Employer’s Poor Investigation Fuels Disparate Treatment Claim

CDF Labor Law LLP on 3/7/2025

In Lui v. DeJoy, the Ninth Circuit held that a woman of Chinese ethnicity’s demotion, when coupled with a white male replacing her position, gave rise to an inference of discrimination. The employer’s investigation into the...more

Illegal or ill-mannered? Title VII meets Ms. Manners

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/22/2020

Is it discriminatory to discipline employees for wearing #BLM face masks? When does Supervisor Karen cross the line from rude into discrimination? And join us to count down the top eight things you should never, ever say in...more

Second Circuit Holds Evidence of Equal Work for Unequal Pay Not Required for Title VII Compensation Claims

ArentFox Schiff on 12/27/2019

The Second Circuit has held that employees who allege they were underpaid on the basis of their sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, are not required to first establish an Equal Pay Act claim but rather...more

Appeals Court Rejects Retaliation Claim Based On Religious Accommodation Request

Fisher Phillips on 11/15/2018

In a case of first impression, a federal appeals court just found that an applicant’s request for a religious accommodation did not constitute protected activity under Title VII for the purpose of establishing a retaliation...more

EEOC Sues Lafayette Schools’ Federal Credit Union for Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/16/2018

Credit Union Fired a Branch Manager the Day After She Opposed Its Use of a Racially Offensive Video During a Training Session, Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS - Lafayette Schools' Federal Credit Union unlawfully fired its only...more

EEOC Sues Maritime Autowash for Race And national Origin Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/29/2017

Car Wash Subjected Hispanic Workers to 'Separate and Unequal' Wages and Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - Maritime Autowash, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected a class of workers to a...more

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