By Mitchell Quick “Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days old.” - Benjamin Franklin You know the drill. An employee or ex-employee files a discrimination charge against your company with the Equal Employment
Tomas Alarcon, 59, alleged that Professional Plastics Inc., fired him because of his age and tried to cover it up by claiming that the basis for his termination was stolen candy. Alarcon worked for nine
Although the following case involves a California employer and California’s version of the ADA, this Alert is relevant to companies nationwide who are subject to the ADA and state equivalents. In Sanchez v. Swissport Inc.,
The current case of Butler v. FedEx Corp., involves an employee, Lynette Butler who worked for FedEx Trade Networks Transportation & Brokerage Inc. for 17 years until she was fired on November 2012. In 2010
WASHINGTON (Sept 2013) — a federal judge in California ruled last week that clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. discriminated against a Muslim employee on religious grounds, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday.
REUTERS (By Amanda Becker 8-28-13) - Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a class-action race discrimination lawsuit brought by a longtime U.S. employee. More than 1,200 current and former Merrill Lynch
By Ashley Kaplan As the number of women accusing San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment reaches the double digits, public interest surrounding the case is at an all-time high, as well. In the
The United States Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling in the case of United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307 (June 26, 2013), and an additional important decision in the matter of Hollingsworth, et al.
SPECIAL 2013 LEGAL UPDATE ALERT As part of Holman HR’s continuing efforts to keep you, our client apprised of new legislation, below is a comprehensive list and summary of all new employment laws for 2013
The U. S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that an employer can be held liable for employment discrimination based upon the discriminatory intent of a supervisor who influenced but did not make the ultimate employment
