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Discrimination / Harassment

Flu shot: Erie hospital pays to settle religious bias suit

02/01/2017
St. Vincent’s Health Center in Erie has agreed to settle charges it failed to provide a religious accommodation for six employees who refused to take influenza vaccines for religious reasons.

Misogyny alone may not support distress lawsuit

02/01/2017
Pennsylvania courts are willing to let workers recover damages resulting from intentional infliction of emotional distress. However, the conduct must be “extreme and outrageous.”

Ignore sexual harassment? See you in court!

02/01/2017
Employers that don’t immediately address allegations of sexual harassment—and stop it—will have a hard time defending themselves in court.

Settlement in Central Valley, Calif. harassment, retaliation case

01/30/2017
South County Support Services and its sister company, Southwest Transportation Agency, have agreed to settle EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation charges leveled by a former employee.

Carefully track exactly who applies for jobs

01/30/2017

If you advertise job openings and someone does not apply, they’re going to have a hard time proving that you discriminated against them.

Court: Schedule change can be an adverse action

01/26/2017
Something like a schedule change that really affects an employee can be seen by a court as serious enough to warrant litigation.

2016 EEOC charges rose in all major categories

01/26/2017
The EEOC handled 91,503 charges of workplace discrimination in fiscal year 2016, a 2.4% increase overall.

Republican group urges Trump: Keep LGBT protections for contractors

01/24/2017
The Log Cabin Republicans, an advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender conservatives, has appealed to the Trump administration.

Jury sides with Richmond, Minn. cops in age bias case

01/23/2017
A Hennepin County, Minn. jury has awarded two Richmond police officers $125,000 after determining that the city discriminated against them because of their age.

Ameriprise settles charges of racially biased pay practices

01/23/2017
Minneapolis-based Ameriprise Financial has agreed to pay $128,200 in back wages and interest to 20 black current and former employees to settle federal discrimination charges.