A Chicago news source reports on a former doorman for Sidetrack, a popular bar in Chicago, suing the bar and a couple of its managers for sexual and religious harassment. Sexual harassment lawsuits at bars, sadly, are not uncommon or generally newsworthy unless they contain an interesting twist. In this case, the bar is a… Read More
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Seattle Program and Starbucks Helping Vets Get Jobs
Finding a job can be hard, particularly in this economy. Finding a job after spending years in the military can be even harder, especially if your training is in an area that does not transfer to civilian life easily or obviously. Laws can prohibit discrimination against returning veterans, but sometimes additional programs and assistance is… Read More
Son Experiences Retaliation for Father's Actions
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on a person’s race, among other factors. However, the law goes a step further to protect employees who oppose, report, complain of, or participate in an investigation regarding workplace discrimination. The law prohibits an employer from taking any adverse employment… Read More
Special Agent-in-Charge of Seattle's FBI Field Office Continues Gender Bias Claim
It is not often that a long and distinguished career and having the distinction of being the “longest serving” anything would be the basis of a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, but it is. An agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Seattle field office is claiming gender discrimination and pay raise discrimination. The shocking part… Read More
Muslim Employee Faced Many Kinds of Discrimination
Employment discrimination can come in many forms. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically outlaws workplace discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Furthermore, discrimination due to a woman’s pregnancy or childbirth is illegal under the category of sex discrimination. Most discrimination cases involve one particular type… Read More
Woman Wins Against Abercrombie and Fitch in Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Abercrombie and Fitch fired a Muslim woman, Hani Khan, for wearing her hijab at work because they claimed that her wearing a headscarf could hurt business. Khan filed and won her discrimination lawsuit against Abercrombie and Fitch in federal court. This lawsuit arose just a few years after another discrimination suit against the company for… Read More
Wrongful Termination for High-Risk Pregnancy
Pregnancy should be an enjoyable time in a woman’s life. In 1978, the United States Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which made it unlawful to discriminate against a woman based on pregnancy, potential to become pregnant, birth of a child, or any medical needs or condition related to a pregnancy or birth of a… Read More
Former Abercrombie Employee Prevails on Religious Accommodation Claim
Previously on this blog, we discussed a currently pending lawsuit on behalf of a female employee who was fired by Disney because her hijab did not fit in with the “Disney image.” A recent decision may give that Disney employee hope for winning her case. On September 3, 2013, a federal court in California ruled… Read More
Public School District Harassed Injured Worker
In order for behavior in the workplace to constitute harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or other employment laws, the offensive conduct must be pervasive or severe enough to cause a hostile work environment for the victim. In order to determine whether a work environment is, in fact, hostile, a… Read More
Employment Non-Discrimination Act Gets a Vote in the Senate
Many people across the nation may have more to be thankful for at Thanksgiving this year because these individuals may be one step closer to employment equality. Currently gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual individuals can be fired in 29 states based solely on their sexual orientation. Furthermore, there are 33 states where an employee can… Read More