Court Allows Fired Worker to Bring FMLA Claim Against Both Companies in Joint Employment Arrangement
- posted: Mar. 21, 2024
- Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
Complicated corporate structures often result in situations where one employee in one position is doing work for two or more separate employers. This raises the question as to which company Read More
EEOC Sanctions Car Dealer for Discrimination Against Older Worker Coming off Medical Leave
- posted: Mar. 19, 2024
- Employee Rights
Mistreating an employee due to their age and/or medical condition is illegal. A car dealer in Texas learned this lesson after it fired an employee who had worked there for Read More
Exact Sciences Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC, Pays $90,000 in Damages to Rejected Applicant
- posted: Feb. 08, 2024
- Employee Rights
Exact Sciences Corporation, a Wisconsin-based molecular diagnostics company, has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement involves Exact Sciences Read More
Fifth Circuit to Determine Whether it Should Be Easier to Bring Title VII Discrimination Claims
- posted: Apr. 11, 2023
- Employee Rights
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has heard oral arguments in Hamilton v. Dallas County, which has challenged a decades-old court rule that makes it more difficult for workers and Read More
What Qualifies as “Adverse Action” in a Discrimination or Retaliation Case?
- posted: Jul. 19, 2022
- Employee Rights
An “adverse employment action” such as wrongful termination, denial of a raise or promotion, denial of benefits or assignment to less-attractive duties could play an important role in a whistleblower’s Read More
Quest Diagnostics to Pay $90,000 in Religious Discrimination Case
- posted: Jun. 09, 2022
- Employee Rights
Quest Diagnostics agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a Rockwall-based phlebotomist. In addition, the company Read More
Alliance Healthcare Sued for Whistleblower Retaliation and Unequal Pay
- posted: Mar. 18, 2021
- Employee Rights
A former account executive at Alliance Healthcare Services in Irvine, California claims she was fired as retaliation for requesting reduced hours to accommodate the demands of her breast cancer treatment, Read More
Wells Fargo Pays $7.8 Million to Settle Race, Sex Bias Claims
- posted: Dec. 10, 2020
- Employee Rights
Wells Fargo agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle national claims that it routinely discriminated against black and female job applicants, a violation of antidiscrimination laws. According to the U.S. Department Read More
Religious Exemptions for Employees
- posted: Sep. 15, 2014
- Employee Rights
President Barack Obama recently signed an executive order that bans federal contractors from discriminating against the sexual orientation or gender identity of its employees. This order does not include a Read More