by sescomgt | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
According to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Dollar Tree discount retail store located in Martinez, Georgia, violated Title VII when it discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy. Allegedly, the Chesapeake,...
by sescomgt | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announcedthat it has entered into a conciliation agreement with Humana Inc. (Humana) to resolve allegations that Humana paid hundreds of women at its Louisville, Kentucky headquarters less than their male...
by sescomgt | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pregnancy discrimination can arise from an employer’s effort to “protect” a pregnant worker from harm, just as it can from other adverse actions. It was alleged that the employee no longer received teaching assignments after her pregnancy became...
by sescomgt | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Though an employer argued that certain events during an employee’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave were the "final" straw that led to her being terminated following her return from a six-week FMLA leave, triable issues prevented a federal...
by sescomgt | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Southfield, Michigan-based Professional Endodontics, P.C., has agreed to pay $47,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the oral surgery practice violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) when it fired an employee four days after her 65th birthday. She...
