Can Your Spouse’s Job Cost You Yours? Not In Minnesota. When many people hear marital status discrimination they think of only what the name implies – treating someone differently because they do or do not have a spouse. But actually, it encompasses much more. Aase v. Wapiti
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued their Fiscal Year 2013 Performance Report which shows that despite the challenges of the sequester, the commission saw a lot of success in the past year. One area where that is most evident is the mediation program. EEOC mediation
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Employers have a lot of leeway when it comes to requiring employees to follow their preferred procedures. However, one New York employer recently found out that some policies simply aren’t worth the cost. Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation recently paid $25,000 to settle a case brought
Read more →There are many types of discrimination that are well known – race discrimination, gender discrimination, religious discrimination – but there are other, less well recognized, bases for discrimination which are important to understand. EEOC v. Founders Pavilion Inc. was only the third suit brought by the EEOC
Read more →In a landmark ruling, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held this week that employers cannot challenge, nor can courts review, the adequacy of EEOC conciliation efforts before filing a lawsuit. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is tasked with enforcing federal employment discrimination laws, from investigating
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This summer, the Minnesota legislature became one of the first states in the country to pass “ban the box” legislation, which Governor Dayton signed into law. Beginning on January 1, 2014, Minn. Stat. §364.021 will prevent employers from inquiring into, considering or requiring disclosure of the criminal
Read more →Paula Deen, a successful celebrity chef, has succeeded in getting the discrimination charges against her thrown out – but not before the negative publicity severely damaged her reputation. U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. agreed with Deen that the employee filing charges had no standing
Read more →After filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), most parties are offered the opportunity to try to resolve their dispute through EEOC mediation. At LeBlanc Law & Mediation, we encourage clients to give this mediation process a chance, because for many it
Read more →Back in December of 2012, the Iowa Supreme Court made national news in Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, P.C., when it held that a termination based on being too physically attractive was not illegal sex discrimination. Last week, the Court issued a second opinion in the
Read more →Two U.S. Supreme Court cases decided in the late 1990’s – (Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998) and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) – established that employers were vicariously liable for the severe and pervasive harassment of employees by
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