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One of the most common forms of gender discrimination is sexual harassment. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sexual harassment occurs when an employee receives unwelcome sexual behavior on the job. This type of behavior may involve the employee’s job – for instance when a manager demands sexual favors in exchange for a promotion. Sexual harassment is illegal under Title VII of the…
Created 80 years ago, the Fair Labor Standards Act governs the hours worked and wages earned by American employees. The FLSA provides that, unless a specific exemption applies, employers: Must pay employees a minimum wage set by federal law Must pay employees overtime (1.5x their regular rate) for time worked over 40 hours in a workweek Must maintain accurate employment records, including…
It’s becoming more and more common in U.S. workplaces. Employers are asking employees to sign an arbitration agreement, giving up the right to sue over job-related issues. If an employee signs an agreement, it means that the employee must pursue any legal claims against his/her employer through arbitration, rather than a lawsuit. Employee arbitration agreements can come back to haunt you.…
Following a nearly three-month civil trial, a judge has awarded $12.75 million to 22 women who...
The case before U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh Jr. was not unlike others he’d seen before. A woman alleged sexual harassment in the workplace so severe she had been forced to quit her job. Her former employer, a global talent agency called MarketSource, was arguing that the whole dispute ought to be in front of an arbitrator—not in a public…
By Douglas Belkin Seven current and former Dartmouth College students filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Ivy League school on Thursday, alleging it ignored an “Animal House” atmosphere created by three professors in the school’s department of psychology and brain sciences. The lawsuit, which seeks $70 million in damages, claims the professors “leered at, groped, sexted, intoxicated and raped…
The City of Martinsville filed a motion to consolidate the opioid lawsuits of 10 other localities, including Pittsylvania County, in the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday. All 11 of the localities retained the legal team of representatives from LLC; Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.; and the Cicala Law Firm PLLC. The lawsuits of each locality sue prescription opioid manufacturers, distributors and…
Posted September 25th, 2018. (September 25, 2018) – a leading national public interest law firm, today filed a $30 million race and gender discrimination lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against multibillion-dollar commercial real estate behemoth Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. The Complaint was filed on behalf of Cushman & Wakefield’s former President of Valuation…
Posted April 5th, 2018. For more information contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] SAN DIEGO, APRIL 5, 2018 – Beth Burns, the winningest women’s basketball coach in San Diego State University history (SDSU) inked a final settlement agreement with the University, putting a period on long and contentious litigation which began in 2014. The settlement follows a September 2016 victory in…