Sex Discrimination
Medical Assistant May Bring Sexual Discrimination Claim Against Employer
A recent Pennsylvania case looked at whether a medical assistant who was subjected to three days of sexual overtures by a doctor who worked for her employer could go to trial on claims of sexual harassment and retaliation. The court determined she could. The medial assistant – Aimee Fox – complained about a doctor employed…
Read MoreUnpaid Volunteers Entitled To Legal Protection From Discrimination
Can you bring a sexual discrimination lawsuit if you are a volunteer? Yes said the 7th circuit court in a recent sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation case involving unpaid volunteers. The court in Volling v. Antioch Rescue Squad reviewed whether female members of a private, nonprofit rescue squad in Illinois may sue the two companies that…
Read MoreClass Action Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Filed By Female Lawyers At Major Law Firm
A large class action gender discrimination lawsuit has just been filed against a high profile law firm. The lawsuit Francine Friedman Griesing v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, includes 215 women, was filed after the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found “reasonable cause to believe” that the law firm discriminated against its female attorneys. The EEOC…
Read MoreMale Principal May Have Claim For Sex Discrimination And Harrassment Against Female Employees
Although many people traditionally think of sex discrimination or sexual harassment cases as those that involve a woman receiving unfavorable treatment at work or being subjected to unwanted advances by a male – claims for sex discrimination or harassment may be filed by males or females and discrimination cases may arise whenever someone’s gender factors…
Read MoreMan Who Took Husband’s Last Name May Maintain Sex Discrimination Case Against Employer
Workers can bring cases based on sex and disability discrimination for a variety of reasons. Although in some situations the discrimination may be obvious such as firing an employee for turning down sexual advances, other times the discrimination may not be readily apparent. In a recent employment discrimination case out of Ohio, Koren v. Ohio Bell…
Read MoreEEOC Rules Federal Laws Ban Transgender Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has just ruled that federal employment discrimination law (Title VII) prohibits transgender discrimination. This means that employers may not take a person’s transgender status into account in making employment decisions, such a hiring, firing and promoting. This decision follows the same reasoning applied to longstanding sex and gender discrimination laws…
Read MoreWoman Who Was Fired After Undergoing Sex Change Wins Claim For Sex Discrimination In Glenn v. Brumby
A woman who underwent a sex change has recently won a transgender sex discrimination case. In Glenn v. Brumby, a federal appeals court in Atlanta reviewed whether a former editor in the Georgia General Assembly’s Office of Legislative counsel had a claim for sexual discrimination after she was fired following the announcement of her intent to…
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