Gender stereotyping based on a person’s non-conforming behavior violates Title VII *

USA - May 16 2013
As the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is intended to "strike at the entire spectrum of disparate…

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Ostracism and petty mistreatments may collectively rise to the level of hostile work environment for light duty employee *

USA - May 6 2013
A female plumber on "light duty" in the City of Chicago's Department of Sewers filed a lawsuit alleging that her supervisor assigned menial work to…

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Does partial deafness constitute a disability under the ADAAA? The question remains unanswered *

USA - April 26 2013
A federal court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a female newspaper page designer who claimed that she was laid off because of…

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Employer’s judgment about what constitutes an essential job function carries substantial weight *

USA - April 22 2013
Is being licensed to drive a commercial vehicle an "essential function" of a warehouse manager's position, even though that manager rarely is…

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Dishonest response on an initial application can come back to haunt an employee *

USA - April 9 2013
In a non-precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a hospital's firing of a security guard who had admitted that he…

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