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Th 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the city of Charlotte breached an agreement with a firefighter when it failed to count a settlement payment to the firefighter as pension-eligible wages. (Depositphotos.com)
Dec 10, 2024

4th Circuit: City breached settlement agreement

Where the city of Charlotte resolved an employment discrimination suit with a firefighter but it failed to treat the employee’s payment as pension-eligible wages, it breached the agreement. The payment […]

Employers must not discriminate based on citizenship status or national origin when verifying work authorization or during the hiring process, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke has said in several statements. (Associated Press file)
Nov 1, 2024

Citizenship status errors cost employers in DOJ settlements

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently announced several settlements addressing various forms of employment discrimination based on citizenship status and national origin. These cases, handled by the Immigrant and […]

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Oct 18, 2024

EEOC sues after stroke victim denied accommodations, fired

New England Biz Law Update The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a utilities service company alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit […]

Southwest Airlines is appealing a federal ruling that it was wrong to fire a flight attendant who made her anti-abortion views known through what the airline called ‘hostile and graphic’ messages and a related order from a federal judge that Southwest's lawyers take religious liberty training from a conservative Christian legal group. (Associated Press file)
Jun 4, 2024

Airline appeals ruling on firing of anti-abortion flight attendant

NEW ORLEANS — Southwest Airlines returned to federal court Monday in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who said she was fired for her anti-abortion views […]

Oct 2, 2018

Employment Discrimination – Back pay is mandatory legal remedy under ADEA

The district court held that Baltimore County violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but denied the EEOC’s request for back pay damages, concluding it had discretion to deny a […]


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