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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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