Blog Posts in October, 2014

It is well settled that if an employer fires an employee over 40 and replaces him with a younger worker, that fact pattern constitutes evidence of age discrimination. But what if the employer first ...

Garden variety sexual harassment exists in all types of workplaces. Employers will get away with it unless employees take action to stop it. Samara Schmidt took such action and her employer paid the ...

Should a cashier who is 54 years old and black be employed by a supermarket whose managers preferred young white employees? What if the evidence of such a preference is just circumstantial? Apparently ...

As readers of this blog are aware, sexual harassment can happen in all types of workplaces. But one would expect that employees of a law firm that specializes in employment law would know better. It ...

Sexual harassment complaints are generally made by women, but not always. It can happen to men too. It's illegal no matter who is the victim. Jeffrey Whitney worked at TJX in Massachusetts, which ...

If your supervisor gives a promotion to his paramour, passing you by even though you are more qualified, does that constitute gender discrimination or harassment? No, according to a recent 10 th ...