Posts in October, 2014

Oct 31 Age Discrimination Claim Survives Even Though Position Offered to Older Worker

It is well settled that if an employer fires an employee over 40 and replaces him with a younger worker, that fact pattern ...

Oct 23 Braun Electric Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Garden variety sexual harassment exists in all types of workplaces. Employers will get away with it unless employees take action ...

Oct 21 Circumstantial Evidence of Age or Race Discrimination is Sufficient

Should a cashier who is 54 years old and black be employed by a supermarket whose managers preferred young white employees? What ...

Oct 16 Sexual Harassment Happens Even Where Employees Should Know Better

As readers of this blog are aware, sexual harassment can happen in all types of workplaces. But one would expect that employees of ...

Oct 14 Gender Discrimination Happens To Men Too

Sexual harassment complaints are generally made by women, but not always. It can happen to men too. It's illegal no matter who is ...

Oct 13 Favoritism Towards a Paramour is Not Gender Discrimination

If your supervisor gives a promotion to his paramour, passing you by even though you are more qualified, does that constitute ...