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Employee Retaliated Against for Blogging: Bloggers Beware

Ellen Simon
July 06, 2009 10:00

We have all heard about employees getting into hot water because of their blogs and online activities: the  Delta flight attendant fired because she posted a provocative photograph of herself in uniform without a visible name or logo the Google employee who speculated online about...

Harassed Pro Choice Doctor Gets Million Dollar Lawsuit Settlement

Ellen Simon
May 29, 2009 10:00

            Retaliation  Because of Fight for Abortion Training Gets Doc Million Dollar Lawsuit Settlement A $1.4 million dollar settlement was reached last week in this important case about a doctor's advocacy for reproductive...

Business Is Big Loser In Supreme Court Firefighters Case

Ellen Simon
July 02, 2009 10:00

Supreme Court's Ricci Decision Is Bad For Business and Everyone Else It took me almost a whole day to read and digest the 89 page Ricci v. DeStefano decision. I have spent most of a  whole second day reading the commentary and analysis.     Here's where I'm at regarding...

It's A Long Road To Justice

Ellen Simon
December 06, 2010 11:08

Federal Employee Wins Appeal On Sex And Age Discrimination Claim Lawyers representing employees in discrimination cases are forever frustrated by federal district court judges whom routinely grant summary judgment to employers instead of allowing cases to proceed to trial for a jury...

Employee Rights Short Takes: Race Discrimination, 5.8 Milllion Dollar Verdict, Breach of Contract Damages And More

Ellen Simon
December 27, 2010 10:19

Here are a few short takes about some employment cases worth noting this month: EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Kaplan Higher Education Corp. Claiming Race Discrimination The EEOC announced last week that it filed a class action race discrimination case against Kaplan Higher Education Corp. The suit...

Fear Of Defamation Lawsuits For Employee References Is Overblown

Ellen Simon
July 13, 2009 23:14

Employers Should Give  Employee References I have a pet peeve and it has to do with employee references. My pet peeve was triggered last week when I read an article in the National Law Journal about the subject. “Don’t say anything good about an employee on Linked In” –...

Harassed Female Wins "Locker Room" Hostile Environment Case

Ellen Simon
June 02, 2009 10:00

For all employees who are subjected to a sexually hostile work environment, the recent case of Gallagher v.. C.H. Robinson  from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is fantastic news -- and that's an understatement. There are so many women who are faced with a regular onslaught of ...

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Another VIctory For Working Moms

Ellen Simon
July 15, 2011 14:16

Gender Stereotyping Constitutes Sex Discrimination Every once in a while, everything goes right for the employee in a fight to get employment claims heard by a jury. The case of Nancy Falco Chedid, M.D. vs. Children’s Hospital & others is one such example. Here’s what happened...

ADA Cases Make The News

Ellen Simon
June 10, 2011 16:45

Cancer Victim Fired For Disclosing Brain Tumor Has Claim For Disability Discrimination A U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that a  Houston P.F.Chang’s restaurant may have violated the Americans with Disability Act when it fired one of it’s restaurant managers three days after he...

Employee Rights Short Takes: Sexual Harassment, Medical Marijuana & More

Ellen Simon
May 28, 2011 14:15

Here are a few employee rights Short Takes worth noting: Will Record Of Discrimination Block Bid For Baseball Team ? The New York Times ran an interesting story  about Jim Crane, and a potential wrinkle in his efforts to buy the Houston Astros.  Crane, a former college pitcher, runs a...