sex discrimination

Pyramid

March 02, 2012 04:29

Litigation value: $150,000. This isn’t Hooters, Dwight. Requiring Kathy to flirt with customers is sexual harassment. Additional damages if Todd Packer plays his sexual predator role as well as we suspect he can. “Bloggers are gross. Bloggers are obese. Bloggers have halitosis.”...

Eighth Circuit Reverses $4.5 Million Sanction Against EEOC

Patrick Smith
March 01, 2012 16:18

Two years ago, Judge Linda Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa made headlines when she dismissed an EEOC lawsuit on behalf of 270 current and former female long haul drivers of Cedar Rapids based CRST Van Expedited.   What was notable about...

Tighten Your Saddles

February 24, 2012 15:03

Litigation Value: Cathy showing Jim the “Talla-Nasty” = yet more fodder for Jim’s sexual harassment lawsuit; five dots = a murky texting area and potential lawsuit for Darryl; and watching Dwight work himself into a human bedbug trap = priceless. This After Hours episode has the...

Are Remedies Available to Working Moms Who Experience "Lactation Discrimination"?

Dennis Westlind
February 17, 2012 14:00

For many new moms returning to work after the birth of a child, pumping breast-milk is considered to be a necessary evil.  Necessary because pumping ensures that these mothers’ babies can continue to experience the many benefits of breast-milk, and helps the mothers to maintain their...

Lactation not Related to Pregnancy, Says Federal Judge

February 10, 2012 14:46

In a remarkable decision, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes has ruled that lactation, or breast feeding is not related to pregnancy.  See Washington Post blog.  The EEOC had filed a lawsuit on behalf of Donnicia Venters, a female employee of a debt collection firm in Houston, Texas....