Husband Proceeds with Sex Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Against...
Many employers have policies that restrict two members of the same family, such as a husband and wife, from working together in order to avoid nepotism, a conflict of interest and other issues that...
View ArticleEmployee Terminated After Sexual Relationship with a Company Owner on...
In order to motivate sales representatives, in addition to commissions, some employers offer other types of incentives, including paid vacations. When employers reward employees with vacations in which...
View ArticleAge Discrimination Proven When 50 Year Old+ Employees are Treated Differently...
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits an employer from terminating the employment of an employee or otherwise discriminating against any employee with respect to the employee’s...
View ArticlePennsylvania Employee with 31-year Tenure Terminated by New Supervisor Has...
When a long-term employee with a good performance record is terminated after a new supervisor makes ageist and sexist comments about the employee and the employee complains about the comments is then...
View ArticlePennsylvania Employees Can Prove FMLA Retaliation Claims When Leave is a...
When a Pennsylvania employee is terminated shortly after commencing leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an obvious question arises as to whether the employee’s use of FMLA protected...
View ArticlePennsylvania Employee Denied Request to Work From Home Has ADA Disability...
Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who are unable to perform certain work duties. Determining what constitutes a reasonable accommodation is highly fact intensive...
View ArticlePennsylvania School District Employee Forced to Resign has Age & Disability...
When an employee “voluntary resigns”, an employee may still prevail in an employment discrimination claim based on age, disability, or other protected criteria. Some employers who have already made a...
View ArticlePennsylvania Employee Laid Off After 33 Years of Service Has Race...
When an employer has a reduction in force (i.e. layoff), an employee may have an employment discrimination claim if the employee is able to establish the reason that the employee was chosen for a...
View ArticleOne Severe Incident is Enough to Prove Racial Harassment at the Workplace
Employees are protected from harassment at the workplace when the underlying reason behind the harassment is protected by the law. For instance, sexual harassment takes place when employees face...
View ArticleStatement that Employer “Didn’t Want to Get Screwed Over” if Employee Gave...
In EEOC v. Bob Evans Farms, (W. D. Pa. no. 15-cv-1237)(August 17, 2017, J. Hornak), the employee was a server employed at a Bob Evans restaurant for five years. The employee intended to work up until...
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