Firing of African-American Lawyer Upheld
December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - An African-American lawyer, who claimed her former New York law firm maintained a racially hostile...
Tag: Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967
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BoA Loses Effort to Get Discrim Charges Tossed
December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has turned aside Bank of America's efforts to dismiss some...
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Indian-Born Call Center Employee Wins $10K over Accent Dispute
November 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Told his speech "wasn't English enough," an Indian-born British citizen who works for a U.K....
No Proof CNN Wanted to Replace Anchor with Minority
November 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of a federal jury in Atlanta said in post-trial interviews that they found virtually...
Watson Wyatt Worker Wins Award after Early Plan Withdrawal
November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that a former Watson Wyatt & Co. employee can...
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NJ Law Firm Partner Claims Age Discrimination
November 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 52-year-old partner fired by Newark, New Jersey-based Sills Cummis & Gross is accusing the...
ADEA Case Before Supreme Court Could Have Wider Implications
November 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Supreme Court review of an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) case against...
Sex Harassment Case Reinstated by Appellate Panel
November 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has thrown out a lower court ruling dismissing a sexual harassment...
Court: Governors Enjoy Shield against Workplace Discrimination Complaints
November 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a state governor cannot be sued for workplace...
PBGC Auditor Loses Harassment Claim
November 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer got right to the point in her ruling on...
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AT&T to Pay $756,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Charges
October 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AT&T will have to pay $756,000 to two former service technicians who said they were...
NY Law Firm Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit
October 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell reached a settlement with a former first year...
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Morgan Stanley Agrees to $16M Settlement in Financial Adviser Discrimination Suit
October 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley has agreed to a $16 million settlement over allegations that it denied business...
House Committee OKs Bar against Workplace Sexual Orientation Discrimination
October 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A U.S. House panel has approved a measure that prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis...
Questions Raised in U.S. House Committee Discrimination Bill Hearing
October 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In his opening comments before the House Education and Labor Committee, Senior Republican Member Howard...
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Male Employee Claims Sexual Harassment by Female Supervisor
October 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former male employee of a Pennsylvania air filtration and purification systems plant filed a...
EU Court Says Older Workers can be Forced Out
October 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The European Union's highest court has ruled EU countries can force workers to retire at...
Judges Rule Transsexual Not Covered by Federal Job Protections
October 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal appellate court has ruled that federal anti-employment discrimination protections do not apply to...
Employee Misconduct Does not Eliminate Discrimination Liability
October 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an employer does not necessarily...
CA Court Reinstates Google Ageism Suit
October 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The image of Google's Silicon Valley headquarters filled with young, super-wealthy types riding around on...