Three steps to avoid a discriminatory hiring claim
Bartlett v. Gates (6th Cir. 11/16/10) [pdf] involved a plaintiff who claimed that he was passed over for a promotion because of his age an...
Do you know? Post-employment retaliation
By Jon Hyman
The typical retaliation scenario involves an employer firing an employee who complained about discrimination or engaged in some other protec...
What dryer drums have to do with unpaid wages (or, a scathing judicial indictment of class action lawsuits as extortion)
By Jon Hyman
Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Company (7th Cir. 11/2/10) [pdf] involves the attempted litigation of multiple class action lawsuits in...
WIRTW #152 (the Facebook firing edition)
By Jon Hyman
Last week, I wrote about the NLRB’s complaint against a Connecticut company claiming that its social networking policy violated federal labo...
Court makes clear that an ADA reasonable accommodation does not require preferential treatment in filling open positions
By Jon Hyman
In Garcia v. Whirlpool Corp. (N.D. Ohio 11/5/10) [pdf] , the trial court dismissed a disability discrimination claim because the plaintiff ...